3D Printed Flexi Animals - Cat

Challenge: The student responsible for designing the flexi-animals has been challenged to come up with more extensive projects, which she is currently working on.

Background: However she has also been completing additional work as a side project.  It is not an exaggeration to say that she has mastered the art of producing these prints.  She is sourcing a freely made silhouette and then converting it into an svg file.  Following this she is then editing the print in Tinkercad to include the linking of the sections that make up the flexi part of the design.  Once printed she involves herself in checking the flexibility of the animal - refining the design checking on its linking and making sure that it has the right 'feel' to it (such as adjusting the location of some of the links).

Level of Difficulty: Medium.  This student has mastered the art of the creating these designs and having them balanced and detailed.   They are something that she has shown a great deal of skill with.

Size and Print time: The print measured 120mm across, is 70mm high (excluding the tail) and is 10mm thick.   This has equated to a print on the Snapmaker for two and a half hours.   Given the dimensions and size of the print this would be correct for this project.

What we would do differently: Nothing - this is a student working to the highest level.   She is showing creativity and designs of the highest quality.    As a school we are creating a range of the students designs and looking at gifting to those who visit our school - you can see a range of the 'kiwi' flexi-design from the student featured previously on this blog in the photograph.