Scripted vases

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Quickly print vase shapes from Python scripts, featuring single perimeter thickness and surprising rigidity due to folds and curved surfaces. Updated license for commercial use. To print, set one perimeter, no top layers, or infill; PLA at 0.2 mm layer thickness with a 0.4 mm nozzle is recommended. Printing speed is around an hour for a 10 cm high vase. Slic3r may complain about a missing top surface, but the result remains satisfactory. This method allows thin walls display and precise control over wall thickness in the slicer settings. Python scripts are included to generate stl files; changing the "top" parameter to True generates solid objects with top surfaces. Design suggestions are provided for using polygon generator functions and various primitives like koch, circle, square, gear, bevel, turtle, and morph. Some vases may intersect facets, but slic3r handles it well.