3D Printing Course¶
Benchy the Tugboat is the mascot for the Introduction to 3D Printing textbook. The original 3DBenchy is the most printed object in the world — a small tugboat released in 2015 as a torture-test calibration model that exercises overhangs, bridges, fine detail, and surface finish in a single job, making it the universal benchmark by which the global maker community judges a new printer. The name Benchy is a direct contraction of benchmark, and the mascot keeps the visible FDM layer lines that signal "this character is itself a 3D print." Benchy was chosen because the mascot is self-referentially the subject of the textbook: a learner who recognizes Benchy already shares a vocabulary with every other 3D-printing practitioner, and the visible layer-line texture quietly reinforces what the book is teaching. The choice is exceptional because the mascot does not stand for the discipline by analogy — it literally is an artifact of the discipline, with name, form, and surface all carrying pedagogical weight.
All poses for the 3D Printing Course mascot.
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Neutral
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Welcome
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Tip
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Thinking
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Encouraging
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Warning
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Celebration
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Poses Infographic