3D Printed Name Tag

What I did

For this project, we were asked to 3D print a name tag.

 

What I used

Materials: plastic 3D printer filament

Tools: Fusion 360, Ultimaker Cura 3.0, Ultimaker Extended 2+ 3D printer

 

How I did it

To begin, I created a 3D model of a name tag approximately the size of a business card in Fusion 360 and saved it as an stl file.

 

Then I opened up the stl file in Cura Ultimaker 3.0. As there was only one Ultimaker 3D printer available, a peer and I opened our stl files together, so they could be printed together. We then created a gcode file and saved it to an SD card.

 

Next, we put the SD card in the 3D printer and found and selected our file. After starting the print, we watched the printer begin both of the name tags to ensure it was printing properly.

    

 

While we were gone, our print was accidentally cancelled and it had to be restarted on another machine, as the one it had been on needed to be re-calibrated.

   

 

What I learned

My biggest takeaway from this project is the learning the challenges of shared workspaces. Makerspaces have a lot of benefits as a place where people can come together to work and learn from each other and collaborate, however sharing a space with others can also result in unforeseen events occurring. In my case, my print was accidentally cancelled and had to be restarted, resulting in loss of time.

On another note, I’ve learned how to simplify my documentation process. If you have google photos constantly backing up the photos from your phone and connect your google account to wordpress, you can have all of your photos available immediately, making documentation a lot simpler.