Background: This student was keen to involve himself in 3D Printing and wanted a gift for a family member who had a specific interest in farming and diggers. They were looking at ways to include design and challenge. With this design the brief was for a farming digger.
There was no basic digger design that was available for use from the student so the student concerned designed one from basic shapes available on the main Tinkercad Design portal. The geometric shapes were linked together to create the image. The student needed a specific shape for the scoop and having tried various combinations of regular shapes decided to use the 'scribble' icon to custom make the shape. From here it was a basic addition of a font to label the design for the person it was intended for. The rectangular shape of the base was intended to use the block as a child (three year olds) toy. It was intended as something for the child to play with. It was an introduction to show this particular student the potential creativity that was possible with the 3D Printer.
Size: 140mm across, 160mm high. The design is also 20mm thick. In hindsight this part of the design could well have been reduced - the student who designed it was thinking about their cousins age and making sure the block was robust enough.
Timeframe: Ten Hours - this is reflective of the size of the print.
What we would do differently/Next steps for students:
The student was very pleased with his first attempt to produce something with the 3D Printer there is much more complex designs and projects to come from this student. They have simply used the printer to create soemthing with encouragement.
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