Coin Sorter
Start out by designing your coin sorter. Take into account the measurements of all for coins and the limitation of making it smaller than 5x5x5 inches. Once you have your design planned out, start making your object in Autodesk Inventor. Use sketches and extrusions for the general shape, and fillets for refining your object. Once you have your model complete, export it to Makerbot and edit the settings to use the least amount of supports and the best print quality for the cost.
What I learned
I started out with a design that didn't work. I learned it wouldn't work and I would have to redesign my sorter and fix the flaws that were in the first design. I learned that it wasn't possible, with my current knowledge of the program, to project a sketch to a cylinder, which was what I had planned for the original design.