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Problem (Prompt)
Problem (Prompt)
My new engineering teacher, Mr. Bradley, gave our starting sophomore class a simple, but important first project: print a 3D print that fits or is smaller than a 3-inch x 3-inch x 1/8 inch area.
Why such a small size? I think it was for simplicity, as Mr. Bradley mentioned, the purpose of this assignment was to help us CHARGEnorth students remember how to use the 3D printers in our school's makerspace from last year (freshman year).
Research
Research
Luckily, I remembered how to 3D print on an Ender-3 Pro (which was the model of 3D printers my school's makerspace had), because I had 3D printed items at a local library (it was a Prusa MK4 for those who are curious) over the summer.
Requirements and Constraints
Requirements and Constraints
As stated before, my engineering teacher had told us that the print had to be within a 3 in x 3 in x 1/8 inch area for simplicity, which made things simple for me, where I didn't have to plan any large, elaborate design to print.
Prototype Development
Prototype Development
I decided to make a simple keychain, with a design that resembled a Japanese letter (kanji) that meant "hope":
Presentation
Presentation
I also had to make a documentation about how to use the 3D printers at my school (Ender-3 Pro) that had to be small but concise.
This is one of the slides from my slideshow documentation, which explains how to use the slicing software for the 3D printer (Mr. Bradley taught us students how to use the UltiMaker Cura slicer).
For almost all of the other engineering projects that I did for my sophomore year in CHARGEnorth, I have done documentation via a slideshow, because Mr. Bradley required documentation for them, so track and record our learnings and findings.
The Write-Up/Documentation
The Write-Up/Documentation
For every project that my engineering teacher assigns, he requires that I and other students create a "write-up", otherwise known as the documentation process. I mainly use Google Slides for my documentation, and here's a viewable version of one for this particular project.
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