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Description
💡 Design Overview
This is more than just a pet house—it’s a piece of geometric art for your living room! Inspired by the structural integrity of a Truncated Icosahedron (Soccer Ball geometry), this design achieves extreme lightweighting while maintaining incredible strength. Give your feline friend a sturdy, modern, and cozy secret base.
✨ Key Features
- 🐢 Bionic Tortoise Shell Aesthetics: The unique panelized assembly creates a rhythmic, natural geometric pattern that seamlessly blends into any modern home decor.
- ⚽ Structural Engineering: Utilizing a variation of the soccer ball structure, the load is distributed evenly across the dome, ensuring a safe and stable shelter for your cat.
- 🪶 Ultra-Lightweight Design: The entire structure requires only about 750g of filament (less than one spool), making it a highly material-efficient build without sacrificing durability.
- 🏠 Tailored for Cats: With an assembled size of approximately 35cm (Diameter) x 26cm (Height), it provides a perfect sense of enclosure for adult cats around 4.5kg.
- 🧩 Modular Assembly Fun: Composed of only 3 types of parts (25 pieces total). Simply secure them with 2.5mm cable ties. It’s easy to build and offers the immense satisfaction of handcrafting your own pet furniture!
🛠️ Printing & Assembly Guide
1. Parts List (Total: 25 pcs)
- Hexagons: 14 pcs
- Pentagons: 6 pcs
- Quadrilaterals: 5 pcs
2. Recommended Slicer Settings
- Material: PETG is highly recommended for its superior toughness and temperature resistance.
- Layer Height: 0.2mm - 0.28mm (Using 0.28mm significantly reduces printing time).
- Infill: 15% (Grid or Gyroid). The geometric structure provides inherent strength.
- Supports: None. Designed for easy printing without support material.
3. Assembly Tools & Tips
- Prepare a pack of 2.5mm wide Cable Ties.
- Align the pre-designed holes and cinch them tight.
- ⚠️ Safety Note: After assembly, please ensure all excess cable tie ends are trimmed flush and smoothed to prevent any scratches to your cat.
❤️ Closing Thoughts
If you are fascinated by the intersection of mathematical beauty and functional design, this project is a must-add to your 3D printing queue! It’s not just a gift for your pet, but a showcase of the Maker spirit.
If you love this design, please give it a Boost and add it to your collections! I can't wait to see photos of your furry masters moving into their new home in the comments! 📸
License
You may create derivative works based on this object, provided that all such derivative works are published exclusively on the MakerWorld platform and include proper attribution to the original creator. You may not share, upload, host, distribute, or publish this object—or any derivative work of this object—on any other digital platform, marketplace, or distribution channel. Commercial use of this object and any derivative works is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, selling, renting, sublicensing, or using the object in any context in which you receive monetary compensation or other financial benefits.
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