The purpose of this puzzle is for 3D printing education. Puzzles are a good way to introduce kids to 3D printing.
Kids love puzzles and games as long as they can understand them.
I had a few requirements in mind:
I searched for for existing puzzles that met this criteria and couldn't fine one that fit all categories.
So I created one in Solidworks and made it parametric so it can be easily scaled and adjusted by changing a few key dimensions using an equations table.
The puzzle uses three basic pieces. Two copies of each piece are used and when assembled they build a sphere.
I have included two sets of parts one with 0.2mm gap between parts and the other 0.3mm gap.
As with all my designs I keep them open and try to provide the STEP or my source files to help promote open design and 3D printing.
| Piece_1_0.2.STEP | 155.5KB | |
| Piece_1_0.2.STL | 229.4KB | |
| Piece_1_0.3.STEP | 155.5KB | |
| Piece_1_0.3.STL | 229.4KB | |
| Piece_2_0.2.STEP | 38.3KB | |
| Piece_2_0.2.STL | 612.8KB | |
| Piece_2_0.3.STEP | 38.3KB | |
| Piece_2_0.3.STL | 626.4KB | |
| Piece_3_0.2.STEP | 29.1KB | |
| Piece_3_0.2.STL | 634.4KB | |
| Piece_3_0.3.STEP | 29.0KB | |
| Piece_3_0.3.STL | 618.6KB | |
| Puzzle_Sphere.SLDPRT | 327.6KB |
