Artist Plant Pot

This project give instructions for creating a 3D model of an artistic plant pot.  Exact dimensions might be found in some of the pictures, but plan to experiment to get the look you like best.  This design has tubes extending from the inside rim of the pot to the bottom to give a water/air path to help keep the roots of the plant moist but not drowned.

Step 1: Create a sketch

Using 3d CAD software, create a sketch for one half of the basic cross-sectional shape for the pot.  My sketch is for a pot to be printed on a 3D printer that has build volume of 8" x 8" x 8".  The wall thickness is 2 mm.  Scaling down to 75% will allow this model to be printed on a Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer.

Comments

[maysayyeah]

Hey! I'm new to Inventor and I was wondering how did you get the spiral in there?

[Ironsloth1993]

There, I am now your first follower. Is there a particular software you used? Can it be made to fit a 6'' x 6" x 6" printer? Would wall thickness need to be proportioned with this in mind?

[chemwhite]

I used Autodesk Inventor, but there are probably other software packages out there that could do this as well. If you want to print this on a printer with a build volume of 6" x 6" x 6", just scale the model to 75%. The wall thickness will then be a minimum of 1.5 mm. This should still give sufficient mechanical strength for the object.

[amandaghassaei]

looks nice, will you post your stl file?