Falling Ladder via Desmos

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Summary Falling Ladder design was created from a Desmos.com graph and converted to an STL. Read the full details at designmaketeach.com/2016/02/18/3d-printing-graphs-with-desmos/. This thing is a 3D rendering of a 2D graph example in Desmos.com that is named Lists: Falling Ladder https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xdpigkjalg. The purpose is to provide a model demonstrating the end product of the conversion of 2D graph in Desmos to a 3D model. As kitwallace points out in the comments, this would be an incorrect solution to a falling ladder problems as the lines are regular intervals. Please feel free to share a correct solution. Update: New model with x & y axis added. This thing was converted with Tinkercad. Edit it online https://www.tinkercad.com/things/0XCYFUUkgQEHow I Designed ThisGraph to 3D PrintGraph to 3D Print - Create graph at Desmos.com or use one of the provided examples - Set graph color to black – Graph Settings: Click Projector Mode – Graph Settings: Turn off grid and axis - Take a screenshot of the graph area OR - Login to Desmos and save the image. Share Graph –> Image - Convert image to SVG using Online-Convert http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-svg - Download SVG - Import SVG into Tinkercad (Try 10% scale and 2mm height) - Scale model and download STL - 3D PrintAdvanced - graph manipulationAdvanced – graph manipulation - Import screenshot or graph image to Inkscape - Path > Trace Bitmap - Select graph and Edit Paths by Node - Modify stroke style to create thicker lines for printing