Tvaṣṭā Challenge
3D-print the Ramappa Temple - UNESCO World Heritage site
Timeline
** Registration deadline has ended.
Last date: 31st Aug, 2023
Get to work
Plan - print - verify - rinse repeat
Submit your entry online
For your initial submission, please prepare a video that showcases all ten printed components, along with their assembly or insertion to construct the complete model.
(The link to submit the entries has already been dispatched via email)
Last date: 15th Oct 2023
About the contest
The main objective of this contest is to identify talented teams that can create a high-quality 3D print that conforms to a given specification.
Teams (5-7 students) get together to register for participation. Every team works with the nearest accessible IDEA lab of AICTE.
Each heritage structure model will be partitioned into multiple pieces (>10) denoting the various principles used in the construction of the heritage structure. These pieces will fit together to form a complete heritage structure.
The model files of the Ramappa temple to be printed will be provided to you upon successful registration. You must print all the pieces provided and assemble them to build the whole temple
The scale of the model must be 1: 100. In order to achieve printing at this scale, you may further split the pieces and reassemble them as required. However, two distinct pieces in the inventory must NOT be merged
The cost of material used in 3D printing must NOT exceed ₹ 2 per gram.
Your submission will be judged on conformance to the model specification and quality of print. When models conform to the specification well, the pieces of two submission can be interchanged and still obtain a good fit. Conformance to model specification will be tested by mating pieces of a submission with a standard model or with those of other contestants.
Background
Until now, the creation of precision-manufactured products required expensive machinery, significant expertise and operational training. This posed a barrier, preventing many good ideas from ever being built (even to a prototype stage), as most people lacked the skills and financial resources to design, let alone manufacture or distribute, a product. However, in the last decade these traditional barriers have been stripped away, thanks to the percolating DIY (do-it-yourself) culture, aided by technologies like 3D printing-based manufacturing. These elements now allow almost anyone to become a manufacturer or contribute to the manufacturing process. Such decentralisation can be spread across geographies and communities. These technologies are very important in various industries like Automotive, Aerospace and Heritage industry. Here we set this contest against the backdrop of Heritage memorabilia.
Final Evaluation
Model pieces from the collaborating teams will be assembled on site and will be tested for their compatibility, fit and consistency.
Conformance to the specification of the contest is an essential criterion for a valid submission
Amongst valid submissions, the team with the best quality of print AND best fit will be declared the winner.
Award categories
Best team entry - overall
Best print quality
Most compatible model
Organising team
