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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

Chapter 2. Mini Mug

Blender has a variety of exciting tools for 3D modeling. This chapter will cover navigating the file system, adding objects, adjusting the view, selection tools, modification operators, object modifiers, and exporting an object ready for print. With so many things to learn on such a simple first project, by the time you finish you'll want to toast your success. So why not create something for that very purpose?

Our mug will be a miniature one, almost thimble-sized: 24 mm wide by 20 mm tall with a wall thickness of at least 2 mm. We'll put a handle on our mini mug to give it some character and give you something to hold on to. We'll also give it a little bit of body shape to make it more stable and printable. Beside from these we'll take advantage of its size to keep the details to a minimum.

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