Applications: Educators

Extreme Redesign:
The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge Rules & Regulations

Official Rules and Regulations:

  • One Extreme Redesign entry per student or group
  • Each Extreme Redesign entry must include a STL file, submission form, and up to a 200-word description
  • The overall size of the Extreme Redesign model must be no larger than 8” x 8” x 8”
  • The Extreme Redesign model can be assembled in any manner
  • Model assemblies must be saved as individual STL files and submitted together as a ZIP file
  • The Engineering Challenge is international in scope and open to any student currently enrolled in a high school (secondary) and undergraduate studies at a college (post-secondary)
  • The Art & Architecture Challenge is open to all students enrolled at any academic institution
  • Any entry that could be used as a weapon, or is a replica of a weapon, will be considered ineligible for the contest
  • Any entry that does not include a STL file or ZIP file, will be considered ineligible for the contest
  • All Extreme Redesign entries submitted to Dimension will become property of Dimension and can be used by Dimension for promotional purposes.

Entry Process:

An Extreme Redesign entry must be submitted as a STL file along with a completed Submission Form, including a 200-word or less description of the value and benefit of the Extreme Redesign part. An independent panel of judges will review all entries and the top 25 entries in each category will be printed on a Dimension 3D Printer and the models will be sent back to those students.

The student/team must submit only one part as the final entry in the Extreme Redesign competition.

Deadline:

December 31, 2007
All Extreme Redesign entries MUST be received by Dimension no later than December 31, 2007 by 5:00PM Central Standard Time.

Submittals:

Extreme Redesign STL files can be submitted either of the following two ways:

1. File Upload

2. Mail files to:
Dimension Printing
Extreme Redesign
7665 Commerce Way
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
USA

The top 25 models in each category will be sent out the week of March 24, 2008.

Extreme Redesign Categories:

Engineering Challenge – High School

Open to any student currently enrolled at a high school or secondary school

Engineering Challenge – College

Open to any student currently pursing an undergraduate degree at any college or post-secondary institution

Art & Architecture Challenge

Open to all students

Judging Considerations:

Final entries will be judged for:

  • Describing the value and benefit of your Extreme Redesign in 200 words or less
  • Creativity
  • Usefulness
  • Part Integrity
  • Beauty

Judging Panel:

A panel of independent judges from various industries will be the final judges for all entries

Extreme Redesign Prizes:

All entrants will receive a custom Extreme Redesign T-shirt
Team entrants will be limited to two participants per team entry.

High School Individual Entries:

1st Place - $2,500 scholarship
2nd Place - $1,000 scholarship
3rd Place - $1,000 scholarship

Post Secondary Individual Entries:

1st Place - $2,500 scholarship
2nd Place - $1,000 scholarship
3rd Place - $1,000 scholarship

Art & Architecture Entries:

1st Place - $2,500 scholarship
2nd Place - $1,000 scholarship
3rd Place - $1,000 scholarship

Top 25 Entries (in each category) will receive:

  • Printed model of their design
  • $50 Visa Gift Card

Instructor Award:

The instructor/faculty member of the winning entry from each category will receive a laptop computer, courtesy of Dimension.

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