Shaping the Future of Design

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Shaping the Future of Design

4/3/2018

Students in Technology Director Ms. Carol Deremer’s Advanced 3D Design class create a variety of three-dimensional objects using different software and techniques to achieve the desired outcomes. This spring semester The Advanced 3D Design class is the natural follow-up to the fall semester’s introductory course.

While the internet abounds with ready-made files for 3D printing, the students in Ms. Deremer’s classes are designing their own 3D models from scratch. These students use the computer-aided design (CAD) software like 123D Design to create geometrical shaped objects, such as the architectural models created by Dora K. Students use the 3D modeling software Sculptris to pinch, pull, and twist virtual clay. This software is ideal for creating the contoured shapes of faces and figures.

The MakerBot 3D printers can only print one colored plastic at a time, so the students sometimes elect to use white plastic and apply post-production surface treatments, such as paint or marker to the white plastic to add color. Along with works of art, the projects include functional items like flower pots, phone holders, and lamps. The students gain technology skills along with experience in product design.

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_{By R. Woolfrey | Photo credit: R. Woolfrey}

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Ariel R.'s 3D designs showcase a variety of skills and methods.
Saffie P. removing a recently printed piece from the MakerBot plate.
Saffie P. and her creations: lizards, brain, and flower pot.
Ariel's illuminated design is comprised of multiple plates inserted into a slotted box and illuminated with a small LED light.
Saffie designing an angel's face in Sculptris, the virtual clay software.
Dora K. and Saffie working in the 3D printing lab.
Saffie and Dora working in the 3D printing lab using Sculptris and 123D Design software.
Ariel in the lab working in Sculptris.
Ariel with her awesome designs. She bases her designs on her own sketches and characters.
Dora with some of her designs. Dora enjoys architecture-based designs and has created a model of I.M. Pei's famous pyramid at the Louvre and the Disney World Castle.
The MakerBot follows the instructions from the software programs to produce 3D plastic objects.
Ariel's bobble head, flower pot, lamp, and figurine.
Dora's cityscape illuminated with tiny LED lights.
Dora's Disney castle which she painstakingly rendered in 3D based on 2D images of the structure.
Another view of Ariel's lamp, figurine, and translucent plastic penguin on an iceberg.
Dora's model of I.M. Pei's Louvre entrance.
A school-spirited design decorates Ms. Deremer's classroom.
Dora with her productions.