OUGD603 | Extended Practice | Brief 07 | Sketch-up and ReplicatorG | Student Starpack Awards 2018

OUGD603 | Extended Practice | Brief 07 | Sketch-up and ReplicatorG | Student Starpack Awards 2018 - The Future Milk Bottle

Sketch up - Building Bottle design
Development stage of the design brief and improve the hexagon milk bottle model with approximate dimensions for 3-D model prototyping. By using the “Sketchup” software to generate 3D and export STL files for 3D Printer software (ReplicatorG) conversion. There were a lot of trials, failures and error corrections (takes days or weeks) to arrive at a workable prototype

Below are screenshots of this process:

Milk bottle base on Sketch up

Milk bottle lid

To construct these shapes there is a tool bar at the top which allows the user to alter, lifted up the desired shape.

Then export STL files for 3D Printer software (ReplicatorG) conversion. Which is a program for the 3D printer. Select place model object on platform and centre it and then type in the right figure and code and save it in the SD card as a 3xgm.

Put the SD card in the 3D printer machine and begin to select your print. Depending on the size and thickness of the model it may take at least 3-4hours.

This is what it should look like in the 3D printer.

Selection of 3D printer failures

This is either to do with the wrong size or scale of the model. The plastic gets tangled at the back - hence not enough plastic going through the nozzle. Base of the 3D printer is too hot that the plastic model is stuck on the platform. The base is not hot enough that the plastic cannot stay on the plastic and the model is building something in mid air but needs to start with a bigger surface due to it building up from layers.

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