One Hundred Scientific Snowflakes

Here's a batch of intricate snowflakes based on the work of Clifford A. Reiter where a cellular automata can be used to reflect the atmospheric growth conditions of ice. Here the snowflake shape depends on humidity, diffusion, formation speed, and a little bit of random chance. This batch should be enough to decorate an entire tree where every snowflake is unique.

Instructions

For printing on an FDM printer, I recommend splitting the snowflakes in half and printing the flat cross section on the build-plate, then gluing the two halves together. Lower layer heights (.1 - .05mm) will show the 3-dimensional structure better. You can also print them as a single layer by changing the Z-scale to ~10% or so if you just want to quickly make a bunch with the outline shape and don't want to do any gluing.

For resin printing (which I recommend!) I've had the best results tilting them to about a 70 degree angle. Resin printers do an excellent job of showing the 3 dimensional textures, and look especially good with clear resins.

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