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Design Challenge 2:
3D Printed Interlocking Shapes

In this design challenge we were required to use FDM printer, design and fabricate (print) a 3D object that fulfills the following constraints:

  1. Object should be a single STL file.

  2. Object’s bounding box should be no larger than 2 inches on all sides.

  3. Object should consist of at least 2 interlocking parts, which:

    1. Are not fused to each other / free moving.

    2. Cannot separate from each other.

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The demo video is here: https://vimeo.com/360174824
This is my first time using Fusion 360 to create a 3D model and physically using a 3D printer to print it out. The initial idea for me of thinking about an interlocking shape is a key chain, so I made a 3D printed key chain in this project. The process was amazed me a lot, watching the printer print the model layer by layer is so satisfying and this helped me learn how to use the 3D printer and this helped me a lot in my future projects.

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