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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813174

Length 320 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

G-code

Tools

GitHub

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3D Printing

Author (1):

Colin Dow

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

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

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Technical requirements

In this chapter, we get acquainted with 3D printers. To complete the hands-on portions, we will require the following:

A recent 3D printer model, preferably the Creality Ender 3 V2.
A Windows, macOS, or Linux machine.
A microSD card and related card adapter for a computer.
The images for this chapter may be found here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Simplifying-3D-Printing-with-OpenSCAD/tree/main/Chapter1.

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Authors (1)

Colin Dow

Colin Dow

Colin Dow has been involved with technology since the early home computers caught his eye. He has worked as a programmer/analyst at some of Canada's biggest companies. He is the author of the Packt books Internet of Things Programming Projects (2018), Hands-On Edge Analytics with Azure IoT, and Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD. When he's not nerding out on programming or 3D printing, he likes to compose electronic music, which can be found on Spotify under the name Project Josephine.

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