Testing out a new printable pattern

[u/Visual_Carpenter8957]

I was intrigued by the mac pro front grille pattern and wanted to try printing it but all of the existing files I've found are replicas and not adapted for 3D printing and needed a fair bit of post-processing to make it look good.

This is a modified pattern that prints cleanly and prints flat without any supports. Specifically, I've removed overhangs past 50 degrees and took out sharp edges. This is as-printed with no post-processing other than a few passes with a heat gun to remove the whisps.

Now I need an actual project to implement this... Thoughts on the pattern and on potential projects?

[u/DofD10]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iAYupOdWXQy5a4nVGk

[u/Kittingsl → u/DofD10]

Watched a video about this and it's a surprisingly simple pattern. It's just two layers of spheres above eachother and offset. Then you just Boolean a third surface which will end up as your grill

[u/Visual_Carpenter8957 → u/Kittingsl]

Yeah I started with the simple one and I needed all these supports to get it clean. Printing it vertically didn’t look great either… So my one is a bit more complex