South Africa Keychain

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This 3D model showcases the nine provinces of South Africa. By navigating a loop through Lesotho, a landlocked country, you can create a keychain. The design process is straightforward and enables you to craft your own custom keychains: * Draw or trace an outline with a Sharpie marker and capture an image. * Fill in the outline with a Sharpie and take another photo from the same angle and distance. * Convert both photos to SVG format using an online converter (like this one: https://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-svg). * Import the SVGs into Tinkercad and extrude so the outline is taller than the filled-in shape. * Align, position, and size the outline and the shape to match perfectly. * Export as STL and 3D print (see Pro Tip below). * Color the embossed lines with a Sharpie or other paint marker. Pro tip: When printing text or lines, and depending on the width of those lines, a 3D printer may print thin walls with gaps inside the lines. You can see this in the green photo. By adjusting settings, you might be able to get your printer to fill in those gaps. What worked for us here was to set Wall Thickness to 1 Shell, resulting in the nicer-lined blue model shown in the cover photo. You can learn more about this design and 3D printing in South Africa at Hacktastic (http://mathgrrl.com/hacktastic/2018/05/3d-printing-in-south-africa/). Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathgrrl Hacktastic blog: http://www.mathgrrl.com/hacktastic Shapeways geekhaus store: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/mathgrrl This design has a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license, which means that you can print, remix, and use this model with credit to mathgrrl. However, if you want to sell something, please ask first at <request@mathgrrl.com>.