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3D Printing with SketchUp

You're reading from   3D Printing with SketchUp Real-world case studies to help you design models in SketchUp for 3D printing on anything ranging from the smallest desktop machines to the largest industrial 3D printers with this book and ebook

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783284573
Length 136 pages
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

3D Printing with SketchUp
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Concepts Every 3D Printing Designer Needs to Know FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up SketchUp for 3D Printing 3. From 2D Drawing to 3D Model 4. Understanding Model Resolution 5. Using Existing Models 6. Designing a Phone Cradle 7. Importing Terrain and Printing in Color 8. Modeling Architecture for 3D Printing Resources for Your 3D Printing Success Index

Installing and using extensions


Extensions, also commonly called plugins or ruby scripts, transform SketchUp from a cool program for architects into a super versatile modeling tool that nearly anyone can customize to their needs. Extensions in SketchUp 2013 can be installed in a few different ways. The easiest way is via the Extensions Warehouse dialog box inside SketchUp. The first extension we install will allow importing and exporting of files for 3D printing.

Stereolithography [.STL] is the most common file format used as input for 3D printers. SketchUp doesn't natively have the option to export to [.STL], but a couple of generous programmers have written an extension that does just that. They released it for free, as the vast majority of extensions for SketchUp are, and now anybody can generate [.STL] files from their SketchUp models.

To install the extension, navigate to Window | Extensions Warehouse and sign in with your Google account. Search for "STL" in the upper-right corner of...

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