7P7 - 3D Design

List of 10 Good Ideas Planning Questions

1. Snake cup to hold pencils or pens I will be working by myself for this

2. Cat door stopper project.

3. Card box earbud case I will need TinkerCad and access

4. Thick guitar picks with roses and thorns on them to a 3D printer for this project.

5. Key Hanger that looks like plants My plan for this project is to use

6. Handle for mug squares to make a box where

7. Feather Bookends I can store my earbuds and using

8. Bookmarks with roses and thorns on them the scribble I can make it look like a

9. Lotus incense tray box of cards.

10. Feather Bookstand The unique qualities my project will

be I designed the looks of the things I

made for this project.

Problems my Designs Would Solve

Snake Pencil Holder - I needed to get a Christmas Present for my sister and she has a lot of random writing utensils she needs a more permanent place for, she also said she wanted a nose ring that looked like a snake biting its tail.

Cat Doorstopper - When we move my sister in and out of college we need to keep her door open and we don't always have a working doorstopper to use.

Card Box Earbud Case - I need a place to put my earbuds because I just keep them loose in my drawer and lose them often.

Thick Guitar Picks with Roses and Thorns on Them - The guitar picks my family buy are not thick enough to play with so I wanted to make something that was thick enough and looked nice.

Key Hanger that Looks like Plants - My family hangs their keys on command hooks but we don't have enough of them so we have to just put them on the counter where that usually get lost. I thought making key hooks would be good way know were the keys were always and make it look nice.

Handle for Mug - I recently dropped a mug and broke the handle off of it.

Feather Bookends - I have a lot of books and they don't all fit in my bookshelf so some of them are on the floor and I don't really like how that looks so I want to be able to use bookends to hold the books up on top of my bookshelf.

Bookmarks with Roses and Thorns on Them - I don't have enough bookmarks because I often read multiple books and then stop reading those books for a while and start new books before I have finished the previous books and leave the bookmarks in. I feel I could just make more bookmarks that look nice and paint the designs.

Lotus Incense Tray - I do not have my own incense tray but I do like it when incense is burned, I thought I could make my own tray that looks like a lotus flower.

Feather Bookstand - It would be nice to have something that holds your book up while you are reading it and if I made this bookstand look like feathers it would match the bookends I made earlier.

Daily Log

Day 1. Created List of 10 Good Ideas. Looked at other students work. Started experimenting with TinkerCad. I started making an earbud case that looks like a card box.

Day 2. I started working on a pencil holder that looks like a snake for my sister.

Day 3. I finished the snake pencil holder and card earbud case. I started working on a doorstopper that looks like a cat.

Day 4. I worked some on the cat doorstopper and some on bookends that look like feathers.

Day 5. I worked on my cat doorstop and I think I finished it.

Day 6. It was a snow day and I did not work on my project.

Day 7. I worked on my website, creating the Problems my Designs Would Solve section and adding pictures. I also started my Reflection.

Day 8. I created a video showing my project.

Reflection

Using TinkerCad, I created a cat doorstopper. I created this because when we move my sister in and out of college we need to keep her door open for extended periods and we don't really have a doorstopper to do that with. I decided to make it look like a cat because my sister really likes cats and I thought it would look nice.

During this process I learned how to use the scribble tool in TinkerCad. I also learned how to change the size of the workspace in TinkerCad. Another thing I learned was how to turn off snap-grid in TinkerCad.

My project ties to Innovative Designer because I created new things without pre-existing blueprints to guide me. My project also ties to Empowered Learner because I was able to set a goal for how much of each design I wanted to get done everyday and reflect on whether or not I met said goals. My project ties to Knowledge Constructor as well because I already had some basic knowledge about TinkerCad from my time in Mr. Renner's Sucess Skills for Technology Class last year but this year I learned more about TinkerCad, such as how to change the size of the workspace and the scale of the snap-grid.

A challenge I overcame on this project was not being able to think of idea for my List of 10. I needed to overcome this challenge because I couldn't do the project without knowing what I was trying to create. I overcame this problem by thinking about things that we needed to fix in my household and if there was any 3 inch by 3 inch thing or smaller that I could create using a 3D printer to fix those things.

Given the chance to do this project again, I would change how many pictures I took while creating my designs. I would change this because I barely took any in my earlier designs and I didn't have all of the steps I took when creating the objects. I also almost didn't have enough pictures to meet the standard for the project, even though I did in the end, it was too close for comfort.

My project connects to the Engineering Design program at Hastings High School. It connects to Engineering Design in that I created things to solve problems without blueprints or a guide. My project connects to careers in STEM Maker Foundations Instructor, 3D Printing Technician, and Hardware Operations Engineer.