This holiday season, I was inspired by snowflake silhouette 3D prints and wanted to teach a class using the draw-print image method I have blogged about previously . This time I would skip the drawing step and use google images to find a pre-made silhouette. I started by googling Mario star silhouette. I saved the file as a JPG then converted to SVG using online-convert , imported into Tinkercad , then hit CTRL + D multiple times for smart duplicate (thank you Tinkertips ). I tried once with mario stars and twice with the Doctor Who Tardis. Here are my results.. My conclusion was trying to teach a class in this is much too complicated for beginners. It required much more precision (as shown in the Mario star snowflake that broke apart because the stars weren't connected enough) as well as finding silhouettes that lend themselves to 3D printing. The Tardis was having issues because of design alone. By making the Tardis 20% fill, it wasn't enough for ...
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