3D Printing, Animation, and Design

Phone Charging Stand (PLA)

Functional inductive-power-transfer phone-charging stand (using a commercial charging module).

Phone Charging Stand (Fusion360)

The phone-charging stand was designed in Fusion360.

Lithophane (PLA)

3D-printed translucent panes are taken from a bitmap, and darkness is represented by opacity.

Lithophane (software)

A C# application was written to import a bitmap and calculate the required opacity for each pixel. An STL file was output after the generation of tens of thousands of triangles that form the cuboids on the resultant surface. Good practise in normal orientations and STL file formats.

Working Key & Lock (PLA)

Project to demonstrate knowledge of lock mechanisms.  All of the internal mechanism (including pins) was 3D printed with the exception of four springs from ball-point pens (used to keep the pins under tension ). A cutaway version was also printed so that the internal operation can be observed.

Building Access Key (PLA)

Proof-of-concept. A photo of a key was traced in Tinkercad. The prototype key, printed in PLA, worked first time in an actual build lock, so a reprint in tougher ABS was not necessary. Security experts advise that you don't carry keys on visible key-chains (or leave keys lying around) where people could photograph them, capturing enough information to replicate them.

Owl Sculpture (Blender)

Blender "sculpt mode" (using a mouse).

Rigid-Body Physics (Blender)

Collision simulations.

Hair - Serendipitous Failure (Blender)

An out-of-bounds intersection condition caused this interesting fur explosion.

Fur & Combing (Blender)

Practise combing virtual hair.