3D Printed Business Card Stand
Participants will design a custom business card stand.
Get inspired by this Google Image Search.
Design Considerations
According to the Designer's Toolbox, an average business card in the United States is 89mm wide and 51mm high, or 3.5" wide and 2" high.
The more material in your design (think chain-link fence versus a fence made of 2'x4's), the longer it will take to print.
As you design, think economically, in terms of frame or skeleton versus fill.
Create a TinkerCad account
Advantages of TinkerCad.com.
TinkerCad is free
It autosaves your work
It is easy to share your work to Thingiverse.com
Importing SVG files is easy
It includes short lessons you can practice later
Starting TinkerCad
After creating a new account, TinkerCad automatically starts in lesson mode.
Go to New Project or New Design. Many of our shape and tool options are on the right.
Using TinkerCad
Use the white cubes to resize objects.
Use the cone to raise and lower objects along the Z-axis.
Use the curved handles to rotate or flip objects.
Parts of the Stand
Your stand will need a base. The base should be 2mm.
If you would like to do something similar to the above...
Rear posts are 4mm wide and 30mm high.
Front posts are 2mm wide and 10mm high.
Group your shapes
Select all of your shapes and click Group. It's important to group your shapes, or it may not print as expected!
Design Properties: Rename & Download STL
Under Design, go to Properties to name your design. You can also make the design public here. You will then select Download for 3D Printing and select STL format.
Prepare in MakerWare & Print
You can open MakerWare and add the STL file to the work area. We will change layer height to .34mm.
Survey
Surveys are here: https://sites.google.com/site/cplmakerlab/surveys