Doga Emirdag ​Product Design Engineer
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3D Printed EVE Online Container

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The CAD model of the container, with the door halfway open.
As part of the "Free Surface Modeling" course at TUDelft, I re-designed an object from a game I used to play called EVE Online, modeled my design in Rhinoceros 3D, and 3D printed it with an Objet Eden260V 3D printer located in the TUDelft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

I set up some criteria to be achieved with the re-designed object. 
  • Once assembled, and locked up, it should resemble the in-game object.
  • Modular, and can be disassembled to take less space.
  • Friction fitting will be used to assemble the object. (No screw fasteners.)
  • It should be structurally sound and can actually stay in one piece once locked up.
  • The door should open in a way the entire interior of the container can be accessed.
  • If stacked with other containers, it should be still possible to open the door.

As a first step, I modeled and 3D printed a test part to check the friction fitting tolerances and clearances of the production method.
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The test part is a bar with four slots, and seven pieces with varying dimensions that can fit into these slots.
Once I figured out which tolerances to use for friction fits and clearances for the sliding parts, I used a screenshot from the game to create a CAD model, then spent a considerable amount of time to design the door and lock mechanism that would actually work, as the the game artwork is just a surface model of the exterior of the container, without any explanation how anything could actually be put into it.
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The interlocking wall edges for structural integrity once assembled.
The CAD model was then sent to the 3D printer, before all the parts were cleaned and assembled.
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Cleaned parts from the 3D printer, support material already removed.
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Assembled, with the door open and removed.
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Closing the door of the container.
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All locked up!
You can also watch the video of the assembly process.
(I love mechanisms, and parts that are assembled together. I blame the Lego.)
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