Dune Worm Makercoin

Summery Continued: 

Even if you haven't most people would probably recognize the giant worms that come from the sand of the desert planet. This maker coin is meant to bring these worms to life and demonstrate what a 3-d printer can do! The radius of this model is 6 centimeters, and the height is 1.53 centimeters. WARNING! the teeth are a little fragile, there are some broken teeth in the images, try to find them!

Maker Coin Constraints:

• Must not require ANY supports, (no supports).
• Should be gear-esque in nature.
• Must slope downwards towards the center in some fashion.
• Must incorporate EITHER multi-color technology OR print-in-place moveable parts

Design Changes:

Design change #1, mouth design

When I first started making the mouth, it was entirely smooth, which wasn’t that realistic. So, I ended up remaking the mouth with bumps and ridges, this made it way more realistic and organic.

Design change #2, Teeth design and amount

The first time I worked on the teeth of the worm, I didn’t think it would be possible to make the teeth so that there wouldn’t be a ton of support all over the place. But I found out that if I make the teeth straighter, it can hold up with a thinner base.

Design change #3, rock shape

At first, I just made a random-Ish shape and revolved it for the rocks/mountains around the mouth of the worm. But I realized that if I make several different planes, and draw sketches on each of them, I’ll get a more organic shape for the rocks/mountains.

Design change #4, teeth optimization

As you notice there are a bunch of teeth in this creation, who would have known when you have over 300 bodies in SolidWorks, it tends to get a bit laggy. To fix this, my teacher made all of the teeth one body, and it worked perfectly (thank you Mr. T)!