Group Members

Student Name
Student Name

First Design Iteration

We decided to make a spinning gyro for the purposes of this example post, but you should work with your group partner to come up with your own unique design. Be creative, and try to create something truly three-dimensional.

For this first assignment you only need to create a rough first draft of your design, or, instead a testable piece of your design. Talk here about why you chose your design. You should also indicate how your design meets the design requirements listed on the assignment page. Do some research on Thingiverse and see who else has already made objects similar to what you are planning, and talk about how you will learn from those existing designs when you create your own design.

Include a screenshot of your Tinkercad design, and also make that screenshot the Featured Image. Share your design tools and how you created the first draft of your design in Tinkercad.

You can finish here with any additional thoughts: Will your design be difficult to print? Are you happy with it so far? What do you think you could change about it to make it better? What difficulties will you have to overcome in the second draft of this model?

The point of this post is to start the first iteration of your first serious design project. You can expect that your design will grow and change over time; this post is where you will document those changes, by adding additional sections in future assignments.

 

WordPress tips

  • Please make the title of your post the name of your project.
  • To make the section headers, use “Heading 3” from the Paragraph drop-down menu.
  • To list things without an extra linebreak inbetween, as you should in the “Group members” section at the top, press Shift-Return.
  • Don’t forget to set a Featured Image for your post.
  • Don’t forget to set the Category of your post to “Tinkercad Design Project”.