Dioramas & 3D Printing (Session 2) at the Deception Bay Library (14 Sep 2017)

Dioramas & 3D Printing (Session 2) at the Deception Bay Library (14 Sep 2017)

Activity Outline

This activity was to look at how 3D printers work and how they can help us, now and in the future

Materials needed

Power boards and extension leads

Laptops with printer software installed and internet access

3D printers

Printer accessories (extra ink, glue, scraper)

Tinkercad account (free on signup)

Previous items made to show sizes and quality of the printer standards

Recommendations

Watch Youtube for ideas on what to make

Previous experience using Tinkercad or 3D printer was not necessary

Discussion

After seeing how a 3D printer works and understanding that it can take “hours” to print something. We designed our character/ item in Tinkercad and then imported it into the 3D printer software. Here we could resize the item to fit the print pad and to set the standard of printing. The standard of printing determined how long it would take to print so we made adjustments to the standard to suit the sessions time frame

Reflection

We had a group of 4 – this will depend on how many printers you have. The printer played up (like any technology session can) A back up session/time frame is advised.

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