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3D Printing Blueprints

You're reading from   3D Printing Blueprints Using the free open-source Blender software, anyone can design models for 3D printing. Fantastic fun and a great experience whether or not you have a 3D printer, this book is a crash course in the new technology.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849697088
Length 310 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Joe Larson Joe Larson
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

3D Printing Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Design Tools and Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Mini Mug 3. Face Illusion Vase 4. SD Card Holder Ring 5. Modular Robot Toy 6. D6 Spinner 7. Teddy Bear Figurine 8. Repairing Bad Models 9. Stretchy Bracelet 10. Measuring – Tips and Tricks Index

Making a test ring


  1. Similar to what has been done in other projects, add a Boolean modifier to the ring and difference the Finger object from it. The Finger object obscures the effect of this operation, so hide it. One way to do this is to select (right-click) the Finger object and navigate to Show/Hide | Hide Selected from the menu at the bottom of the 3D View Panel Object or press the H key. Another way is to click on the icon that looks like an eye in the Outliner on the line for the Finger object:

  2. The ring is now perfectly serviceable, but there's no harm in making it a little more appealing. Enter the Edit Mode (Tab). Again, notice that without applying the modifier, its effects are undone while in Edit mode. Loop Cut (Ctrl + R) the cylinder around the middle-click and left-click twice when selecting, so the slice does not slide up or down:

  3. Scale (S) the newly sliced ring slightly outwards. The scaled ring of points should not extend more than 1 mm (one small grid square in the background...

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