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Low water levels could force shutdown Renee Andor Record Staff
SANDRA PUGA, a Grade 12 G.P. Vanier engineering student, eyes up the roof of the scale model house she built using computer programs, a 3D printer and a laser engraver. PHOTO BY RENEE ANDOR
Students bask in 3D printing technology Renee Andor Record Staff
A jet engine, a scale model of a house and a 3D printer are just a few of many projects to come out of G.P. Vanier Secondary School this year. Students in MEEP 12, (math, English, engineering and physics), last week put the finishing touches on the self-directed
From model houses to working jet engines - 3D printers have near limitless potential projects they designed and built this term in Steve Claassen’s engineering 12 class. Student Sandra Puga — one of three girls in the class — plans to become an architect, so she chose to create a scale model of a house. Using 3D modelling
software, she created parts like the windows, shutters, poles and doors, then printed those models out using one of the classroom’s 3D printers. (A 3D printer creates real objects from digital 3D models. Claassen’s classroom has three
printers and these printers use heated plastic to make the object, though other 3D printers can use other materials, too.) Puga also used software to create gradients on parts of her model house, like shading on the roof, and used a laser engraver to create textures, like indents in the siding on the house.
BC Hydro may need to shut down its Puntledge River generating station early this summer due to low water levels, according to Hydro’s Stephen Watson. “We may have to shut down the generating station in July because we want to try to conserve as much water as we can for that September/October period,” says Watson, adding the situation could change if the weather changes. “In dry years we have shut down generation but it’s not that common, and it’s fairly rare to do it in July.” Comox Valley Regional District senior manager of engineering services Marc Rutten adds water restrictions are heightened for areas serviced by Comox Lake, (Courtenay, Comox, and five nearby local service areas), when Hydro shuts down its generating station. “We have a back-up pump station that we (use to) pump water from the river during times when BC Hydro takes their generator out of service,” explains Rutten. “And at those times our capacity to feed the system is extremely limited so we go to Stage 3.” Stage 3 restrictions mean watering lawns, washing vehicles and filling swimming pools, hot tubs and garden ponds is not allowed at any time. Watering vegetables, flowers and shrubs is restricted to early morning and late evening and must be done with a handheld container or hand-held hose. To view the water conservation bylaw, visit comoxvalleyrd.ca.
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