Design Your Santa Claus With Tinkercad
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Design Your Santa Claus With Tinkercad
The Christmas day is coming, maybe you are preparing for the special day. Design a model and print it out, decorate your house with this, which will be very cool. Here is come a customized Santa Claus made by yourself.
Software:
Tinkercad: https://tinkercad.com
MakerWare
3D Printer:
MakerBot Replicator 2
Material:
White PLA
Christmas hat
Software:
Tinkercad: https://tinkercad.com
MakerWare
3D Printer:
MakerBot Replicator 2
Material:
White PLA
Christmas hat
Modeling in Tinkercad
You can refer to video below for how to create the model from scratch using Tinkercad.
See the video online:
If you want to save time, you can click this link to edit the model and download for 3D print directly. This thing was made with Tinkercad. Edit it online:
https://tinkercad.com/things/fFH4UiO7tuE
Export a Printable STL File
When finish modeling, you can download STL directly from menu list: Design -> Download for 3D printing. Then select STL file format for printing, it will download in local disk.
Print Out and Paint
Launch MakerWare, open the STL file from local, send to 3D printer (MakerBot Replicator 2), and
print it out.
Then, you can use pigments to color the Santa Claus.
Then, you can use pigments to color the Santa Claus.
Dress Him
If you leave the old Christmas hat in last year, you also can make a little suit for him.