123D Design Complex Project (Fidget Spinner)

Students will explore different software applications for creating a complex 3D prototype design(s). As a class we will brainstorm ideas for replicating and/or customizing designs for common objects that are used to solve routine problems. Examples might include designing a set of gears that will be used in conjunction with an shaft to turn or move another object, a protective device for smart phones (custom designed smart phone case), etc. Detail in specifying measures for design elements becomes essential to successful builds.

Students will use 123d Design and/or  Sketchup to “solve” their problem. Objects may need to be imported to Meshmixer for final tweaking and prepping for 3D printing.

Projects then get uploaded to the ePortfolio on a page (kid to 3D Design 2 Build) with the assignment title, the above description of the assignment, the .jpg perspectives, and a reflection statement (what did you do – restate the task, how did you do it – process, and how do you think it turned out).

 

Finished-

 

Printed- 

 

Reflection- This project was pretty hard and took a bit of energy. For this assignment i had to brainstorm for a while but when i found it i got it. It took me a while to get it all together but it turned out well. I’m happy to be done with the main assignments and will most likely work on other stuff.