Design Goals
I was aiming here for simplicity and ease in printing as well as just extending the simple design I already proved in the prior christmas tree model. That is, two mostly flat parts designed to easily fit together to form a three-dimensional look, and something easy to hang on a tree or stand up on a shelf.
Snowman Design
tiny version with filled parts |
The first version had filled-in circles, but in the final design, I hollowed out each circle to make it lighter and slightly more elegant (who am I to judge)... Ok, I really did that to make it print super fast ;)
To hollow out the circles, I used the "Shell" tool in 123D, but there are two tricks:
First, to get a thick enough shell, you might have to initially thicken the height of the object, as the modeling tool won't let you have a shell width that is greater than the height of the object (since it is also trying to shell the bottom).

The Model
Here is a link to the the model:
The Snowman - Three parts in total - two snowman parts and a stand.
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