3D Design 2

Lamda Complex
Ethan Dahl
Drakes Creek Middle
3D Design

I made a keycard model for the “Lambda Complex”. This is from a game I play and intended to use for a project. 

First, I took measurements for how large I want it in real life and made the model according to that (In Tinkercad, you can set the grid size to 1 millimeter per square so I created my model accordingly). Second, I imported a cube, scaled it into a card size, and rounded the edges. Next, I added an indent on the left side so I could have a scanning piece. Finally, I added the Lambda on the card along with the text “Lambda Complex”. 

I used Tinkercad to design this model because of its easy usability and leniency. The reason for this model’s design was for a school project. We had a project that we decided to base around the video game “Half-Life‘ and it ended up being a puzzle reward for one of the project's puzzles. Getting the dimensions for this was a big issue because translating 3D space to reality is difficult because relativity is something that doesn’t work in virtual space. Also getting all the correct tolerances was difficult because of the preciseness needed for the small lettering. 

I liked the experience more than the actual model. Of course the model turned out great but I wasn’t very good at modeling beforehand so just the experience was good.

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