Meshmixer and 123d Design Tools Skill Building: Bunny Rabbit Bank

Students will follow the step by step Meshmixer and 123d Design Tutorial “Bunny Bank” (using headphones) to gain more thorough tool use and application. Students may consult each other in small groups while completing this tutorial exercise. Students MAY will export their finished Bunny Bank as an .stl file and put the in the printer queue for printing. PRINTING IS OPTIONAL. Screen shots (at least 2 perspectives) will be included in their ePortfolio assignment page, along with 2 pictures of the printed piece (if printed). Estimated time to completion – 2 class sessions.

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Reflection: At first I thought this would be easy. I only have to hollow out the bunny and put the coin slot in it, right? Wrong! It took me a short amount of time to do the first steps, like make the bunny a solid, then hollow it out. But when I took it into 123D Design and subtracted the square to make a coin slot, it took much more than five minutes. It took about 10-15 minutes. Also, when it finally finished, it either didn’t work, the hole was cut on the bottom, or the program froze up and I had it force quit. In the end (and after 5 times of trying), it finally was a success, and the bunny bank was done.