Paper Organizer

My goal was to design a product that can organize many papers and folders for a teacher.

Originally, the design was just going to be 4 basic shelves. The total design was 26x26x26 cm, with each shelf and the backboard having a thickness of 1 cm, and there being a distance of 5.5 cm between each shelf. 

I then added fillets to the top of the backboard and the edge of each shelf for aesthetic, but also added fillets below and above each shelf for a stronger support.

Once this was done, my client approved of the design and it was ready to be printed. However, in its current design, the paper organizer would’ve taken 31 hours to print, so I had to significantly reduce its size in order to reduce how much filament was required to print it. In terms of dimensions, I reduced the width to 23 cm. Each shelf now had a thickness of 0.35 cm and a distance of 5 cm between each shelf, bringing the total height to 21.4 cm. The length of each shelf was lowered to 17 cm, and the thickness of the backboard was brought down to 0.5 cm. 

Lastly, on each shelf I made 3 slot-shaped holes, since this would reduce how much filament would be used, and papers and folders would still be able to rest on each shelf with the holes as small as they were. 

Once all these changes were made, the product was done and printed for my client.