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Making a 3D Model of a School Building

     My main project was making a model of the school. I did this by first making a floorplan of the school. Then I proceeded to make the floorplan an STL file, which I then converted to an SVG file by taking the dimensions of the walls and placing them on a 2D plane. Finally I arranged all the objects into the most efficient way to cut and I cut it out. After the cutting was, I proceeded to put all the pieces in numerical order and starting to glue everything in place. After everything was cut and glued, I proceeded to put primer on the model as it would get rid of the rough edges and make the overall aesthetic of the model cleaner. Once the primer was dried, I had finished the model. This is the method that I followed and I am pretty sure there are more efficient ways to do this same thing, but I really enjoyed doing things this way, because I enjoyed the learning experience.

     One can replicate what I did with a different building by following the same steps I did. The first step was to get an aerial picture of the building you want to model. I did this using Google Maps. Then make an outline of the exterior walls, this is going to be your template. Once you have your template, make the same amount of template as floors. Then find all the rooms on each of the floors and map out where they belong on the template. I did this by counting the number of rooms on each section of the floor and then dividing the area by the number of rooms in that section. Once you have your raw sketch of all your floors, convert them to SVG files and import them into Fusion 360, where you will turn them into bodies. Once you have all your bodies, turn each wall into a rectangle by measuring it and then sketching a rectangle of that size. Once all your sketches are complete, proceed to extrude them and then export all the STL files. Finally bring all the 3D models into Tinkercad and arrange them into the orientation you want to cut them. Then proceed to export as SVG and start cutting!

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