experience of doing that modeling help them with,
perhaps with math or geometry or something?
>> A lot of them come in for the first time,
not having any experience with Tinker CAD is pretty difficult for them at first.
They're just not really sure how to change the size and
the shape and the height of different objects and combine them together.
So a lot of the times when we're checking their designs it'll look like
the object is all together and touching but
when you change the view on Tinker CAD, their objects will be very far apart.
And so we teach them how they can change the view, so they can look at their design
from above and from all different sides to make sure that everything is together,
and touching, and centered the way that they like it.
So that teaches them about the coordinate system, and helps them visualize in 3D.
>> You've run- >> Over 55.
>> 55 sessions in the lab over the last year.
What was your favorite thing that somebody made?
>> Just recently we did a virtual reality session and
one of our girls, she designed a little model of 3D glasses.
It was very intricate and advanced, there were so many shapes and
she has come to a couple of sessions, so she knows what she's is doing.
But it was very impressive to see kind of how her designs had involved over
the sessions that she had been to and they got a lot more complex.
>> All right, all right.
So, pleasure to see them come up with crazy ideas.
>> Yeah.
>> And I know you are also doing something new over this summer.
>> Mm-hm. >> So tell us about that.
>> Sure, so we're planning a road trip across the country in order to
bring our sessions and 3D printing to parts of the country that may not have had
as much exposure to 3D printing.
>> Okay. >> Our goal is to impact over 1,500
girls this summer over an eight to nine week trip.
>> So, a summer trip across the country in a, how are you going,
in a bus or, how are you planning?
>> In a large SUV with a trailer that holds our printers and computers.
>> Nice, sounds like a fun summer.
>> Yeah. [LAUGH]
>> Well, thank you for
taking the time to chat with us.
It's a pleasure.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
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