Background: We have a class of students who are refining their 3D Design and creations. As part of the process a series of students have been exposed to the 3D Printers and projects for the first time.
We started the students with the basic designs and have then asked them to challenge themselves with the next step - what can we do next? What have we learnt to develop our designs with unique and creative creations?
This design came from a student who had a farming background and wanted to incorporate a tractor design into his work. While he could have looked to have have imported a pre-made design into this, he instead decided to represent the shapes by using a round of geometric shapes to create the tractor design. The ability to do so is one of the key components that make Tinkercad such an excellent tool for a class of iPad students.
Level of Difficulty: Medium to low. This is a straightforward design idea, that shows a students ideas developing and starting to increase the scope of designs. The student is just starting to push himself in creative and innovative ways having just started working with 3D Printing and Tinkercad - in the last three weeks. There is clear and obvious potential to improve and refine this design further.
Timeframe: Five hours - this could potentially be refined further as a reduction was possible.
Size: The print measured 165mm across the front and was 85mm high. The print was 5mm thick. These dimensions produced an oversize key ring or badge that would work for certain keys (such as a door key) or the kind of key that you would not want to loose (as its size would prevent it from easily being put into a pocket or misplaced.
What we would do differently/next steps for students: We are attempting to encourage this student with his designs and creations and this is shown clear progression from his first designs. When he completed his initial print he was being helped by another student, which then led to him working independently to complete the stencil. This then led to there being a progression through to this design and it should be a signal of things to come.
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