Zero: Energy Waste

We will create a mock up of what can be a smart home device that is mounted on your wall in order to track and control the amount of electrical energy your home uses.

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Open Sketchup and draw a rectangle on the X and Y plane, the square measures 50mm in length and 30mm in height.

Step 2

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Close the square.

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Draw a 3mm base on the bottom of the rectangle.

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Draw a curve on the outside of the rectangle. It has to touch the top and bottom of the rectangle.

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Draw a second curve, 3mm away from the other curve, this will create the thickest of the wall of the device.

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Delete the outside edges to create the curve wall.

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Create the top by drawing a curve a little more than 3mm in diameter.

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Draw a hook, this will create a place for the glass to rest.

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Erase the outside edges to form the curved top.

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Erase the top line of the rectangle, as well as the vertical line on the left of the rectangle.

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This will leave you with the main profile, create a lip by drawing a sort of S in the middle.

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Curve the edges of the profile by drawing curves.

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One you have your profile, copy and paste it two times.

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Draw a circle o the X plane, the radius being the length of the profile.

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Erase the bottom part of the profile.

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Using the follow me tool, press the profile and then drag it around the main circle.

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You will now have a 3D figure. This is forming the top of the device.

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Draw another circle for the second profile.

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Again, using the follow me tool, press on the profile and then drag it around the circle that we created on the previous slide.

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Once you rotate it, you will have the bottom part of the device.

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Go to the bottom view.

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Insert text.

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You can name it as you want.

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Raise the letter by 1mm.

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You can check if the parts will fit in when you move them around into an assembly.

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You can now export the pieces into a .obj file.

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Open apex.

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Import the .obj piece and click file print.

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You can see how the pieces are going to be printed from top to bottom.

This is now your 3D printed piece.

Paint it using primer.

Cut a piece of acrylic being 90mm in diameter, you can create wedges in order for the piece to fit perfectly.

Mount the piece on your wall.