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Assignment 0 (Part 2) - 3D Printing

Due date TBD. You must work individually.

Overview

In this assignment, you will be using a 3D printer to fabricate a 3D object. You must print one of the following (your choice):

1. Your mesh from A2 (OpenSCAD)
2. Your mesh from A3 (3D Scanning)
3. Another object you create
   • You may not simply download an object to print
   • You may modify/tweak/augment your design from A2 or A3
   • You may start with a downloaded object, but you must modify the mesh in some non-trivial way
   • Please ask if you're not sure!

Please pay attention to the amount of material used! Your printed model should not take much more than a couple hundred grams.

Please document all the steps involved. See below for details.

Evaluation

• Successful print the object
• PDF report (see below)
• 3 minute in-class demo

What to hand in

The report should include the following:

• Documentation of all the major steps involved.
  • Image of the mesh you printed
  • Screenshots of relevant steps
    • What orientation did you end up choosing? Show examples of bad orientations.
    • Did you manually add support?
    • Did you need to create holes for air to escape?
  • Photos of the printing session
  • What went wrong and how did you fix it? For example:
    • Print failed due to bad support
    • The object broke while removing support
    • Missing air holes?
  • Photos of the final result
  • How long did it take?
• Were there any references (books, papers, websites, etc.) that you found particularly helpful for completing your assignment? Please provide a list.
• Do you have any comments about this assignment that you would like to share?

For this assignment, please only submit the PDF file. It should be named NETID.pdf (your email ID; e.g., sueda.pdf).