Snowflake Cutter

myminifactory

Have you ever taken a sheet of paper, folded it up and carefully cut out a delicate snowflake? That's the 3D-printing version! Press the "Open in Customizer" button to create your own one-of-a-kind pattern, which will be mirrored and rotated to produce a unique snowflake ready for downloading and printing. Check out the green triangle illustrations in the gallery for examples of where to draw your design in the square to make it look its best. Be sure to post a "make" if you create your own snowflake - every one will be different and we'd love to see what they look like! To learn more about this design, visit Hacktastic at http://mathgrrl.com/hacktastic/2014/11/snowflake-cutter/. SNOWFLAKE UPDATE 2015: This year you can create algorithmically-grown snowflakes from a random seed and use sliding parameters to control the style and form of your design, at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1159436.