Design All Purpose Spanner

Design All Purpose Spanner was a CAD Design of a tool. Its is innovative as it features a size adjustment. This can be used for large and small fixtures. It is made from black versatile TPE. Therefore it is non stick and slip free.

S. 1. The initial phase of the design involved a 2D plan and 3D design using Autodesk inventor.

S. 2. The final phase involved 3D printing using Shapeways with black versatile preset.

1.1 The intial outline of the sketch was made to future eliptical curves for the base. A cicle was created at the top with rectangular sketches. These were then trimmed to give and opening at the top.

1.2 The 2D Sketch was then extruded in initial (1) on drawing and second position (2) as an extruded cut.

1.3 The adjustable level was then extruded with some allowance between the extruded cut. To allow motion up and down for different fixures.

2.1 The 3D design was exported in centimetres scale as an stl file.

2.2 This was imported into shapeways and product created in the 3D print.

2.3 The material selected for conversion was black premium plastic TPE.