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• Learn SketchUp by designing your own Lego-compatible bricks for 3D printing.
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When we got our first 3D printer at Clear Spring School, my students were excited about finding things on Thingiverse and printing out stuff, but after a while that’s about as exciting as watching an inkjet printer. I wanted them to design things of their own, using a basic CAD modeling tool.
As a woodworker, I’d been using SketchUp, so I devised these instructions for making a simple rectangular Lego-compatible brick. All the kids knew about Lego bricks and had played with them, and fitting one Lego to another presented a good test of the final outcome — a measurable result that could be felt in their own fingers, and that was directly related to their own experience.
One of the best things about the project was