3d Mount Everest Terrain With Recycled Papers
Introduction: 3d Mount Everest Terrain With Recycled Papers
Hello everyone.... As I said earlier... I'm a student of Geography... And I'm a great fan of topographical features on the Earth surface... Also I'm a a tech enthusiast... And a nature lover.. So in this project in going to combine my these 3 aspects of life in a project...
In this project in going to discuss the process of recycling old papers and turning them into 3d terrains/maps...
Also with this method you can make replica of almost any surface on earth or objects... Because I have used 3d printed moulds for making these pieces...
So without further a do.. Let's gets started....
Step 1: Things We Are Going to Need
For making this beautiful project... We are going to need these following tools and equipments...
* A computer (mine is running on pentium 3240G...4gb ddr3 ram)
* Blender 2.9
* GIS plug in for blender
* Fusion 360
* Cura or pruca slicer
* 3d printer
* PLA filaments
* A small tub
* Old papers.
* A mixer/blender
* Craft glue
* Clamps
* Paint
* Some random tools
These are the basic required items to complete this project...
Step 2: Choosing the Desired Location on Earth
This is one of the most important step of this project... Choosing the desired Topographical location for the project... I always wanted to have a miniature Himalaya terrain... So I decided to use Mount Everest as my model...
You can use almost any surface on earth for this project... But I will suggest to take something high so that the layers can be prominent...
I took the mount everest in the center and some other parts of that region for my project...
Step 3: Adding the GIS Plug in In Blender 2.9
For making the 3d model of the mountain use the GIS plug-in for blender 2.9...the process of which is just selecting the desired location on Earth... Then fetching the elevation data from NASA and Google Inventory...
For the whole process in depth (I'm not qualified to teach the process)... Pls follow this awesome tutorial of CG Geek on Youtube...
After importing the files and making the 3d model... Reduce the number of nodes count with reduce modifier...
Export the whole model as an STL file...
Step 4: Making the 3 Piece Mold in Fusion 360...
Import the STL file in Fusion 360 and rescale it accordingly your preferred size... After doing so... 729
It's time to make the mold...
Firstly repair the mesh object (wrap option is better... I did that one)
Convert the mesh object in to an solid object.. Cut the desired amount of area to be used as the model...
Extrude the borders using the sketch function...
Make a base with the features and locking system... Subdivide the 3d model from the base
Make a body and the pressing tool...
For better understanding the process... Use my files as example... Also you can watch *this* video on youtube...
After the mold is ready... Export it as 3MF file and it's ready for slicing...
Step 5: Slicing the Files in Cura and Exporting Gcode
Import the 3MF files in Cura or pruca slicer...
These are my settings for the parts...
* 0.28 mm later hight
* 35% gyroid infill
* 4 bottom layers and 5 top layers
* Ironing enabled
* Wall count - 5
* Wall optimization - turned on
Export the Gcode files to a sd card for printing
Step 6: Preparing the Old Papers
I was collecting old papers for quite some times... Which includes old used A4 papers,, rough papers etc..
For this project. The first thing to done is to carefully remove al the staples(metal) and platic pieces from the pages(if any).... Don't miss any one... Because that will be devastating while making the pulp...
Now take a small tub with some water (you may use some Luke warm water)... Soak the papers completely in the water and let it soak for at least 2 hours... If you have thick papers... You may increase the soaking time period...
Step 7: Making Paper Pulp
For making the pulp... It's just the process of taking the soaked papers and grinding the to a fine consistency...
I used the mixer from our kitchen with a a jar which we don't use for cooking...
Pls make sure to ask you mother before doing this... Otherwise... I don't know what Will happen 😂..
Take small amount of paper at a time... With some water and grind for 30 seconds.... If not done.. 254