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Solid Modeling Software: Lab 8 ENGR101

This document provides instructions for a lab assignment on using solid modeling software to design 3D objects. Students will first use Tinkercad to recreate a sample object consisting of 5 boxes. They will then calculate the volume of the object. Finally, students will design their own original object with a practical application, take screenshots of it, describe its function, and calculate its volume. The overall objectives are to learn how to navigate a modeling software interface and create/modify basic shapes.

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Solid Modeling Software: Lab 8 ENGR101

This document provides instructions for a lab assignment on using solid modeling software to design 3D objects. Students will first use Tinkercad to recreate a sample object consisting of 5 boxes. They will then calculate the volume of the object. Finally, students will design their own original object with a practical application, take screenshots of it, describe its function, and calculate its volume. The overall objectives are to learn how to navigate a modeling software interface and create/modify basic shapes.

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LAB 8

ENGR101

Solid Modeling Software

MakerLab at PCC Sylvania

Introduction
Solid model design and 3D printing have never been easier. For design there are some
feature-rich software tools out there, like Fusion 360 and Solidworks, but it can be
easier to start with a simpler software that’s both easy to learn and to use, like
Tinkercad. In this lab we’ll design small objects as a class. And the designs will be
suitable in size and fabrication run-time to be manufactured using the 3D printers in
MakerLab (https://www.pcc.edu/maker/makerlab/).

Keep in mind these instructions are not a step-by-step guide, but rather are intended to
complement the instruction given during the lab.

Objectives
● Learn how to navigate a solid modelling software IDE

● Create and modify basic shapes

● Determine dimension using measurements and statistics


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Part A: Create a Simple Object with Tinkercad


In the lab, instructions will be given about how to use the Tinkercad interface. Then we
can start building an object. Here is what it looks like:

Here are the dimensions of the large cube in the center and the smaller cube:
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Here are two of the dimensions of the rectangular prism (the other faces are
coincidental with the large cube in the center):

There are five boxes in total that are arranged symmetrically. Here are top and side
views:

Once all the objects are in place, merge them into one object.

Since the campus is closed this term, information about using the 3D printers is just
provided for reference:

When the design is complete you have the object’s final form! Click on the Export button
in the upper right, and download the “.STL” file.

Software that drives the 3D printers in the Makerlab is called AfiniaStudio:

Step one is to add the model file (.STL):


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Additional instructions to place objects and configure the printer would be provided in
the lab.

Procedures
1. Use Tinkercad to create the object shown. Change the color to something other
than red, and then take several screenshots that show the object from some
useful perspectives.
2. Calculate (or approximate) the volume of the object in cm 3. Show your work.
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Part C: Create an Object of Your Choosing


Choose one object with a practical application. Limit the volume (of the bounding box) to
130 cm3 Make sure that it is complex enough to demonstrate at least several important
features of the software. And simple enough to be drawn using common features of the
software.

Procedures
3. Using Tinkercad to create a small, practical 3D object made of basic shapes (or
otherwise shapes available in Tinkercad).

a. Take several screenshots that show the object from some useful
perspectives.

b. Briefly describe the purpose/function of the object. And include any


limitations to its function if the object were made in various materials.

4. Calculate (or approximate) the volume of the object in cm 3.

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