Apollonian dome?

[FelixNewhouse]

Hi Guys,

This is my first post here, since I'm quite new to fractals and really very new to mandelbulb 3D, though very fascinated already!
For a school project I want to make 3D prints of a hollow dome, with a apollonian fractal cutting holes in the object.
I have tried doing this in cinema 3D and the result took very long, and did not look very nice
So, does anyone know a way to produce this in mandelbulb 3D?
I have attached 2 pictures, the first of my lousy attempt, and the second of a picture I found which was close enough to my vision, though a bit more random would be better for my intents and purposes.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[schizo]

Hi Felix,

welcome to the forum!

You should ask Jeremie Brunet aka bib993. He has various Apollonian fractals in his shapeways shop:
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/3Dfractals

There is a contact button at the top of the shapeways shop. Otherwise you also find him here, at YouTube and facebook.
I think he can help you with the right formula + parameters and maybe with some tips on preparation for 3D printing.
Good luck with you project and maybe post a photo of the final result.

[ericr]

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[schizo]

Here a "3D Fractals to 3D Print" Tutorial by Don Whitaker:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/845U4U3FXhY&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/845U4U3FXhY&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>