# Activities

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## [About the Activities category](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/about-the-activities-category/133)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/about-the-activities-category/133 "2026-09-03T13:29:52Z")

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This category should be used for discussion of educational activities. These activities may STEM from an object in the CAD Model Library, but often extend beyond them.

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## [Fold-Out Paper Shadowbox](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/fold-out-paper-shadowbox/115)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/fold-out-paper-shadowbox/115 "2026-10-03T09:00:50Z")

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The course An Introduction to Design through Making provides a hands-on introduction to maker education. Course modules can be found at the link below: This forum strand focuses on the fold-out paper shadowbox project…

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## [Two-Dimensional Design](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/two-dimensional-design/89)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/two-dimensional-design/89 "2026-10-02T17:56:14Z")

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The course An Introduction to Design through Making provides a hands-on introduction to maker education. Course modules can be found at the link below: https://maketolearn.org/studio/makerclass/ This forum strand focus…

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## [Designing Lego Mosaics](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/designing-lego-mosaics/134)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/designing-lego-mosaics/134 "2026-09-29T17:48:22Z")

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This topic is for discussion of designing and building mosaics with LEGO tiles.

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## [Papercraft Automata](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/papercraft-automata/125)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/papercraft-automata/125 "2026-08-11T10:18:44Z")

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An mechanical automaton is a machine built to perform a sequence of actions automatically, using only mechanical parts such as cams and levers. The sequence of movements is encoded physically in the shapes of the parts. …

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## [3d Printed Automata](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/3d-printed-automata/126)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/3d-printed-automata/126 "2026-07-24T13:56:16Z")

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Discussion of automatons (machines built to perform a sequence of actions automatically using mechanical) began in the Papercraft Automata topic on the CAD Library Forum. Historically, automata were often built to imita…

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## [Prototyping with LEGO](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/prototyping-with-lego/107)

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**Author:** [@JoWatts](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/u/JoWatts)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.cadlibrary.org/t/prototyping-with-lego/107 "2026-07-24T09:50:09Z")

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LEGO bricks are small plastic building pieces designed to connect securely yet be easily taken apart. Each brick has: Studs on top (small round bumps) Tubes underneath that grip the studs of another brick Standa…