This week’s free, 3D printable model comes via Sketchfab’s own Victor Tissot, who has created a complete folder of 3D printable fractals. To do so, Victor followed an Instructable from designer Don Whitaker that outlines the entire process of making 3D fractals with a few different pieces of free software.
Whitaker explains in his Instructable how to use Mandelbulb 3D to generate a 3D fractal, Fiji to convert that model to a printable .obj file, and Meshlab to clean up the file for 3D printing. The process of doing so doesn’t seem too difficult, though Whitaker does that Mandelbulb’s interface is a little dated and that Windows, or a Windows emulator, is required to run it. To follow along and create your own, head over to Whitkaer’s Instructable. If you’d rather just look at some pretty, colorful shapes, you can see Victor’s folder of 3D printable fractals here.
