3D-Printable IBS Scale Models

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This is part of my Final Year Project at Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic. It consists of a series of objects intended to be printed and connected together in a fashion reminiscent of real world construction projects utilizing the Industrialized Building System (IBS). Although it does not exactly emulate in a realistic manner the general procedures and steps involved in IBS construction, it can provide a perfectly fine kinesthetic experience which can aid students (and even children) in understanding the basic concepts of IBS. This project is intended to be an educational aid first and foremost, although real world architects may absolutely use this to create building models loosely based off IBS methods. For those unfamiliar with IBS, it is basically construction utilizing prefabs, except regulated by the Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia. All connections have a tolerance of about 0.2mm. This should be perfectly fine for most printers in general. The model should be easy enough to put together, 4 ground beams can be connected to a single floor slab, and columns are then inserted into the ground beam with the aid of a single pin each. Afterwards, a corbel should be inserted into the column in the sides where beams should connect to the column. The beam should then simply slide into the dovetail. At this point you can either place the roof trusses onto the columns with the pins, or add floor slabs to make a second floor. The walls/railings should fit into any of the beams, and you can use a floor cap to cover up the beam connections if desired. If the regular ground beams don't fit into your configuration of interconnected floor slabs, use the ground beam blankers instead.