Challenge: For a confident Y4 student who is showing promise and talent in 3D Printing to further his design by adding details to his project.
Background: The years classroom is a combined Y3/4 classroom of students. The students are a mix of last years classroom who had experience with the 3D Printer and CAD design and students who have joined the classroom for the first time and while they are somewhat less experienced have the ability to pick things up using Tinkercad quickly.
The student concerned had originally designed some basic shapes and ideas and then wanted to combine them into a stationary holder that he would be able to use in the classroom.
The student produced the design shown left. He wanted to include the two aspects of the design to personalise it, along with his name. The cricket bat was shown left and a soccer ball was included in the design of the main cylinder.
Level of Difficult: Medium. There were different aspects of the design that needed to work in conjunction with each other.
Size: The base of the stationary measured 90mm across the front of the design, and was 125mm long. The name at the front was 55mm across and 25mm high. The cricket bat was the length of the base and the stationary holder part of the design was 75mm high.
Timeframe: Eighteen hours with the current default settings. The design and the aspects of the design were correct for the dimensions of what the student wanted and he was extremely pleased with the result.
What we would do differently/Next steps for the students: The student was extremely pleased with the overall result and the aspects of the print that they used to enhance and add detail to the finished product. At times students add aspects to the design that while they can look appealing the detail can then something that does not translate well to a 3D Print, particularly if they have too much fine detail on them.
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