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Whitney Umbrella

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Inspired by Tanya Khovanova's blog post https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/2023/02/whitney-umbrellas/. See her post for explanation of the mathematical significance and some cool crocheted realizations.
The .stl has ridges that highlight the straight lines embedded in the surface.
I used custom support enforcers (slab or painted in the PrusaSlicer). It might also print cleanly without supports if rotated to put a parabolic edge on the build plate. It probably would need a raft in that orientation to get more contact surface.
After printing, I found another Whitney Umbrella thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4402629

Pics 4 and 5 (whitney2.stl) is two Whitney umbrellas, joined "X" to "X" where the umbrella intersects the bounding plane in two crossed lines. Parameters were chosen to make the lines cross at right angles in this plane, so one umbrella could be rotated a quarter turn and still meet the other. The result is a 1-sided surface.
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Why?
no supports
Support-free Single piece
Supports 0/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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