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Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

You're reading from   Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD Design, build, and test OpenSCAD programs to bring your ideas to life using 3D printers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813174
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Colin Dow Colin Dow
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Exploring 3D Printing
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with 3D Printing FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: What Are Slicer Programs? 4. Chapter 3: Printing Our First Object 5. Part 2: Learning OpenSCAD
6. Chapter 4: Getting Started with OpenSCAD 7. Chapter 5: Using Advanced Operations of OpenSCAD 8. Chapter 6: Exploring Common OpenSCAD Libraries 9. Part 3: Projects
10. Chapter 7: Creating a 3D-Printed Name Badge 11. Chapter 8: Designing and Printing a Laptop Stand 12. Chapter 9: Designing and Printing a Model Rocket 13. Part 4: The Future
14. Chapter 10: The Future of 3D Printing and Design 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Slicer programs for liquid resin 3D printers

As we will be working with FDM 3D printers throughout this book, we will be using FDM slicers such as ideaMaker and Cura. However, understanding that there is a whole different suite of slicers for 3D printers other than FDM 3D printers is good knowledge to have when we decide to venture beyond FDM 3D printing in the future.

Liquid resin 3D printing is a technology that has dramatically come down in cost to the point now where an entry-level liquid resin printer costs around $300 USD. So, what is liquid resin printing, and what are the software options available? We will start off by answering the first question.

What is liquid resin printing?

A liquid resin 3D printer is one where a series of images is projected onto a build plate through a clear bottom VAT (tank). This process is visualized in Figure 2.18:

Figure 2.18 – A visual representation of liquid resin printing

As we can see, the constant...

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