Shapeways for Dummies

There is no harm whatsoever in having a "group" project going on here. It's perfectly valid to have "closed" projects where you and a single designer particpate offline, but it's also perfectly valid to have "open" projects where multiple people particpate in getting a design worked out collaboratively. There is room here in the forum for both types of activity.

thank you for this information i am new to this :confused

Sorry if I am treading on someones toes. I only read the first two replys, opened the http://www.newplanetearth.com/shop/onlineshop.html link and got to work.

thanks it is no problem. i am trying to decide right now. this seems to be a hard design so i guess it better to have a bunch of hands working on it

It is not really a hard design, it just looks it.
If you understand the x y z axis, I will try to explain the principle.
Draw a circle in the x y plane
Change view to x z plane, change axis to suit making it a new x y plane.
Copy the circle already drawn in the same place which now looks like a straight line.
Rotate this new circle 70.5288°. from the origin, which is the center of the circle.
Go back to original view with original x y plane.
Pick the new circle which looks like an oval, and either make an array with three copies or copy in place and rotate the new circle 60 degrees twice.
This will give you a line drawing in 3D

Depending on what software you are using and what type of band you require, you can now create the profile of the band. In sketchup it is the 'followme' command.
This band could have been created with the first circle.
Hope you understand this.

I think I have it worked out thanks to 'Magic' with the correct angle of 70.5288°

i don't understand everything that you have said, but when you plot this out in 3d or as a solid, it seems to change the image in ways that it is no longer perfectly symmetrical. all i know is that the math has to be precise or the thing will not "work" as a design or with practical functions. How would your fine sketch look animated?

thanks for the time

I have uploaded the stl file I created earlier.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/jacant

UPDATE
I think I have it worked out thanks to 'Magic' with the correct angle of 70.5288°
Please see earlier post
I will update the STL file.

</a> that <a href="https://www.shapeways.com/model/447492/genesa_crystal.html?gid=sg92456" target="_blank">there in your collection
is a version with "flat" rings instead of the tubes. That may make for a different and more interesting construction of the genesa crystal. i have seen both.

i enjoy your shop, especially some of the religious and metaphysical objects. i would like to see how these "look" after composition.

Please see updated flat Genesa Crystal and new round shape.
You didn't answer my question about what size you require.

what is the smallest size? that will be the one

It depends on what material you want, and what you are prepared to pay. I will offer both models for sale at the current sizes to give you an idea on price. Then if you want the model resized I can do that. Please see link
https://www.shapeways.com/materials/material-options

i guess the plastic, but i have to be able to paint it. which one would that be?