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3D Design Customizer for Davinci 3D 

7/24/2014

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I often use TinkerCad for designing my 3D projects but recently found out that Thingiverse, which is a library of open source 3D designs, has a feature called Customizer. I don't know all the details on how it works but I don't need to know because it makes modifying an existing design incredibly simple.

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I saw a USB/SD card holder on a YouTube video from a poster named Barnacules. He modified it to make it a custom size. I found the design on Thingiverse by rhmorrison and the site had a link to the customizer that brought up the screen above. Through drop down menus I could easily change the design. When it was done I clicked on "Create Thing" button and a few minutes later the .stl file was ready for download.
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I added more USB Flash Drive slots and reduced the number of SD card slots. I added my domain name to the front and removed the tabs on the side for connecting a couple of these together. The final design is shown above.
From there I loaded it into the XYZ Printing Software and sent it to my Davinci 3D Printer. I used a low resolution 0.4 mm setting so I could print it quicker. I didn't need precision but it turned out great. The lettering on the front is a little sketchy but the drives fit good and so does the SD card. 
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I don't know how many designs offer this Customizer option but from what I could tell its still rather new. I did find an iPhone case you could modify and a flat sign you could change the words on. Check it out and let me know what you did with the Customizer.
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