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Blender 3D Printing Essentials

You're reading from   Blender 3D Printing Essentials Learn 3D printing using the free open-source Blender software. This book gives you both an overview and practical instructions, enabling you to learn how to scale, build, color, and detail a model for a 3D printer.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783284597
Length 114 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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In this chapter, you were introduced to the 3D Print toolbox and Mesh Analysis panel. You have learned how to make a model watertight and manifold so that it will print properly. Distorted polygons and sharp edges shouldn't be a problem for you anymore. You found out how to control the costs of 3D printing by minimizing the volume of the material in the model.

In the next chapter, you will discover proper building techniques to make a model strong, light, and precise. You will learn how to deal with overhanging polygons, reorient your object if needed, and how to output the file in STL and X3D formats.

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