Airless Parametric Pickleball / Wiffle Ball

Introducing the very first fully Parametric Pickleball!

IMPORTANT:  Printing in PLA Tough+, ABS or TPU is highly recommended.  Other tough materials may work but needs to be tested.

Using supports is recommended to get a smooth bottom surface.  Printing with a brim only will work but the bottom will need to be sanded smooth.

To make changes to the ball, click the green Customize button:

This allows you to modify the follow attributes of the ball:
Total Number of Holes
Hole Size
Ball Diameter / Size
Shell Thickness

Hole Count Overrides (3 rows available)

Once all of your changes have been made, click Generate at the bottom.  This feature is currently free through Makerworld!

The ball will print with a small brim around the base. I recommend using some fine grit sandpaper if the area is overly rough after removing the brim.
 

There are 3 user definable rows of holes available to modify.

If you use the Row 1-3 hole count overrides it will only override a single row, play around with both tools to get the exact layout you want.

Notes:

• Setting the number of holes too high or too few (and the opposite!) can result in some undesirable results.  Be sure to view the 3d preview before printing.

• Standard PLA seems to work with a shell thickness of 6 and you may need to increase the infill.  This raises the weight of the ball however.  You could try playing with the number of holes to reduce the weight if you want.

• Recommended filaments:  PLA Tough, ABS, ASA, TPU

Enjoy and please share your printed models with custom designs!

3/2/26 Update
The model has been updated with 3 new user definable parameters:

Row1HoleCountOverride
Row2HoleCountOverride
Row3HoleCountOverride

Setting any of these will allow you to manually define the number of holes in any of the rows.