Fathers Day 3D Printing Step 102

 

We located this print online - it was printed as its intention was to show that something could be deconstructed or created by the student using this as a template or an example.   In the example shown left the print used 35g of PLA to complete the print and had a price point of $0.68c.

The print measured 80mm wide and was 100mm high.  It had a width of 10mm thick.   As it was located online there was no student input into its creation, however it was a useful physical print to be able to show the students an example that they would be able to create themselves.  By breaking down the print the students were able to realised that they could use the 'scribble' tool to replicate the lettering - that this could also be used to create the hearts that were not uniform and that the other hearts could be created by using Tinkercad shape menu and also create the bubble and a range of other affects by using circles and other basic shapes.   This design was not spray painted it was printed using a multi-coloured PLA.

Following on from yesterdays basic coaster design students began the process of using the hole tool in Tinkercad to develop lettering that was sunk into the base of the design, instead of sticking out of the design and facing outwards.

In this instance the template was used, as you can see one one of the hearts visible at the top of the print and the other one was deleted.   This was completed independently by a nine year old student in the classroom part of the cohort one of students who is printing and designing for the first time using their iPad and Tinkercad.

This print used 31g of PLA to complete the print and it had a price point of $0.61c to complete the print.   Again there was some student input into this print but it was somewhat minimal as the student was working off the design that had been shared with them, their adaptation was to take the design and include the font and lettering with the design.   The lettering for the 'Happy Fathers Day' could have been made slightly deeper into the design so it might stand out more, as did the font for the year which can be clearly seen as being more defined.

In this example shown left was one of the first attempts by a student to take a design or an idea and develop it further.  Someone tongue in cheek this student wanted to create a toilet seat themed coaster as they felt that there father spent some time there.   The student wanted to take the basic coaster idea and expand on that further.

 

They used the coaster for the base and experimented with a very basic cistern in the background, which was essentially a rectangular prism.   The student then was intending to develop both this and the lid/coaster further by including additional details and physical features to extend this design further.

The PLA used to complete this print was 62g of PLA and this had a price point of $1.20 to complete the print.