Universal Shape Cut Out - Hexagon

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From Elementary School to High School, this is usable in classrooms! Whether it's for cutting out modeling dough, tracing geometric figures or even making sugar cookies in FACS, this Universal Cut Out can be utilized in classrooms around the world! Print Settings Printer: Da Vinci Jr. 1.0 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .3mm Infill: 10% Notes: Print upside down for best results. How I Designed This I simply sketched my shape and used the "Offset Entities" function. Next, I extruded that sketch. Then, I made another sketch on the same original plane and offset the previous sketch. Finally, I extruded it in the opposite direction. Custom Section Project: Universal Shape Cut Out - Hexagon Objectives To add fun to baking in a FACS class To help trace exact geometric figures in math To cut out modeling dough or clay in exact shapes during an art class Audiences Middle School - High School (FACS) 2nd - 4th Grade (Math) Preschool - 5th Grade (Art) Preparation Make sugar cookie dough beforehand. Get out a flat, clean sheet of paper. Lay out your clay / modeling dough in a flat shape. Steps Flatten out cookie dough using a rolling pin. Once you have reached the desired thickness, press the cutter into the dough to cut out the desired shape. Lay your shape flat onto your paper. Use your pencil to make a smooth outline of the entire figure. When done, remove your shape from the paper. Punch the shape through the modeling material. Results A cut out shape of dough ready to be baked. A clean, perfect traced geometric figure. A perfect shape of clay / modeling dough.