3d printed chair

You get to make a 3d printed chair.

Here’s the twist: it will require assembly using a specific fastener known as a M3 screw.  This will be printed disassembled and held together with fasteners.

BEFORE you start designing in CAD:
1. review chair styles
2. draw a scaled version of your chair design and mark where the fasteners will be placed.

Design requirements:

  1. Your chair design will be printed FLAT and will be assembled with M3 fasteners and nuts.
  2. Your chair should have at least one design element like and image, decorative designed hole, or texture.
  3. Designed for flat packing which means:
    -no single piece should require supports
    -should be able to lay flat on the build plane

Chair measurements:

Fastener measurements:  these are really important. Without proper sizing your chair won’t assemble well.

Fastener hole: diameter of 3.3mm allows for the fastener to slide into hole.

Socket for the nut: thickness is 2.1mm for a press fit.

 

What do you turn in?  Complete step 1 and step 2.
1. Canvas: a screenshot from Tinkercad of your finished design.  How to take a screenshot in Windows.
2. For printing: upload the STL file of your design to this Google Form. 

Here’s how to convert files to STL:
-in Tinkercad click the EXPORT button in the top right hand corner. Choose STL as the file format. Pay attention to where the file downloads on your computer. -make sure that the file has your last name (like milsteadcompleteshape.svg). No name=no 3d print.

When you are done click here to submit your design.