Modular modelling kit for drawing geometric structures
AssigneesUniwersytet Jagiellonski, The Trustees of Indiana University
InventorsPawel Bernard, James Mendez
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Abstract
The invention provides a modular modelling kit for drawing geometric structures using a handheld 3D printing pen, comprising construction modules (1), and is characterized in that each construction module (1) has a basically flat base (2) and at least one substantially vertical post (4) protruding from the base (2), having a contact point (4a).
Claims7
A 3D printing pen drawing template in a form of a modular modelling kit for drawing geometric structures corresponding to models of chemical molecules, the modular modelling kit comprising a plurality of construction modules,
- wherein each construction module of the plurality of the construction modules comprises:
- a base that is flat, at least one post that is vertical and protrudes from the base, with a contact point at an end of a free tip of the post,
- connection means formed at the base for connecting the base with the connection means of other construction modules of the kit,
- and wherein the plurality of construction modules comprise the following construction modules adapted for drawing the models of the chemical molecules:
- a) an sp3 start module for a molecule model with sp3 or tetrahedral geometry, having a T-shaped base and four posts with contact points for three exterior atoms connecting to a central atom;
- b) an sp3 left module for a molecule model with sp3 or tetrahedral geometry, having an L-shaped base and three posts with contact points for two exterior atoms connecting to a central atom;
- c) an sp3 right module for a molecule model with sp3 or tetrahedral geometry, having a shape corresponding to a mirror shape of the sp3 left module;
- d) an sp2 start module for a molecule model with sp2 or trigonal planar geometry, having an angled base and three posts with contact points for two exterior atoms connecting to a central atom;
- e) an sp2 left module for a molecule model with sp2 or trigonal planar geometry, having an angled base and two posts with contact points for one exterior atom connecting to a central atom;
- f) an sp2 right module for a molecule model with sp2 or trigonal planar geometry, having a shape corresponding to a mirror shape of the sp2 left module;
- g) an sp2 both module for a molecule model with sp2 or trigonal planar geometry, having a three-spoke star-shaped base with one spoke longer than the others, and one post with contact point for one exterior atom connecting to a central atom;
- h) an sp start module for a molecule model with sp or linear geometry, having a straight base and two posts with contact points for an exterior atom connecting to a central atom;
- i) an sp both module for a molecule model with sp or linear geometry, having a straight base and one post with a contact point for a central atom;
- j) an end module being an end module for any molecule model, having a straight base and one post with a contact point for one atom.
A method for drawing, by means of a 3D printing pen, geometric structures corresponding to models of chemical molecules, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a 3D printing pen drawing template in a form of a modular modelling kit for drawing geometric structures corresponding to models of chemical molecules, the modular modelling kit comprising construction modules, wherein each construction module comprises:
- a base that is flat, at least one post that is vertical and protrudes from the base, with a contact point at an end of a free tip of the post,
- connection means formed at the base for connecting the base with the connection means of other construction modules of the kit,
- wherein at least two construction modules differ from each other by a configuration of posts and at least two construction modules differ from each other by a configuration of connection means,
- connecting a plurality of the construction modules to form a particular drawing template;
- using the 3D printing pen, drawing straight lines connecting contact points of the vertical posts of the connected construction modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.