Vase Generator
Pick one of the ready designs or shape your own: the profile (curved, bottle, taper or cylinder), the size, a surface pattern (waves, flutes or facets) and a twist. The 3D preview updates as you type, and you download a watertight STL or 3MF for spiral vase mode or with normal walls and a closed bottom. It is free, unlimited and runs in your browser.
How to make a 3D printed vase
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Start from a design
Click one of the ready designs, such as the bud vase, the twisted waves or the hourglass. Every setting stays editable afterwards.
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Shape and size it
Choose the profile and type the height and the diameters. A curved profile gets a belly when the middle is wider, or a waist when it is narrower.
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Add a pattern and a twist
Pick waves, flutes or facets, set how many and how deep, then twist them from the bottom to the top. The preview shows the result straight away.
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Download and print
Choose spiral vase mode or normal walls and press Download STL. In vase mode, turn on spiral vase mode in your slicer.
Vase generator settings
What each setting does and the range it accepts.
| Designs | Bud vase, twisted waves, fluted column, faceted twist, round belly, hourglass, wide bowl and spiral bottle. Each one fills in the settings below. |
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| Profile | Curved: a smooth belly or waist. Bottle: a body, a shoulder and a straight neck. Taper: a straight cone, wider at the top or the bottom. Cylinder: straight sides. |
| Size | Height 20 to 400 mm. Bottom, middle and top diameters 20 to 300 mm, measured outside. |
| Pattern | Waves: soft rounded ribs. Flutes: rounded grooves with sharp ridges between them. Facets: flat sides like a prism. Smooth: no pattern. |
| Twist | -360 to 360 degrees from the bottom to the top. It is limited so the pattern never leans more than 45 degrees and the vase prints without supports. |
| Print as | Spiral vase mode: one closed solid for your slicer to print as a single line. Normal walls: an open-top cup with walls 0.8 to 5 mm and a bottom 0.6 to 10 mm thick. |
| Output | Binary STL in millimetres, standing upright on its bottom, or a 3MF with the same part. The page also shows the size, how much water it holds and an estimate of the filament. |
What is spiral vase mode?
Spiral vase mode (also called spiralize outer contour) is a slicer setting that prints a model as one continuous line that climbs slowly as it goes round. There is no seam and no travel, so the outside looks smooth and the print is quick and light.
For it to work, the model must be a closed solid with no holes and no parts inside. Pick Spiral vase mode here and the STL is exactly that. In the slicer, set 3 to 5 bottom layers, 0 top layers and no infill; the slicer makes the bottom and leaves the top open.
Will the vase hold water?
A single-line wall can leak through tiny gaps between the layers. For a vase that holds water, print it a little hotter with a wider line (for example 0.6 to 0.8 mm with a 0.4 mm nozzle), choose Normal walls with two or more lines, or put a glass or a jar inside for fresh flowers.
The capacity shown under the settings is how much the inside holds up to the rim, so you can choose a size for the flowers you have.
Printing tips
Print the vase standing on its bottom as it comes out of the generator. Keep the side from leaning more than 45 degrees; the page warns you if a shape gets steeper than that.
A tall, narrow vase can tip over once it has water and flowers in it. Keep the height under about 3.5 times the bottom diameter, or make the bottom wider.
Silk and translucent filaments show off waves and twists well in vase mode, because light passes through the single wall.
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