StellarMesh by OrbitStudio
A printable star chart of the sky over one place on one special date
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About StellarMesh by OrbitStudio
StellarMesh draws the night sky exactly as it looked over a chosen place at a chosen moment, and turns it into a flat star chart plate. Think of a birth date, a wedding night or the evening you met: type the date and location, add up to four lines of your own text, and the chart is built for you.
The plate prints flat without supports, and the text is raised so it stands out in a second colour. Pick a rounded rectangle, rectangle, circle or hexagon, with an optional desk stand.
STL downloads are free. Pre-coloured 3MF files, where every part already has its colour assigned for Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer, use credits from a one-time OrbitStudio pass.
What you can make
- Star chart plates
- Birth-date sky maps
- Wedding and anniversary keepsakes
- Desk-stand star charts
How to use it
- Enter the date, time and place
- Type up to four lines of text
- Pick a plate shape and optional stand
- Download the STL or pre-coloured 3MF
Good
- Accurate sky for any date and place
- Prints flat without supports
- Raised text and optional desk stand
Not so good
- Stars are small, so a 0.4 mm nozzle or finer works best
- Pre-coloured 3MF needs a paid pass
What you'll need to print it
Materials and parts that give the best results with StellarMesh by OrbitStudio.
Multicolour PLA for keychains and HueForge
Dual- and tri-colour silks give a single-nozzle printer colour shifts with no extra hardware, and a matched colour set is what lets HueForge and colour lithophanes blend thin layers into a full image.
- Bambu Lab PLA Silk Multi-ColorCo-extruded dual and tri colours that shift with the viewing angle; great for keychains and name tags.
- SUNLU Multi-Color Silk PLA (dual/tri/four-colour)Budget dual-, tri- and four-colour silk for colourful prints without an AMS.
- Bambu Lab PLA CMYK Lithophane BundleFour 1 kg spools (cyan, magenta, yellow, white) made for colour lithophanes and handy for HueForge-style layering.
Glow-in-the-dark filament
Glow filament charges under daylight or UV and keeps signs, house numbers and keychains visible after dark. The glowing particles are abrasive, so pair it with a hardened-steel nozzle.
- Bambu Lab PLA GlowBright glow with RFID presets. Bambu requires a hardened-steel nozzle and lists it as not compatible with 0.2 mm nozzles or the AMS lite.
- Polymaker Panchroma Glow PLAFormerly PolyLite Glow; looks natural-coloured in daylight and glows at night.
- eSUN PLA-LuminousAffordable glow PLA, good value for larger signs.
Multicolour filament systems
An automatic filament changer prints multi-colour signs, keychains and HueForge pieces without you standing by to swap filament at every colour layer.
- Bambu Lab AMS liteFour-spool open unit for the A1 series; the cheapest way into Bambu multicolour.
- Bambu Lab AMS 2 ProEnclosed four-spool unit with built-in filament drying for Bambu's enclosed printers.
- Creality CFS (Creality Filament System)Creality's multicolour unit for K2-series printers; expands to 16 colours with RFID and moisture-proof storage.
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