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3D printing is safe. The little designers are the new makers, young and smart kids that
can create by design and make by 3D printing. They will be the next
The printer is a device that contains moving parts, some hot, but is generation of craftsmen.
perfectly safe when used according to its instructions.
“Buddyland” is made to spark your child’s imagination; the book starts
The 3D printing technology is new, therefore, it is not quite a “push very simply, showing how to create a basic cartoon character with just
button” yet. Children will need assistance from older members of the two spheres, and then how to print it to receive quick gratification.
family for some tasks. “Congratulations, you can 3D print!!”
Before helping, allow them to try for themselves, which will help them to When children have gained the basic understanding of 3D design and
develop into makers. 3D printing, they are encouraged to take their skills even further. The
story guides them using “how to make it” tutorials with bold graphics.
This helps move children deeper into their path of learning where
animals,monsters, cars, and even spaceships can be designed and 3D
This venture has brought my kids and me closer, as we spend time printed.
designing and crafting new creations together.. I hope it does the
same for you! The book has an online library where 3d models can be shared and
Yan downloaded, as well children’s stories at www.dreamfactory.build
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Introduction to “Buddyland” (8-12) Design a Basic 3D Digital 3D Print a Basic
Design “Shiva” (32-34)
Character (18-19) Character Design Paint Paint “Shiva” (35)
Introduction to “Buddyracer” ( 20-21) “Buddy Bunny “ “Buddy Bunny”
( 13 ) 24-25 (28-31) Design Yellow Rod (38-43)
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Bonus Extra “Expand “ H ow “How to Design It” “ H ow
to Pai
your brick set” n t It ”
( 88-92) Design “Plateship” Craft “Buddyracer (48-50)
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I kno Bricks” (72-76) Design “Bonza”
o M ake Craft (60-62)
I know
t Assemble “The Little Designer”
“ H ow “Monster Extravaganza” “How to Craft”
(78-81)
“Buddyland” library (82-87) (64-65)
Introduction
Paint Marcelo Design
to “Monster Extravaganza”
Paint “Plateship” ( 77 ) ( 63 ) “Buddy Bunny’s House”
( 58-59)
(52-57)
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“Buddyland” is a town where all the creatures live peacefully. Every year the city celebrates “The Buddy Games”. During this
They are playing all the time and have a lot of fun!!! week all the creatures of the land compete in different games to
become the “Buddy” of the year.
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One of the competitions is “Buddyracers”, held in the north side of the city. Creatures race their
There are many competitions, so everyone gets to play! incredible cars, stopping and exchanging their machines mid-race!!!
The race is very competitive - everyone wants to win and become the “fastest buddy” of the year.
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The workplane (wp) will be our desk table - “the lab”!!! e ar
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Use the square dots to deform the shapes. You can deform and re-size any creation!!!
Select the shape and click in the “Color” box to change color.
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Lets make a basic Buddy Bunny Bring a ”box hole” to Click and drag to select them and
make the flat face. “group” to make the subtraction.
Deform it with Add another
Put on the top to of the body
Drag a the dot to create sphere to create
using the arrows.
“sphere”. the body. the head.
Use “undo” or “redo”
to go back.
The “hole”
disappears!
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Every 3D printer uses software to print your designs. We will use one named Cura. Tutorials 21
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h ow
Type the temperature to melt the n o w int!
plastic which is normally 210 deg C. I k D pr
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The printing process we will use is called FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling).
The extruder melts the plastic, squeezing it like toothpaste,
The 3D printer has a “hot tip” called an extruder that moves side to side, and up and down. A and builds up your design layer by layer until finished.
spool of plastic feeds into the extruder and hot plastic is squeezed out to build up the design in
layers starting at the bottom on the tray.
Spool of plastic
Extruder
Use the Download button to load the STL file if it is in the computer download folder.
It will tell you how much material is needed, and how long it
will take.
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It allows you to move, rotate, scale, and duplicate your 3d design, but it always needs to C oo
be placed inside of the frame and on the bottom. Let’s make “Buddy Bunny” pop by painting him.
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lets customize the buddies!
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Brushes
3D paints
Glitter glues Washable paints
Acrylic paints
Color glues
Enamel paints
Sharpie markers
Paint markers
Scissors Paper faces Paint tray
30 Use glue, paper faces, stickers, and paint to customize your “Buddy Bunny”. Great! Use the same techniques learned to make more “animals”. 31
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h is !!
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fu let’s create more !!! Let’s make Shiva!
32 Shiva the Giraffe Fill the cavities with similar shapes Hole sphere Drag a half sphere, rotate it33
which leave a visual edge that helps Use a sphere to Group to consolidate
Drag a half sphere. Drag some holes to to make the upside down.
to get a clean craft paint. make the nose. the subtraction. nose
create cavities and nostrils.
Stretch to
create the the flat base. Body
body. Select and group.
Drag a sphere to
create the head. Drag another one to Make the same to create the pupil, Group to consolidate.
Convert into a hole, and deform it to Group to Drag half sphere to
create an eyeball. and group to consolidate them. Use make the mouth. consolidate. make the tongue.
Deform and
Duplicate it to multicolor to keep the colors.
rotate it.
create the other
eyeball.
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Drag a half Drag spheres to Also, you can create one Make hair from deformed
sphere, and finish them. horn, group it, duplicate, half spheres.
deform it to create and using the mirror
the horn. button .
Group to consolidate.
You can change the color using the
color box. Sometimes you need to
ungroup to select the shape you want to
color.
The “honeycomb” core is called infill, and helps to hold the skin and close it.
Yellow Rod
Drag a cylinder to Deform and place it. Duplicate twice and place them. Duplicate the axle and scale a little bit to cut out the center.
make a front grill bar.
Drag half sphere and deform Put the wheel on the axle and place two “torus thin” shapes on the axle to locate the wheel.
DUplicate, place, and group it.
it to make a tailamp.
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Drag the Body to assembly with the Chassis Use a box hole to make a flat base for 43
Great! Make the same on the other side. Drag the wheels away to the side.
printing.
Chassis
Cool!!!
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Lets paint The Yellow Rod!!! Using the same process you can 45
Chalk
Stapler
Foam glue sticks
Colorful tapes
Foam sheets
Cardboard
Makers
Glue gun
We can create the racetrack with cardboard, chalk, markers and other craft materials.
Play Dough
48 Use string to make circles on black cardboard with chalk. 49
Use the Buddyland library or more of your 3D print creations to expand the set.
50 Use colored foam. 51
0.5
3.00
3.00
Place it at 0 and 0
from the ruler origin.
3.00
2.75
0.125 2.75
Place it at 0.125 and 0.125
0.125 from the origin.
54 Adjust the Box hole parameters. Duplicate, rotate and group. Place 55
it at 0.5
and 0.5
away
2.75 from
the ruler 2.00
origin
and
Place it Place it 0.063 1.00
at 0.50 at 0.50 from the
0.50 wp. 0.063
0.50 3.25 2.00
3.125
Place Place it at
it at 0.063
Move away the 0 and 0
0.375 frame to make
and the front wall.
Duplicate and rotate the other two 0.25 2.25 2.200
Duplicate and rotate.
sides. Place
it at 0.375
2.625 Place it 1.75 tall
Place and at 0.450
Place it
at 0.25 it at 0.375 and 1.875
and 0.375 -0.625
0.375 and 1.75
2.625
0.100 1.00
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Use this lay out or similar to 3D print.
Place it
at 0.75 1.25
and
0.325
1.25
Move away to
make the front
wall. 2.75 Buddy Bunny House!!!
Place
it at 0 0.063
and 0 2.2
1.25
0.375
Place tall
it at Place it
1.275 at 0.150 Place
and 1.25 it at 0.5
and
0.475 0.475 and
0.475
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Meanwhile, in Down Town Buddyland, monsters and aliens compete in a fashion game for
the “The Monster Extravaganza Trophy”.
Monster ExtraVaganza
“Bonza” is the coolest
guy in Buddyland! “Marcello” gets the
He is pop star, which is attention too after his
the reason the paparazzi staring role in the latest
follow him. Buddyland movie.
Let’s get back to the CAD software and make more fun stuff!!!
lets make Bonza
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Drag a sphere to Drag a sphere to
Make the flat base to 3D print using
make the body. Group again to add it. make the iris. Split the foot with a
Drag a sphere to a box hole.
Trim it with a box hole. wedge.
Deform it. make the head. Group it, then
move.
Group to consolidate
the addition.
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Drag a “rounded lets paint Marcello!! 63
Drag a half sphere and Place and group it. Place and group it. cube” from the
convert to hole to make the Drag a half sphere to community tab to
mouth. make the tongue. make the teeth.
Lets play!!!
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3d printing with supports is not fun!!
When Your cad creation like “Julie” has large overhang, the plastic falls when printing because it
does not have a base to support the hot plastic that comes from the extruder. We can avoid them by printing separate pieces and then bonding with glue.
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What “Buddyland” designs will you come 83
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Place it at 0 and 0
from the ruler origen
Rotate and adjust the parameters. Drag underneath and adjust the
position. Place it at 1.5
and -5.00
1.50
13.00
13.00 -5.00
1.50 -5.00
29.00
Adjust
90 the parameters by double Cylinder to 4.8 by 4.8 Duplicate and place it at 91
clicking on the number. base and 9.6 tall . 4.80 and 9.60.
-19.90 -20.10
Place the Cylinder to 1.6 away from
the origen and 2.00 over the brick.
Click+hold “shift” keyboard, Final dimension Adjust the parameters to 4.70
Duplicate and place it at Duplicate and place it at 4.80
4.80 and 17.60. and 25.60. to select them to duplicate. by 4.70 and 9.50 tall.
15.80
11.40
awesome!
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Thanks to all the Kickstarter backers and their commitment to helping educate children in new Biography
technologies. Nestor I LLanos, “Yan”
Thanks to LM team, headed by Jay Roger and Gina O’connell for the large push in the
campaign. Nestor has been professionally involved in car
design and 3D printing for more than 20 years,
Special thanks to those that helped me make this project and share their incredible talent, therefor he wanted to pass on and engage his own
including but not limited to: children in 3D digital design and 3D printing
Fabian Magri (3D Designer), Diego Krause (3D Designer), Juan Revilla (Rendering and technology, appropriate to their age.
Animation), David Scott Neal II (Assistant Graphic Design and Consultant) and his son Boston
Hart, Subatra (Assistant Graphic Design), Vince Prime (Web Tech), Clive Jervis (Curious Kids
Preschool), Aurel Francois and Nyko de Peyer (Friend Support).