Challenge: For a student to use a freely available SVG file and modify it for another purpose.
Background: This is another variation from a range of recent prints and projects that have been detailed on this blog. The essence of all these prints is that they have started with a free .SVG file that was either selected for the students or located by safe searching online.
Students then imported the design into the Tinkercad design interface and altered the image and changing an element of it. In this instance the student took the silhouette of the cat as shown and then added a potential keyring hole in the top left corner. Obviously they also further personalised the name in the bottom right hand corner.
As noted in the rather convoluted description the process from start to finish took ten minutes and was completed independently by a cohort two student who is eight years old. There was no input from the classroom teacher during the process.
Resources used to complete this project: iPad,
Tinkercad App, Bambu P1S, Regular PLA.
Level of Difficulty: Low - Using SVG was a simple introduction for our students however it is fair to say that after two weeks of afternoon sessions that they have mastered the process.
Size: As it stands at the moment the project is somewhat oversized being 140mm wide 170mm high and is currently 5mm thick. Realistically if this was to be a more manageable size these dimensions would be reduced.
Cost/Price: The print uses 31g of regular PLA to produce this print. This has a price point for the project of $0.79 and there is no 'rafting' or waste plastic associated with this design.
Timeframe: The printer has the standard six minute warm up and preparation time and a further forty six minutes of project printing to complete the project took a combined total of fifty two minutes.
What would we do differently/Next steps for the students: Other than resize this design to a more manageable size there are no plans to adapt this print. The student has considered the possibility of using it for a bowl feeding identification system at home (ie when the cat is fed the badge is then removed or taken off the hook).
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