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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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There are often many techniques that can be employed to make the same thing. In fact, there is another way that this sort of vase could have been created using mostly just the techniques learned in the previous chapter. Starting with a cylinder at the bottom of the reference image, extrude the top slightly, and scale each extruded segment:

The disadvantage of this method is that it is difficult to get the same level of detail, and the wall inside the body may not be exactly 2 mm the whole way. It is left to the modeler to verify tolerances. The advantage of this method is that a clever modeler could take a picture of two different people facing each other and make a vase that looks different on each side. It requires some clever manipulation of the reference image to line up the features and could make an excellent gift.

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