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Designing and Making for Purpose

3D Printing Basics

An overview of the 3D printing industry - delivered in 12 minutes across 8 short videos
The 3D Printing Industry
3d printing technologies info sheets
Learn about the various 3D printing technologies available in the market
3D Printing Technologies
An overhang model for testing your 3D printer
Learn how to design specifically for 3D printing in this short online course
Designing for 3D Printing
excessive stringing on a 3D printed model
Learn how to optimise slicer settings to achieve the best quality prints
Slicing for 3D Printing
The basics of 3D printing
Gain a thorough understanding of the 3D printing process and industry
Intro to 3D Printing

3D Design Basics

Designing in Tinkercad for 3D printing
Gain the basic skills required to bring your own ideas to life using Tinkercad software
Intro to 3D Design
A 3D printed bag holder clipped on to a table
Learn how to turn 2D sketches into 3D models to make clip accessories and more
Quick Clips
A render of a car created in Tinkercad and Fusion 360
Learn how to send Tinkercad models to Fusion 360 for further editing and visual presentations
Tinkercad to Fusion 360
fusion 360 course created by PrintLab
A skill-building mini course that shows you how to get started with Fusion 360 for solid modelling
Intro to Fusion 360

Assistive Technology

3D printed assistive devices that help people with various disabilities
Learn about assistive technology before designing and 3D printing a range of devices to help people with disabilities
Assistive Device Academy
3D printed tactile tangram puzzle for people with visual impairments
Learn about tangram dissection puzzles and create an adaptive version for people with visual impairments
Tactile Tangrams
Learn about tolerance and flexibility of materials before designing assistive clips that attach onto objects
Assistive Clips
A 3D printed tactile matching game for people with visual impairments
Create a tactile matching game for people with visual impairments
Tactile Games
Learn about simple machines and levers before designing an assistive bottle opener
Bottle Openers
A range of assistive finger tools that help people with arthritis
Learn about joints in the body before designing assistive finger tools to help people in their day-to-day struggles
Assistive Finger Tools

Circular Economy

An upcycled plastic milk bottle turned into a pen holder
Learn about upcycling materials for a circular economy before designing your own products
Upcycling
A prototype of a refillable circular economy toothbrush
Learn about plastic waste before redesigning a disposable plastic product for a circular economy
Rethinking Plastics
A prototype for a smart circular economy bottle
Learn about the effects of plastic waste before rethinking and redesigning the way we produce, use and dispose of plastic packaging
Redesigning Packaging
a geometric coaster grown with mycelium in a 3D printed mould
Learn how to make consumer products out of mycelium, the root-like structures of mushrooms
Mycelium Moulds
a circular economy intervention that encourages the reuse of paper
Learn about the reuse of materials for a circular economy and create an intervention that encourages this way of thinking
Reusing Materials

STEM

a spinning top designed in Tinkercad software
Learn about angular momentum, friction and more before designing your own spinning top
Spinning Tops
A render of a balloon powered dragster designing in Fusion 360
Learn about forces, motion and Newton's Third Law before designing and 3D printing a balloon powered dragster
Balloon Dragsters
3d printed whistle
Learn about sound waves, frequency and amplitude before creating a functional 'print-in-place' whistle
Whistles
A 3D printed self watering planter designing in Tinkercad
Learn about photosynthesis and plant growth before designing your own self-watering planter
Self-Watering Planters
puzzle cube created in Tinkercad
Learn about mathematical volumes before creating your own puzzle cube
Puzzle Cubes
maracas designed in Tinkercad software
Learn about maracas before making your own unique percussion instruments
Percussion Instruments
chemical molecule rendered in Fusion 360
Generate your own molecules for 3D printing
Chemical Structures

Manufacturing

3D printed wrench
Learn about the opportunities with 3D printing on-demand tools and design your own functional wrench
Functional Wrenches
broken artefacts render
Learn about 3D scanning and 3D printing for preservation and restoration and test your skills in a series of challenges
Fixing Artefacts
A render of a customised 3D printed chopsticks holder
Learn about the opportunities with 3D printing and customisation before designing a personalised chopsticks holder
Customized Products
3D printed stationery render inspired by batch.works
Learn about innovate design company Batch.works before designing your own stationery aimed at local retailers
Making Stationery

Architecture

An urban installation by Mccloy + Muchemwa
Learn about creative urban installations and create your own prototype in minutes using Tinkercad's scribble tool
Urban Installations
A massing model of an interior space
Learn about scale models before using 3D printing to redesign and improve an interior space
Redesigning Interiors
hivehaus modular architecture
Learn about HiveHaus modular architecture before designing and 3D printing your own configuration
HiveHaus Architecture
3D printed suspension bridge model
Learn about tension, compression and shear before making your own suspension bridge model
Suspension Bridges

History & Geography

great wall of china watchtower - created in Tinkercad
Learn about the Great Wall of China before designing your own architectural watchtower
Great Wall Watchtowers
egyptian obelisk with hieroglyphics - made in Tinkercad
Learn about hieroglyphics and Ancient Egypt before making a personalised obelisk monument
Egyptian Obelisks
A 3D contour model of mount everest
Learn about contours and scale models before designing and 3D printing your own contour model
3D Contour Models
broken artefacts render
Learn about 3D scanning and 3D printing for preservation and restoration and test your skills in a series of challenges
Fixing Artefacts

3D Scanning

Learn how to design and make surrealist sculptures with 3D scanning technology
Surrealist Sculptures
Learn how to transform an off-the-shelf product into an ergonomic solution customised for an individual
Ergonomic Transformations
Learn how to reverse engineer a series of products using 3D scan data
Reverse Engineering
Learn how to design and manufacture 3D printable orthotic devices
3D Printed Orthoses
Learn how to digitise nature with 3D scanning to create beautiful jewellery pieces
Digitising Nature
A 3D printed candle holder created by 3D scanning a shell
Learn about 3D scanning nature before using mesh data to create organic homeware products
Organic Homeware
broken artefacts render
Learn about 3D scanning and 3D printing for preservation and restoration and test your skills in a series of challenges
Fixing Artefacts

Other

armie - a solution to limit the spread of viruses such as covid-19 on handles
Learn about virus transmission before designing solutions to limit their spread on surfaces - developed in collaboration with Print City
Pandemic Products
A workbook guide to developing 3D printed products to sell
Learn how to develop 3D printed products to sell in your local community
Entrepreneurs Project
emoji tokens rendered in fusion 360
Learn how to make emoji tokens to use in feedback systems
Emoji Tokens