Make your parts bendy with this design hack - 3D design for 3D printing

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To get the best out of 3D printing, it helps if you can design your own parts. In this tutorial series, we will learn to use a free 3D CAD program to do just that.

In this episode, I demonstrate how to cut a slot pattern into lat parts to make them bendy and flexible. A step by step guide is provided, as well as a version that you can apply without learning CAD in your slicing software or with TinkerCAD.

My instructions, 3D files and slicer templates on Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/5561...

3D design for 3D printing source CAD: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b54...

0:00 Introduction
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0:53 Laser cut example

1:41 Extruding the base shape

2:04 Sketching the basic slots in Onshape

4:02 Patterning and trimming the slots

6:11 Positioning the slot pattern

6:48 Extruding the slot pattern as a cut

7:11 Recap of steps

8:14 Slicing, printing and testing

9:15 Semi dodecahedron folding bowl

10:22 Compound curve testing
Steam bend furniture article: https://www.designboom.com/architectu...

11:00 Phone holder experiment

12:37 Slicer only version

13:32 Conclusion

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