Tinkercad Project Outline

Copy the text of this post and paste it into a new post of your own. Then fill in the sections according to the checklists before the deadlines.

You will complete this post with a group member. Please be sure that both members contribute equally to all aspects of the project. This means that both members should be in involved in part of the design process, part of the printing process, and part of the writing process here in this post. You should be able to add a co-author to this post in the “Authors” section of the editor, below.

Initial Design Idea

10 points, due by noon on Thursday 3/21

  • list the names of the two people in your group
  • describe the 3D model that you plan to create, and why
  • what knowledge does your team bring to this project right from the start?
  • what will your team have to learn for this project, and how will you learn?
  • select the “Group Tinkercad Projects” category from the right sidebar
  • add co-author so both group members can edit and get credit for this post
  • use some screenshot or internet image for your Featured Image for now
  • delete these bullet points and the “10 points” line and the paragraphs above this section 🙂

First Draft Print

10 points, due by noon on Thursday 3/21

  • include a landscape, full-width photo of your draft print
  • did you draft print fail or succeed? what did you learn? what needs changing?
  • change the Featured Image for this post to your photo of the current draft print
  • don’t forget to delete the “10 points” part

Design Iteration

10 points, due by noon on Tuesday 3/26

  • describe at least two things you had to change about your design
  • support your writing with at least one screenshot of your design process

Final Print

10 points, due by noon on Tuesday 3/26

  • print a final version of your model and make it as nice as you can
  • include a quality landscape, full-width photo of your final print
  • discuss this final print and its strengths and weaknesses
  • upload your design and image to Thingiverse
  • add JMU3SPACE tag and link both ways between Thingiverse and this post
  • change the Featured Image for this post to your photo of the final print