Minecraft: Education Edition – 3D Printer World – a class set of Printers

Minecraft: Education Edition – 3D Printer World – a class set of Printers

by | May 27, 2022 | Minecraft

Exporting structures that have been created in Minecraft is a great way for students to re-present their work and any evidence of learning in other formats – including 3D Print. In another Post I went through how to Export structures from Minecraft as 3D Objects.

I recently attended a Microsoft Education webinar where Stephen Reid presented and in following up the resources he has created came across his 3D Printer World.  This is a world which looks and works like a 3D printer making it much easier to export a structure from Minecraft. He has also created a Class Set of Printers so the whole class can construct and export – even work together!

build on a Minecraft 3D Printer then export and print on real 3d printer
Minecraft 3D printer structure block

Students can access the world, build their structures on the grey Minecraft 3D printer platform and easily export them with the structure block already positioned. Download the 3D Print Worlds from this link – https://www.immersiveminds.com/3d-print-world

There are 2 different sized 3D Printer worlds along with the Class set so everyone can build and export together. Great idea!

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to open your Minecraft Structure with the Merge Cube

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to open your Minecraft Structure with the Merge Cube

by | May 25, 2022 | Minecraft

In another post I shared how you can export structures from Minecraft: Education Edition using a Structure Block.  Now I want to show you how to view your exported structure using a Merge Cube.

When you export a structure from Minecraft it will save it as a .GLB file. You can open that GLB file up on your computer using Microsoft Paint 3D (free).

Minecraft: Education Edition show on Merge Cube 3D Paint

Once the structure is open n Paint 3D, change these settings for the best results:

  1. Click the Canvas tab
  2. Turn Show Canvas on
  3. Turn Transparent Canvas on
Minecraft: Education Edition show on Merge Cube 3D Paint

Once you have made those changes Save the image as a 3D model – with the file extension as .FBX.

  1. In Paint 3D click the Menu icon, then choose Save As
  2. Click 3D Model
  3. When the Save as window appears click the File Type drop down arrow
  4. choose the FBX file type to Save As

 

Minecraft: Education Edition show on Merge Cube 3D Paint

Now that you have your structure from Minecraft in the FBX file format for the Merge Cube you can upload it to the MergeEDU website.

  1. Sign in to Merge – https://login.mergeedu.com/home  and click the My Objects button
  2. Upload your FBX file
Minecraft: Education Edition show on Merge Cube 3D Paint

You will need to use the Merge app on iOS or Android to use with your Merge cube.  If you do not have a Merge cube you can build your own using this printable Merge cube

You will also need to download the Object Viewer app from Merge

Here’s what my exported structure looks like in the Merge Object Viewer app.  The cube is just sitting on my desk…..

Minecraft: Education Edition show on Merge Cube 3D Paint
Minecraft: Education Edition – Gallipoli World

Minecraft: Education Edition – Gallipoli World

by | May 22, 2022 | Minecraft

I wanted to create a Minecraft Gallipoli world as a resource for a teaching unit, but then found that some time ago the Auckland Museum had already created one.  Trouble was the folder structure and json files all needed some changes to them to get the world and skins to work in Minecraft:Education Edition.

Here’s how to install the Gallipoli World and packs into Minecraft: Education Edition

It took me an evening to get this right – I think the original packs weren’t up-to-date for the current version of Minecraft:EE because I could not get it done for ages. Turns out the JSON files needed some editing.

Step One

Download from here – all the ZIP file containing repacked files for Minecraft Education Edition Gallipoli world

Step Two

Unzip the archived folder
Inside you’ll see 4 files
– anzac_resources.zip
– Gallipoli.mcpack
– Gallipoli_Auckland_Museum.mcworld
– readme.txt

 

Step Three

You will need to be able to see Hidden files in File Explorer to view your AppData folder.
To do that open File Explorer and on the Ribbon click the View tab then select Hidden Items

Minecraft:Education Gallipoli world and resources

 

Copy the file – anzac_resources.zip and paste it in the location –  [Your Harddrive]\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Roaming\Minecraft Education Edition\games\com.mojang\resource_packs

Minecraft: Education Edition Gallipoli world

Step Four

Double click – Gallipoli.mcpack and the Skin Pack will be imported into Minecraft:EE
Double click – Gallipoli_Auckland_Museum.mcworld and the Gallipoli world will be imported into Minecraft:Education Edition

Now in Minecraft: EE you will be able to open the Gallipoli in Minecraft world
You can also select a skin from the Gallipoli Skin Pack

NOTE: The Skins and Resource Pack will need to be on each users device for them to access

Gallipoli World in Minecraft Education Edition
Minecraft Education Edition Gallipoli Skin Pack
Sharepoint Modern – How to add a Picture Library

Sharepoint Modern – How to add a Picture Library

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Office 365, SharePoint

I wanted to create a Picture Library in SharePoint Modern but couldn’t find it as an App to add. Here’s how I solved the problem by creating a library containing images viewable as thumbnails.

Create a Picture Library displaying Thumbnails in SharePoint Modern

  1. Create a Document Library called Photos
  2. Open the new Library Settings – go to Advanced – choose Yes to Allow Management of Content Types
  3. Go back to Library Settings – under the Content types heading – click Change New button order and default content type
  4. Deselect the Document option, then Change Position from top of Picture to 1
  5. Open the Library – Use the Tiles view to see thumbnails of the images
  6. Save this new view as All Photos then set as default view

sharepoint modern picture library solved

Tip – modify the View to display more than the 30 items by default

Cairns Ironman 70.3 Bike Leg

Cairns Ironman 70.3 Bike Leg

by | May 13, 2021 | Sport

Cairns Ironman 70.3 Bike Leg from 2020

Here’s details of the Cairns Ironman 70.3 bike leg from September 2020. The course hasn’t changed for a few years now and remains the same for 2021. You can download the GPX and FIT files below and also access the Garmin Course page.

Garmin Course – https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/58745698

Download GPX – https://cdsmythe.com/downloads/Cairns703-2020ride.gpx

Download FIT – https://cdsmythe.com/downloads/Cairnsride703-2020.fit