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Key benefits

Learn how to make complex shapes by editing basic ones

Make printable objects from multiple shapes and parts

Learn how to design from scratch, without a reference to physical objects

Description

This book will cover the very basic but essential techniques you need to model an organic and functional object for 3D printing using Blender. Starting with pen and paper and then moving on to the computer, you will create your first project in Blender, add basic geometric shapes, and use techniques such as extruding and subdividing to transform these shapes into complex meshes. You will learn how modifiers can automatically refine the shape further and combine multiple shapes into a single 3D printable model. By the end of the book, you will have gained enough practical hands-on experience to be able to create a 3D printable object of your choice, which in this case is a 3D print-ready octopus pencil holder.

What you will learn

-- Get to know the guiding principles required to create 3D printer-friendly models

-- Understand material characteristics, printing specifications, tolerances, and design tips

-- Master the art of modifying basic shapes with Blender s powerful editing tools: extrude, loop cuts, and other transformations

-- Learn techniques of editing complex meshes, smoothing, combining shapes, and exporting them into STL files for printing

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Frequently bought together

3D Printing Designs: Fun and Functional Projects

$32.99

3D Printing Designs: Design an SD Card Holder

$21.99

3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

$21.99

Total $ 76.97

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Peter T. Phelps Jul 08, 2016

I'll start by saying that I am perhaps not the most unbiased reviewer since I have followed Joe Larson (the 3D Printing Professor)'s 3D Printing Workbench YouTube videos (nearly religiously) and own a copy of his 3D Printing Blueprints book. This is a highly affordable lesson into creating organic shapes in Blender (something that can be quite difficult to do in CAD programs). The cute little holder is a great way to get your feet wet in 3D printing design with Blender. I'll be definitely posting pictures of my version of the Octopus Pencil Holder to my website!

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Marcus Mar 10, 2016

This short book takes the reader through a simple, fun project as a way to learn to use Blender for 3D printing. As a technical reviewer of the pre-print book who has never used Blender, I learned how to begin a project with a hand drawn sketch, import the image into Blender, and trace over it to create the beginning of a model. Joe takes you meticulously through each step, leaving some room for - and encouraging - customization of the final model that is as cute as it is functional.I liked the project and teaching style. Although the book is short - only one project - it demonstrates the most important design principles of 3D printing for home printers like wall thickness, overhangs, and minimum detail size. I recommend this book to any Blender beginner!

Russell Allen Feb 20, 2019

Excellent book with tons of great information!! Definitely will recommend to others!!! Well written, easy to follow..

R. Garrett Jun 28, 2016

This e-book was apparently a pre-release version of the final publication. This represents chapter 3 of several chapters. There were some issues with using a different version of Blender which is expected so no issues there. The building of the Octopus Pencil Holder went much slower due to a much steeper learning curve due to the first two chapters missing. I had to do much more hunting through menus or even googling for the way to follow the steps of the tutorial. Overall, I guess this forced me to learn more during the process but it is still a bit disappointing that I didn't get what the Author intended to publish.I enjoyed the teaching style of the Author and have watched several of his videos on his YouTube channel which is where I found out about this book. Even though this e-book was far from ideal, I would still consider a future publication if I could first ensure that I wasn't getting a pre-release subset of what was written.I would say if you want to learn Blender, this would be a really good beginners guide if you can get the full e-book or printed book rather than the single chapter I received.

3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder: A fast paced guide to designing and printing organic 3D shapes.

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