You're reading from Taking Tinkercad to the Next Level Enhance your ability to design, model, and 3D print with one of the most intuitive CAD programs

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835468005

Length 418 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

3D Printing

Author (1):

Jason Erdreich

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Strategies for Successful 3D Modeling

2. Chapter 1: Tinkercad, an Innovative Approach to 3D Design FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Tools and Strategies for Successful 3D Modeling

4. Chapter 3: The Perspectives in 3D Design

5. Chapter 4: Designing through Constructive Solid Geometry

6. Part 2: Advanced Tools and Features to Enhance our Designs

7. Chapter 5: Creating and Manipulating Text Features

8. Chapter 6: Using the Ruler and Workplane Tool to Dimension Our Designs

9. Chapter 7: Tools to Manipulate and Pattern Multi-Part Designs

10. Chapter 8: Importing Models and Designs

11. Chapter 9: Making Our Own Shapes

12. Part 3: Designing 3D Models for 3D Printing

13. Chapter 10: An Introduction to 3D Printing and Production Techniques

14. Chapter 11: General Strategies for Creating Effective Models for 3D Printing

15. Chapter 12: Creating Tolerances for Multi-Part Designs

16. Chapter 13: Design Mistakes to Avoid

17. Chapter 14: Exporting and Sharing Tinkercad Designs for Manufacturing

18. Part 4: Practical Applications, Start to Finish Designs to Test our Skills

19. Chapter 15: Designing and Printing a Trophy

20. Chapter 16: Fabricating a Multi-Part Storage Box with a Sliding Lid

21. Chapter 17: Modeling an Ergonomic Threaded Jar

22. Chapter 18: Building and Playing a 3D Puzzle

23. Chapter 19: Designing and Assembling a Catapult

24. Chapter 20: Prototyping a 3D-Printed Phone Case

25. Index

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Technical requirements

To prepare a design to be manufactured using 3D printing technology, a CAM program will need to be used. CAM programs vary from printer to printer, so it is important to identify which CAM program is needed for the resources you have available. Unlike Tinkercad, many CAM programs are not web-based and would need to be installed on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.

There are generic CAM programs that work with a wide range of 3D printers, such as Slic3r (https://slic3r.org), Cura (https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura/), and Autodesk Fusion (https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360). If you are constrained to using a tablet or Chromebook device, Fusion and Kiri:Moto (https://grid.space/kiri/) both offer a browser-based interface like Tinkercad. But if you don’t have a 3D printer of your own, we will also be looking at 3D printing services available through Tinkercad later in this chapter as well!

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