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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

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Leaving modifiers unapplied becomes undesirable when the object's geometry gets too complex. Simply performing Boolean operations on cubes together may not cause a crash, but adding Boolean operations to multiresolutioned objects and moving them around or changing the order of their modifiers has been known to slow down or even crash even the heartiest of systems.

Try to see how quickly Blender will slow down by making several cubes, adding multiresolution modifiers to increase their polygon count and Boolean them together all without pressing the Apply button. Add more and more multiresolution cubes and move them around to see when performance becomes choppy. It may be surprising how little time it takes.

With the measurements of an SD card available, any object can be turned into an SD card holder. Why not make an SD holder key chain or an SD holder that clips to a breast pocket? Add an SD holder to a mini mug or vase to turn decorative items into something functional. Measure...

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