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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

You're reading from   3D printing with RepRap Cookbook Over 80 fast-paced recipes to help you create and print 3D models

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782169888
Length 346 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with 3D Printing FREE CHAPTER 2. Optimizing the Printing Process 3. Scanning and Printing with a Higher Resolution 4. Modeling and Printing with Precision 5. Manipulating Meshes and Bridges 6. Making the Impossible 7. Texture – the Good and the Bad 8. Troubleshooting Issues in 3D Modeling 9. Troubleshooting Issues in 3D Printing A. Understanding and Editing Firmware B. Taking a Closer Look at G-code C. Filament Options for RepRap Printers Index

Using TopMod for remeshing


TopMod offers 36 different remeshing schemes and this makes the program valuable for this function alone. We're going to explore the most common schemes for subdividing surfaces into higher density meshes.

Getting ready

You'll need TopMod3D open with your cube loaded on your workspace and zoomed to a comfortable work size.

How to do it...

We will proceed as follows:

  1. Go to the menu and select Remeshing and then 4-Conversion. From the next tiled window, select Catmull-Clark. On the workspace, there is a floating Tool Options window. Select Perform Remeshing. Save the model with a filename: cube_catmull_clark_1.

  2. Select Perform Remeshing again. Save the model with a filename: cube_catmull_clark_2.

  3. Select Perform Remeshing for a third time. Save the model with a filename: cube_catmull_clark_3.

  4. Select the undo icon from the toolbar. Continue to undo two more times until the model is reverted back to the cube.

  5. Go to the menu and select Remeshing and then 4-Conversion. From the...

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