Task 1: Model and Print a Pawn and Six Sided Die (d6)
Make a pawn
Table of Contents
Make a numbered 6 sided die.
Create a 10" cube.
Make a 10" line going in the green direction.
Make a 10" line going in the red direction.
Make a rectangle that starts and ends at the end of each line to make a 10" x 10" square
Push/Pull 10" to make a cube (10" x 10" x 10").
Place numbers to be engraved on the sides of the cube using 3-D Text.
Set the Height to 8"
Check Text filled and Text extrusion.
Set Text extrusion to 1"
Select box the numbers and cube.
Right-click to get the Context Menu, use the Intersect Faces → With Model command.
Delete the 3-D Text numbers.
Use the Push/Pull Tool to push in the letters 1".
Select All and make a Component.
Entity Info should say the d6 is a "Solid Component."
If it is not a Solid, then use the Solid Inspector. "Short Edges" are fine for 3d printing.
Task 2 - Model and Print 5 Game Pieces Total
Make at least three other game pieces to go with your pawn and d6.
Options:
Make 3 different chess pieces.
Make 3 different D and D Dice with engraved or embossed numbers.
Make a combination of different dice and chess pieces.
Specifications
Dice must be fair and useable which means they must be symmetrical. Chess pieces must be easy to identify.
Each object must be in its own component.
Each object must be a watertight solid.
Scale down final pieces so they are no wider than 1 inch (25 mm) and no taller than 3 inches (76 mm).
All pieces will be printed together on a 6"x6" (150 mm x 150 mm) build plate.
Files must be saved with username first.
Must be checked by Mr. Bright. Once checked, an STL file needs be downloaded and exported.
The STL file should be sliced with the Makerbot Print Slicer for the Sketch printers.
After you have created a sliced .makerbot file, turn in the file to Canvas.
Required Instructions
SketchUp Skill Builder: Modeling a Chess Set, Part 1 - Pawn - youtube.com
Using the follow-me tool to create a solid.
Using an image as a pattern.
Engraving 3D Text.
Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model - help.sketchup.com
Engrave text into solid objects in SketchUp - youtube.com - Using the Subtract Solids tool
Engrave text in shapes that are not solid objects in SketchUp - youtube.com - Using the Intersect Faces -> With Model in the context menu (right-click).
Creating Engraved or Embedded Text in Sketchup - youtube.com - Method that sometimes works without using special tools.
Slicing the STL File
Dice
1d4 Perfect Pyramid (3 and 4 sided) in Sketchup
Make a cube.
Draw diagonal lines across the faces that meet up at 4 corners.
Erase the edges of the other 4 corners to get the four sided shape.
Place numbers at the corners.
Intersect Faces → With Model
Push in letters to engrave.
1d6 Make a perfect cube.
1d8 Perfect Pyramid (3 and 4 sided) in Sketchup - 2 perfect pyramids make an eight sided die.
1d10 Start with a 5 sided polygon. Make two prisms.
1d12 SketchUp Skill Builder: Dodecahedron - youtube.com - Hardest die to make. Called a dodechahedron, each face is a pentagon.
