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3D Printing with SketchUp

You're reading from   3D Printing with SketchUp Real-world case studies to help you design models in SketchUp for 3D printing on anything ranging from the smallest desktop machines to the largest industrial 3D printers with this book and ebook

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783284573
Length 136 pages
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

3D Printing with SketchUp
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Concepts Every 3D Printing Designer Needs to Know FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up SketchUp for 3D Printing 3. From 2D Drawing to 3D Model 4. Understanding Model Resolution 5. Using Existing Models 6. Designing a Phone Cradle 7. Importing Terrain and Printing in Color 8. Modeling Architecture for 3D Printing Resources for Your 3D Printing Success Index

Setting up toolbars


Toolbars allow you to access commands faster than using the drop-down menus in the menu bar. There are many pre-made toolbars, and you can create your own custom toolbars as well.

For starting out, I recommend you turn off the default Getting Started toolbar and place the Standard, Styles, and Views toolbars at the top of your screen, and the Large Tool Set along the left of your screen. The Large Tool Set has many of the tools you'll use while modeling. The Styles toolbar is useful for toggling X-ray mode, and turning colors on and off while modeling. The View toolbar is used for aligning the model to camera views such as Front, Top, or Iso views.

While toolbars are nice for beginners, I recommend you also learn the keyboard shortcuts to speed up your modeling. You can find a one page cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts at http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/116693.

Minimizing dialog boxes

There are a few dialog boxes that you'll use frequently. While you can close them to...

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