Parametric Bauble

Based on the shape of an icosidodecahedron (a solid, composed of twelve pentagons and twenty triangles) I used a Christmas rose instead of the pentagon to add some interest, The results you see here.


You can select a hole in the centre of the rose, so that a string, or wire can be used to hang it from the Christmas tree, hence the bauble.

You can alter the size and style of the item, quite significantly, by altering the embossing factor, and selecting whether the roses are aligned by the edges of the petals, or by the 'pointed bits' between them, and also change the size, hence the parametric part of the title.

They may also be illuminated by placing an LED inside, in particular if printed in translucent material, petg or other.




The embossing depth/thickness factor is a value that roughly relates to the thickness of the rose. Values larger than 10 will require a lot more support, and values less than 1 may be too thin for the roses to match with each other, the