MatterHackers Training ambassador and head of expertise at BIS Washington, David Williams, leads a workshop in 3D design utilizing TinkerCad, featured on the ISTE21Live EdTech convention. David guides academics via a step-by-step lesson 3D modeling customized robots that college students can design after which fabricate with 3D printing within the classroom.

Create a free TinkerCAD account or use MatterControl to emulate the steps and apply making your individual robotic earlier than sharing with college students. As soon as your design is full, be taught find out how to implement quite a lot of bodily, software program and {hardware} strategies to make your concept a actuality and take a look at David’s instance robots created by college students which were printed on an Ultimaker 3D printer utilizing MH Construct Sequence PLA.

That is an introductory lesson supposed to show the fundamental fundamentals of 3D design software program all carried out inside a single mannequin, together with the next key ideas:

• Making primary shapes similar to cubes and cylinders
• Enhancing shapes by scaling, rotating, adjusting the variety of sides, and including rounded corners
• Creating damaging/hole area (aka subtractions)
• Producing a customized 3D form from a 2D drawing
• Grouping and mixing objects

Lastly, discover ways to rework your college students’ 3D printed toys into real-life merchandise by implementing the Mayku Vacuum Former, as demonstrated by David on the finish of the lesson. 

Observe together with the video tutorial under for an simply adaptable lesson into your STEAM curriculum that may interact college students in studying product design with enjoyable digital manufacturing strategies.

[To see more of the inspiring educational projects, live speaking sessions, and reviews of 3D printing tools and resources created by David Williams as a featured MatterHackers Education Ambassador, visit his collection page on the MatterHackers website here.]