Thingiverse
The largest and most popular online repository of free printable 3D models is Thingiverse. Anyone can upload designs to the site, so the quality of models varies widely. Nevertheless, Thingiverse is a good place to find lots of models with which to practice your newfound printing skills.
Lesson: Creating a Thingiverse account
- Creating a Thingiverse account (video)
Assignment: Creating a Thingiverse account
- Using the preceding lesson as a guide, create a Thingiverse account
- On the Google Classroom site, post a link to your Thingiverse profile (see example)
Lesson: Downloading, slicing, and printing a Thingiverse model
- Thingiverse (video)
Assignment: Download, slice, and print a Thingiverse model
- Using the preceding lesson as a guide, download, slice, and print a Thingiverse model
- Take clear, detailed photos of your printed model
- Post the photos of your printed model to the Google Classroom site, along with any questions or comments you have about downloading, slicing, and printing a Thingiverse model
Resources: Thingiverse
- Thingiverse (pdf)
- Using the preceding lesson as a guide, download, slice, and print the KVCC Maine magnet
- Take clear, detailed photos of your print
- Email me the photos of your print