Custom mold pair for hollow thermoformed hanging ornaments
Prints a matching female and male mold pair plus base plates for any design you draw in the editor. Heat a thin plastic sheet, press it between the molds, and the formed shells close into one hollow hanging ornament.
Custom mold pair: female and male molds generated from the design you draw in the editor
Hollow piece: each formed shell closes onto a printed base plate and the two halves join into one hollow piece
Two closures: glued edge rim (default) or screw cap; the cap doubles as the hanger for a ribbon or cord
PETG required for the molds: the molds MUST be printed in PETG so they don't stick to the PLA base when it gets hot during forming (PLA fuses to PLA; PETG doesn't); base plates, rim, cap and clip print in regular PLA
Editor control: the outline layer sets the mold and plate shape, the design layer prints as artwork on the base, the thread marker places the screw stud and the hole marker places a hanging hole (connector mode only)
Want a new shape? Paste this prompt into any AI image generator (replace [your shape]) and trace the result in the design editor:
Simple symmetrical silhouette of a [your shape], perfectly centered and balanced, with a clean, minimal shape and smooth rounded contours. Entire shape filled solid black, pure black silhouette. All lines and contours must be smooth, rounded, and organic, with no hard edges, sharp corners, or angular points. No outlines, no internal details, no shading, no gradients, no texture, no decorative elements. Clean flowing curves, soft rounded edges, simple recognizable shape, flat vector icon style, pure white background, high contrast, generous white space.
Molds print at 0.24mm layers (they are thick tools — faster with no downside); bases and rim at 0.20mm Standard; the connectors (cap and clip) at 0.16mm High Quality for clean threads.
Materials:
Molds: PETG — so they don't stick to the PLA base when it gets hot during forming
Base plates, rim, cap and clip: PLA
Tags: thermoforming, mold, ornament, customizable, design-editor, petg-required, hanging-decoration, multi-part