The MagPi - February 2020

If you have a BlocksCAD account and you’re
logged in, then you can click on Project in the
menu bar and select Save. This saves your project
online so that you can access it from any computer.

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3D-print your keyring
BlocksCAD can export an STL file for
3D printing. Render your model and then click
Generate STL. Remember where you save the STL
file. There are lots of tools that can read STL files
and send 3D models to a printer. The one you
choose will depend on the 3D printer that you are
using. Carefully remove the 3D print from the
print bed. Attach the split ring to your 3D
printed keyring.

Top Tip

Change colour

You can click on the coloured square to change the colour of your model in the

preview window. If you 3D-print the model, the colour of the keyring will depend

on the colour of the plastic filament that you use, but it’s useful to be able to try

out different colours in the preview.

You can change ‘CODER’ to any message

you like, and even create connected layers

of text, as in this ‘YOU ROCK’ keyring

TUTORIAL

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