{"id":867,"date":"2025-04-21T21:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dkctraining.teaganstacy.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:22:43","slug":"getting-into-the-third-dimension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dkc.umw.edu\/training\/2025\/04\/21\/getting-into-the-third-dimension\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Into the Third Dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally completed my nametag! I had a lot of fun in Tinkercad, I found it easy to use while still allowing for a wide range of creations. At first, I did not like how you had to grab the little cube in the top left corner to navigate around the space, but once I found the shortcut of holding control and grabbing the screen, my navigation became much more efficient. Although I did not use it for my final design, I had a lot of fun with the draw tool. Here are some of the other nametags I brainstormed using the draw tool:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1141\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/dkctraining.teaganstacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-161053-2-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/dkctraining.teaganstacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-161129-2-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eventually I landed on a clapperboard for my nametag, and I created that in Tinkercad. I was of course inspired by my love for horror movies and wanted to make something to honor that. I wanted to use a more interesting font than what they had to offer so I had to do some research on how to import fonts into Tinkercad. At first the sites I was looking at were telling me to use these other installed applications but that got supper complicated. I ended up finding a site called text2STL that allowed you to type something, chose a font, and then download that as an STL file to upload to Tinkercad. They even had an option to upload your own font, so I found a horror movie looking font that was still readable and translatable into 3D and uploaded it. I was happy with the results and that I was able to find a way to customize the font on my own. Here was the final design:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/dkctraining.teaganstacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-165608-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" style=\"width:503px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Next it was time to print. I did my 3D printing training with Rusul and felt pretty confident, but I was still a bit nervous going in. I was kind of worried I would like break the printer somehow or mess up my whole thing and not be able to complete it. Luckily, neither of those happened, and my print I was able to print successfully! I had to add stops on mine to change the colors and I was able to do that, but it was kind of a tedious process, I am maybe wondering if there is a quicker way to determine where you want your print to pause. I also added supports, but I think my design definitely did not need them, so it just made it kind of difficult to clean up at the end. Overall, I am super happy with the final print, it is the perfect size, and I think it looks really cool. Here is the final name tag!!!!:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2372\" height=\"1779\" src=\"https:\/\/dkctraining.teaganstacy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_3796-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally completed my nametag! 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