Background: A student who has had limited input and creations with 3D printing was very keen to produce something with a Christmas theme. They had experience before prior with Tinkercad but in a passing way rather than being someone who had made epic or complicated prints.
By using Tinkercads main interface and the 3D objects that are readily available and visible the student was quickly about to produce this design and print. When it was originally shown to the teacher the name was not present so after a brief conversation it was added to the final result.
The student produced this independently within a time frame of ten minutes and sized everything successfully. The student was thrilled with the result and is looking at options to spray paint and further decorate the design.
Level of Difficulty: Low - this is a basic design with basic shapes.
Size: The print measured 90mm in height was 45mm across and was only 8mm thick. For the purpose of an introductory print, where we wanted the student to experiment before we look at trying to extend them or have them create a more detailed print
Time: This is an hour and a half print - given the dimensions etc and the purpose of the print it wouldn't really be feasible to print this any bigger, there could have perhaps been some additional lettering.
We have a range of prints from previous years which were listed in this post from a few days ago.
The design left, was created using the basic designs - a series of circles/spheres were created for the main part of the design, the scribble part of the design was used for the foliage, and a circle was used to link the design so it could be hung on a tree. The total design time was less than ten minutes and the design took two hours to print. The next step with it is to look at the spray painting of the design to look at appropriate colour.
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