3d-Printing
Background Information on 3d-Printing
Before doing this activity in class, I had some prior knowledge of what 3d-printing was. It is the construction of a 3d object from a 3d model that is created on a website such as Onshape. I also knew that 3d-printing was used for many purposeful things such as organ replacement and creating body prosthetic. People have also made a whole car by 3d-printing parts which illustrates how useful this STEM skill is.
Software
I used
Tinkercad software because I have very little experience with 3d-printing. I am also slightly more familiar with Onshape so I wanted to try using Tinkercad and get more comfortable with that software.
My Design
I decided I wanted to create a keychain. I looked through the different shapes that I could use for my keychain until I found a flower. I imported a shape of a flower and then added added a cylinder shape to the top of the flower to create a hole there. Then I grouped the cylinder with the flower so the hole would be fixed at that specific spot of the design.
Reflection
Through this lesson, I learned a lot about creating a 3d-printing design on Tinkercad. For example, I learned how to create a hole in any design you want to. Here are the steps:
- First, you select the shape of the hole you want to create by clicking the drop down on shapes/design. You drag it to the specific spot of the design you want to create the hole.
2. Then, you adjust the size of the shape by clicking on the corresponding square. You can click on the triangle like figure on top of the shape to push the shape all the way down on the design to create the hole.
3. After adjusting the hole, you select the hole and the design and then click on the "grouping"icon on the top right corner of the screen to attach the hole to the specific spot of the design.
Overall, I learned how to import shapes, create holes, adjust size of holes and design, change measurement of design, and create a STL file.
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