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Flexible Checkered Napkin

Added 2025-10-31 20:34:48 +0000 UTC

A plaid napkin came to mind for the Printed Fabric contest.
It can be used as a coaster for a cold drink 🍺.

The base is a modernized version of the flexible brick I made earlier.
This model is intended for printing using the AMS/ACE system, BUT if you don't have multi-color printing and want to, you can manually change the filament on your 3d printer.
Also, I colored the bottom layer like a chessboard.

For multi-color printing, I added 3mf files for Anycubic Slicer Next and Bambu Studio. Alternatively, you can manually load the Base_9x9_wm.stl and top_9x9.stl files into the slicer as a single object consisting of multiple parts. After that, in the "Objects" tab, change the color to the desired one.

The Louis Vuitton version is printed similarly 👑.

As you can see, the main color is dominant in the final model.
Considering this, you can make a red napkin with white stripes or a white napkin with red stripes 🪄

I also made a 15x15 version and tried to print it at 75% scale, the result is successful, the links did not fuse together 🙌.

Out of interest, I tried to make a modular version, each patch has 16 elements (4x4) 🧩🧩🧩

To connect the fabric, significant force is required 💪.

It's even harder to disconnect. But I found a good method if it's ever needed.
You need to take a men's nail file (often called a needle file 😉), press it as shown below, insert the flush cutters (which usually come with the 3d printer) into the groove, which is only present on the pin side, and with the resulting lever, carefully push it upwards.
Of course, don't press on the handles as intended for the cutters 🙂.

You can also see a tartan-type checkered fabric, the finished project disappeared from Fusion360, maybe I didn't save it. Not a problem, the base exists, I will make it again.