3D Printing
The knight chess piece project
The design
Before being able to have a physical chess piece i first had to design it using a 3d CAD software such as Fusion 360. During the desgin phase, i used a 2d template to assist in designing the shape of the knight piece which made the whole process easier.
I also designed the piece from bottom to top as it would be easier to design the whole piece if i started with the base allowing me to have a reference point for the horse section of the piece
Here is an interactive picture to view the whole model
The slice and print
After designing my chess piece I extracted the design file as an .STL type file to be slice and prepared for 3d printing.My choice of 3d salicer would be Ultimaker Cura asx it support several 3d printers and its user interface is very easy to use especially for first time users.
Now its time to transfer the file to a micro sd card and print
Final product
Of course due to the settings i had chosen in my slicer, my product is not perfect but it is very close to what i had design in my 3d Cad software.
Downloads
Below is the download link for the ipt file of the chess piece
Click here to download