Quote Originally Posted by fred_dot_u View Post
In the example of a flower pot shape, I envision a truncated cone. This would put a number of vertical cylinders either slicing through the perimeter of the cone or it would create a volume in which there were no cylinders. I suspect you would object to the former, but is the latter option suitable?
It's not quite what it needs to be in order to work. The perforation must be minuscule. About 0.6-0.8mm holes and the holes must be placed all over the model. The water has to be able to get sucked evenly through every point of the object, much like a sieve in the shape of a flower pot.