It's impressive to see how quickly the students were able to learn how to use 3DC. They are able to select and deselect objects and understand how to manipulate (move, size, and tilt) them. This week the students designed their own name plates. Each student selected a shape and then added their initials. They had to decide if they wanted their initials to be raised (bump out), embossed (partially carved out), or cut out (go all the way through). Take a look at their name plates:
Here is a video (to the right) I showed the kids about how 3D printing works. Our printer prints with plastic. The kids were surprised that some 3D printers print with chocolate. Yummy! | |
Here's a video of the ACDS 3D Printer