Why you should enter a Printables design competition
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Being able to design your own parts makes owning a 3D printer so much more rewarding. If you are looking for something to design to advance your skills, and perhaps would like to win some free filament, you should consider entering a design contest on Printables. This week I did just this, creating a modular toy car design, which pushed my design skills nicely.
In this video, I'll take you through my design process and give you tips on how you can maximise your success. I also provide instructions for those wanting to manufacture their own version of my toy car design.
Don’t worry about winning or losing, because the real victory comes from being willing to take on a challenge. These contests also have the added benefit of creating printable items that are clever solutions to everyday problems. I have chosen to make this video independently. I have no relationship with Prusa or Printables.
Download and print my two-in-one toy car: www.printables.com/model/3864...
0:00 Introduction
3D design for 3D printing playlist: • Selecting a free 3D CA...
0:42 Printables contests
Printables video: • I’m changing from Thin...
Printables flash contests page: blog.prusa3d.com/introducing-...
Current Toy Cars contest page: www.printables.com/contest/33...
Contest terms: blog.prusa3d.com/introducing-...
1:54 My design criteria
2:46 My finished design
3:40 Modelling in CAD
Source CAD: cad.onshape.com/documents/515...
5:51 Printing
6:34 Post processing
6:45 Assembly
M3 x 16mm screws: amzn.to/3HsTNHw
11:58 Final car
12:19 Conclusion
Trophy image credit: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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I won a recent Printables design contest with an old design that I hadn't shared before. While being inspired to create a new design (in a short time) is great, don't be afraid to enter a competition with something you already have.
p.s. I think these competitions are a very clever move by Prusa. Create community buzz; encourage people to check on the site more often; encourage more uploads.
p.p.s. Love the t-shirt Michael!
That's a good tip, thanks for sharing.
Michael's coming for those 400 Prusameters!
You did a superb job on how you designed this car to easily have 2 different setups. Bravo!
I picked up a printer a few months ago and have upgraded it, its almost right and I honestly would love to start making stuff but I know this is going to be a big thing to learn. Massive thanks for all your uploads mate.
I've just started using OnShape from your tutorials to design my own parts. I've even uploaded a couple of them to Printables. I never thought about entering one of the contests, but this video gave me the boost to do just that.
This car is pretty awesome.
And now James hunt! So cool. Awesome look into mechanical design. Car bodies are SO hard to model in CAD! Awesome!
Nice one, Michael. Keep the creative fires burning!
Prusa?
DesignPrototypeTest screech intensifies.
Is he still around? Joe is shaking in his boots
Wonderful design.
And thank you showing us the design process.
Thanks for showing this. I agree that Printables has become the new go to site. They have a lot of designs and adding more all of the time. The rewards program makes it fun to participate and post designs and makes. I'm trying to get enough so that I will halve enough to get my Prusa XL when it is released. Not sure which will happen first.
Well done Michael. Nice design.
Wonderful design! Love to see a truck body!
Nice! I'll definitely have to start entering my own designs!
Also, good job using all matching screws!
First time I've ever done that and I will try and do it again in future.
@@TeachingTech well double kudos then! It's no small accomplishment, and 100% makes it easier for those who would build your designs!
Really awesome design. Magnets on the chassis side pieces and the roof could be used to help keep the two pieces together instead of screws. Gives it a bit more "kid" proofing and for easy swapping for custom tops.
I agree magnets would be perfect.
magnets are actually quite dangerous for kids due to being a swallowing hazard, that can easily pinch and get stuck. "The Toy Association Statement on Magnets in Toys" has some quotes for the relevant regulations to follow
Awesome video! Awesome design!
Awesome!! Im actually in need of filament right now
this is genius !! i might remix this and change the suspension to use rubber bands instead of tpu part since i cant print tpu ,and then i might scale up a lancia stratos body from thingiverse !!
i haven't won any of the contests but they're still fun to look at
thanks Michael for your inspiration! Even if I did not finish my design in time for the competition, my first toy car using Ikea Lint Rollers is live :)))
Entried Like a True Professional! Noice! Myself, I’m able to draw some complex, functional +\~tol spec. let’s in tinkcd but I’m struggling to pickup the workflow of OnShape. I need to go and watch thru your tutorials again!
Good. Factory approach.
Can not wait to get first printer miss designing things from when left uni this is something I will definitely get into
great job
Now let's make it r/c :D
i made something similar to this. mine had petg wheels and springs. it also used 7 degrees of caster to create natural counter steer.
but instead of it being a print in one it was just a chassi for a 1:24 scale die Camaro.
id have to improve its design and make the body 3dprintable if i want o qualifyif.
I'm working on a model to enter the contest! I've been waiting for something about cars.
I want a MP4/4 body. Awesome project, thank you so much for showing your CAD process.
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/1-8-scale-mclaren-mp4-4-fully-printable
@@TeachingTech lol nice find
Planning to print it at some stage. Might make a nice wall feature.
@@TeachingTech that’s a great idea. I have 2 posters of that car and this model would look great between them.
Thanks!
I've entered a few times, and never came close to winning. Maybe in the future.
ah man I really like your race-themed shirts :D
Glad you like them! My next planned purchase will be an Oscar Piastri shirt.
This is cool
Great job.. the only thing you cold have done more is to design it so that a clip on front end could be snapped on and off to hide those 2 screws at the front. Just a finish thing really, not that important..
Yeh that thing about originality isn't really true...I like to follow those contests and I have seen recreations of things that already exist win out over interesting and unique designs time and time again.
That is unfortunate but hopefully that aspect improves over time.
Fantastic design and I'm enjoying the build and (almost) everything is printing beautifully, but I've run into a snag. When I slice the suspension arms, layers 2 and 3 hang in mid air and of course don't stick to the bed. I have to print them with supports. What on earth am I doing wrong?? Any advice appreciated haha :)
I see you collecting that printables promotor badge
Now that I discovered NOMAD Sculpt and also the Plasticity Software I can finally escape the constraints and Limitation of Tinkercad with super cheap and at the moment even free super powerful easy to learn software. All the other alternatives are ridiculously pricey, or over complicated , so now maybe in a near future I will be able to enter some competitions.
Машина отличная. Ей бы ещё электронный пульт управления и будет шедевр.
Michael, do you think this would scale down I'm thinking of printing it foe my nephews birthday but I don't think I have time to get it printing full size perhaps 50% is so what size bolts to you thunk a 50% version would require
Excellent design and build. 8:35. The front and rear do not need to match. The high-rear low-front suspension is a funny car. The low-rear high-front is a low rider.
Great design! How many hours does it take to print? I probably will print this for nieces or nephews soon! Good bithday gift!
It's hard for me to keep track because I am iterating and reprinting updated parts. For instance I spent half a day trying out different spring designs but the final springs are about 30 mins to print. The longest prints are the roof front and rear. It was about ten hours for those, however that is on a fast printer.
@@TeachingTech ok, great thanks! Its really cool that it can be switched to different vehicles, with the custom spring design. 🙂
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Unless they have a competiton for a toilet roll holder or a paper towels holder I dont hold out for my chances, my CAD skills suck!
I'm much better modding in Tinkercad than a full design
how much does it cost for postage to australia for ya free spool of prusameters
That is definitely the catch for us folks down under.
How long does the car design take to complete?
Each contest is a bit over a week.
Not sure I agree with the premise of entering the contests as a way of developing CAD skills. That sounds good in theory but given the relatively short duration for most of the contests, trying to teach yourself CAD against a deadline to create something you can be proud to have entered could be a frustrating experience for somebody just trying to learn. Don't forget you also have to include print time, testing, revisions, more print time, etc in there too. Better to learn on projects where you can take as much time as you need and not be rushed when you are trying to learn without needlessly subjecting yourself to time pressure.
I entered one of their contests for the first (and so far, only) time recently and did reasonably well with a design for a glasses case. Didn't win but was awarded one of the lesser prizes, and it has done fairly well so far download wise too. BUT, designing and testing something that doesn't suck and actually has a shot at winning takes a whole lot of time. Between CAD time, print time, and iterating I pretty much killed my entire 3 day weekend developing the thing, which I can't really afford to do on a regular basis. I won't rule out entering one again, but most of their contests aren't that interesting to me. I entered the glasses holder contest mostly because I already had an idea for a case and needed one for myself.
The toy car contest (which I won't be entering, see above) has the potential to bring in some epic entries, but IMO it should have been one of the longer duration contests with more of a prize for first place than 400 prusameters.
I dont think the point was to learn CAD by entering these competitions but instead to develop and practice your CAD skills using these competitions. Just creating something you havent quite done before can be very useful as can using a new tool or feature that you havent before. I think his point is more to use it to expand what you can do. As for the time aspect I do agree they could do with being a bit longer but people that are very good at CAD that are likely to win anyway wont need as long as the average person.
I can't log into printables site even after removing cookies for like 2 weeks now
"Everything on this toy car can be 3D printed", expect all the nuts and bolts used.
What's a shassy?
Is it an advertisement for printables?
When a product is so good people confuse videos about it as advertisement.
I've used Printables back when it was called PrusaPrinters. The reason I prefer it is because the website is far more modern than many others (unlike Thingiverse) and it doesn't require an account to download the models (unlike Thangs). It is a better designed and more active site than many of it's competitors.
See the description. I have no business relationship with Prusa. Only a customer. My choice to make the video. They didn't know this was going exist and therefore have no input.
Ensure you have a design patient, if your design is unique and valuable, before entering any contest and making it public. Otherwise your designs could be ripped off by commercial operators and sold for commercial profit and you may never see a penny for your effort.
You can also open-source your design, which is often enough to prevent people from patenting your design falsely (via "prior art"). This leaves the door open for other people to commercialize your idea, but who gives a damn? I thought a lot more people involved in the 3D printing community would have had a genuine interest in keeping knowledge and processes open-source for general people to use. The use of intellectual property, particularly patents, as a tool of oppression towards the RepRap movement and similar is one of the reasons the consumer realization of the technology didn't develop sooner. Intellectual property is a nonsensical censorship of good ideas that can push humanity forward. It's funny how masochist it seems when you take a step back. In any case, I'm perfectly capable of selling physical realizations of my design without the expense and headaches of patents. I simply can't fathom why one would want to ascribe some heightened morality to an act that ultimately limits the freedom of others to build upon the best of your ideas. When paired with a copyleft license, since I don't imagine copyright going away anytime soon, you can borrow the improvements others make on your ideas and implement them yourself.
My one is open source, people can use it however they like as long as they don't pretend it's theirs. This type of design is not suited to mass production anyway. The design requirements for 3D printing an die casting/injection molding are quite different, this would need to be redesigned completely.
@@TeachingTech From the Onshape license: '... Customer grants a worldwide, royaltyfree and non-exclusive license to any End User or third party accessing the Public Document to use the intellectual property contained in Customer’s Public Document without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Document ...'.
That sure doesn't sound like I am required to give you credit for anything if you create and publish a design with the free Onshape version. But I'm not a lawyer.
"free" filament that costs as much to ship as a roll from Amazon
Nooo, don't enter Printables design contests (dear readers/viewers). Printables is becoming full of crappy projects because of these "competitions" that have almost no quality rules :-/
Try designing something original.
The only way to know if its original is to license check it. Which you should always do before all uploads and sales.
Lets hope your teaching newbs how to not get busted for piracy.
Speak for yourself, no one "should" better title: why would you participate...
8:39 Not if you ask some car modders.