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3D Printing with SketchUp

You're reading from   3D Printing with SketchUp Use SketchUp to generate print-ready models and transform your project from concept to reality

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803237350
Length 162 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy' Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy'
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Prepared to Print
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with 3D Printing and SketchUp FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your SketchUp Environment for 3D Printing 4. Chapter 3: Importing and Exporting .stl Files 5. Chapter 4: Print-Ready Modeling and Scaling for Export 6. Part 2: Modeling for 3D Printing
7. Chapter 5: Modeling from Scratch Using Native Editing Tools 8. Chapter 6: Modeling Using Solid Tools 9. Chapter 7: Importing and Modifying Existing 3D Models 10. Chapter 8: Assembling the Pieces Post-Printing 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exporting multiple parts for printing

We exported more than one piece in the previous chapter (Chapter 7, Importing and Modifying Existing 3D Models), but in this chapter, I want to get into more of the hows and whys, especially in relation to a model like the one we just made that has 13 pieces to be printed.

Prepping multiple groups for output

There are two ways you could approach exporting multiple groups for printing. You can either arrange the pieces exactly as you want to print them and export them as a single file, or you can select and export each group independently, arranging them for printing outside of SketchUp.

I will always recommend exporting each piece individually, rather than as a group. This gives you more control once you leave SketchUp and allows you to print each piece separately. Looking at our model, I want to print the house on my SLA printer, and my landscape in white filament and my tree in green on my FDM printer. The easiest way to do this is to...

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