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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

Making a solid base


Before continuing, now is a good time for another gentle reminder about saves. Use saves (Ctrl + S) and incremental saves (F2, +) from time to time.

A proper vase will hold water, so this vase will have to be modified so the base instead of having a 2 mm wall will be solid, and the bottom of the body and foot closed so it can hold water and print. This involves selecting the internal walls of the vase, which can be difficult to do without selecting the external walls as well, so a new selection operation will the used; Select More:

  1. Apply the Solidify modifier.

  2. Toggle to the Wireframe view on (Z).

  3. Enter the Edit Mode (Tab).

  4. (De)select All (A).

  5. In the front view, zoom in on the base and identify a line of vertices, where the noses meet which are on the inside and carefully Border Select (B) the whole line. Try to identify a line that is not so close to external lines in this view to make the selection easy:

  6. From the menu at the bottom of the View Panel, click on Select More or...

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