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How to 3d Print: Resin Snowflakes with Free Snowflake STL and OBJ files

By a Bug & a Bean | Posted on 2025-12-09

Learn how to 3d Print Resin Snowflakes and download our free STL or OBJ files. Follow our instructions for designing your own snowflake! You'll want to print extras for a homemade gifts and holiday craft fairs.

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Table of Contents

• Supplies for Resin Printing
• Free Software for Designing Your Own STL/OBJ File
• How to turn an SVG into a 3D model
• Tips for Printing Your Model
• Download Our Snowflake SVG & OBJ Files

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One of my favorite things about 3D printing is being able to instantly turn an idea into an actual item. Ok, well maybe not instantly, but definitely within a few hours and it feels like I have my own little toy factory in my garage. In this blog post, I'm going to walk you through simple steps for making a snowflake SVG and turning it into an actual ornament you can hang on your Christmas tree.

Supplies for Resin Printing

This design and tutorial are meant for printing on a resin 3D printer. While the design should work on an FDM printer, I have not tested it yet. The images you see in this post with the final result were printed using my Elegoo Saturn 3 resin printer. I highly recommend you use a wash and cure station if you don't already have one. I use the Elegoo Mercury wash and cure station after every print. These will make sure extra uncured resin is removed from the model and hardened. I've used both isopropyl alcohol and super strength mean green in the washing station.

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• Washing & Curing Station
• Blue Resin for 3D Printer.

3D Printing Deals and Essentials

Free Software for Designing Your Own STL/OBJ File

For my snowflake design, I started by making a vector in Adobe illustrator. However, you can make a vector snowflake in a free program like Inkscape. This recommendation list will be of free software you can use to create a model.

• Inkscape - You can use lines and shapes to make an SVG snowflake image
• Blender - You will need blender to import your SVG and turn it into a 3D model
• CHITUBOX - You will need a slicer to import your model, add supports/rafts, and slice your model into layers for printing on your machine

How to turn an SVG into a 3D model

Once you've made your 2D design in Inkscape or Illustrator, import it into Blender. It might look small and you can adjust the size in the scale. Your SVG will import as a 2D curve.

Clean the SVG curves before converting

Select the curve and make sure "Edit Mode" is selected (you should see all the points of your curve). Clean up any extra points to avoid spikes and weird geometry when your snowflake is converted to a 3D object. Do this by right clicking and choosing "Decimate Curve". A little box will pop up on the bottom left of blender that defaults to 1.0. Change this to between 0.9 and 0.95 and make sure your snowflake still has its correct shape.

Convert Bézier handles to VECTOR

This stops Blender from creating curvature where you want straight lines. In Edit Mode: Press A (select all), Press V → Vector. This alone should remove most of the “spiky mess.”

Convert the cleaned curve into a mesh

With the curve object selected, Object Mode → Right-click → Convert To → Mesh. Now you have a mesh with clean vertices.

Extrude or Solidify

You can turn your mesh into a 3D model by either extruding or using solidify.

Extrude

Go to Edit Mode: Press A, Press E → Extrude, Pull along Z axis. This gives you a solid 3D snowflake.

Solidify

In the properties menu on the right, Modifiers → Add → Solidify Use these Settings: Thickness: 1–3 mm (resin printer friendly), Even Thickness: ON

Tips for Printing Your Model

When 3D printing a flat object like a snowflake on a resin printer, one common issue is having the model suction to or get stuck on the build plate. To avoid this, try tilting your model by about 20 degrees and adding supports and a raft. Supports are little thin lines that connect to your model to hold it and allow it to print but break away easily after printing is complete. This prevents your model from getting damaged by sticking to the build plate. A raft is a thin layer below the supports that sticks to your build plate. This is necessary to anchor your supports to the build plate and support your model.

Some slicing software has an option to automatically add supports and a raft or you can manually add them yourself. I manually added the supports for my snowflake model. You can download the OBJ file that includes my premade and tested supports.

Suggested Support Settings for printing a Snowflake Ornament with CHITUBOX

Light Supports

Density: 70–80%
Touchpoint Size: 0.20–0.30 mm
Upper Diameter: 0.6 mm
Lower Diameter: 0.8–1.2 mm
Connection Shape: Cone
Support Height: Auto

Suggested Raft Profile

Shape: Skate or Lava (best peel performance)
Thickness: 1.0–1.5 mm
Margin: 3–5 mm
Raft Slope: 30–45°
Raft Density: 70–90%

Download Our Snowflake SVG & OBJ Files

We offer our 3D models for free on Cults3D. Download our Free Snowflake Print Files on Cults.