WEEK 5 - 3D SCANNING AND PRINTING

for me in my mind 3d printing comes with personalisation. so i designed a small ring using fusion by measuring the size of my finger ring using a digital vernier CALLIPER.

used fusion to design this small ring with my fingers dimension.added a small fillet o it.

then exported it into .stl file format. you can also export it into other formats like .obj

then i installed the prusa slicer to slice the stl files and to convert then into gcodes.

from 3d bros website

in the slicer input the settings depending upon the parameters

parameter settings
print setting:-0.30mm draft
infill:- 15%

slice the file and convert it into gcodes copy files in a storage device and connect to the printer and start printing.

its fits well - power of 3d printing.

i got a personalised ring in my hand within 5 minutes!!!!!!!!

i designed a print in place ball bearing using openscad which works by code. i followed a youtube video to design

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rotate_extrude(){
    difference(){
        union(){
            translate([10.5,0,0]) square([5,7], center = true);
            translate([19.5,0,0]) square([5,7], center = true);
        }
translate ([14.75,0,0]) circle(3.5);
    }

}
for (ball = [0:30:360] ) {
    rotate([0,0,ball])
    
    translate([14.75,0,0])
    sphere( r=3.25);
}
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i am finding this easy to design. but will need a learing curve to get comfortable with openscad. i want to explore more ......

but the 3d print did not came up well. i do not know the reason.maybe trying ONE MORE time help

openscad works with code. lets create the code using chat gpt. i prompted to create a hexagon in chat gpt and pasted the code in openscad. i could have done this in Week 2 - Computer Aided Design .

from chat gpt

yes its working for simple structures but i am finding it difficult to generate code for more complex structures.

this weeks assignment question is quiet INTRIGUING. i am designing a print in place gyro keychain using fusion 360.

after designing i exported it into prusa. prusa slicer will allow us to visualise layer by layer deposition which help us to make many decisions regarding the print.

printing my assignment

removing the print after completion somewhat tricky in SOME CASES.since its a magnetic bed, flex it and remove the print.

removing the print from the bed

lithopane is a thin plaque of translucent material, normally porcelain, which has been moulded to varying thickness, such that when lit from behind the different thicknesses show as different shades, forming an image

i used lithopane maker to create a LITHOPONE stl file.

the file

the result

post processing with artec leo is quete memory intensive. so iam using labs pc to do this. artec app is already installed in it.

connect an lan cable to copy the files.

lAUNCH ARTEC STUDIO: SITTING IN FRONT OF MY LABS PC, I OPENed THE ARTEC STUDIO SOFTWARE. THIS ALLOWed ME TO ACCESS AND PROCESS THE SCAN DATA THAT WAS CAPTURED ON THE ARTEC LEO SCANNER.

lAUNCH ARTEC STUDIO: SITTING IN FRONT OF MY LABS PC, I'LL OPEN THE ARTEC STUDIO SOFTWARE. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO ACCESS AND PROCESS THE SCAN DATA THAT WAS CAPTURED ON THE ARTEC LEO SCANNER.

load the files by right clicking if showing like this

i removed the base by base selection in editor

NOW CLEAN THE REMAINING UNNECESSARy parts .

cleaning.....

NOW I HAVE TO GO TO THE 'FIX HOLES' SECTION. IT WILL IDENTIFY SOME AS FEATURES, OTHERS AS HOLES THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. SO GO THROUGH EACH HOLE AND FIX THEM

below are features of the bech in which the system identified as holes. i need to skip this

there are some parts whicha re not scanned well this likee. this will need a lot of patchup.

I MOVED TO TEXTURE BUT IT TOOK AGES TO PROCESS. SO I SWITCHED TO ANOTHER PC WITH 32GB RAM AND ADDED TEXTURES.

i loved ho the RUSTIC and antique tha came up using artec leo 😍

since the computer got stuck i have to take a video to show the final result

i really wanna embed it using sketch fab but the files is larger.

maybe i wll embed after minifying it later...