Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases now! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Taking Tinkercad to the Next Level

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

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835468005
Length 418 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Concepts
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Jason Erdreich Jason Erdreich
Author Profile Icon Jason Erdreich
Jason Erdreich
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (27) Chapters Close

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 26. Other Books You May Enjoy

What are tolerances?

In all types of manufacturing, designers must consider tolerances. Tolerances describe an acceptable deviation in the measurements of a design to ensure that it still looks or functions as intended. Few manufacturing processes are 100% accurate. It is often the case that the cost of manufacturing comes down to an acceptable tolerance range, meaning that the more accurate you want your parts to be, the more it is going to cost you.

3D printing production techniques are no different, and in this chapter we will be looking at the tolerances that we can expect when striving to 3D print our Tinkercad designs. In general, 3D printed parts can shrink or expand during the manufacturing stages, which means that our manufactured models may actually be different in size than they are in our Tinkercad designs. For example, let’s look at the model shown in Figure 12.1:

Figure 12.1: A cylinder in Tinkercad with measurements shown

Figure 12.1: A cylinder in Tinkercad with measurements shown

As we...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime