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Blender 3D Printing by Example.

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788390545
Pages 430 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Vicky Somma Vicky Somma
Profile icon Vicky Somma

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface 1. Thinking about Design Requirements 2. Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves 3. Converting a Bezier Curve to a Properly Sized 3D Mesh 4. Flattening a Torus and Boolean Union 5. Building a Base with Standard Meshes and a Mirror 6. Cutting Half Circle Holes and Modifier Management 7. Customizing with Text 8. Using Empties to Model the Base of the House 9. Mesh Modeling and Positioning the Details 10. Making Textures with the Array Modifier and Scalable Vector Graphics 11. Applying Textures with Boolean Intersection 12. Making Organic Shapes with the Subdivision Surface Modifier 13. Trial and Error – Topology Edits 14. Coloring Models with Materials and UV Maps 15. Troubleshooting and Repairing Models

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about common issues that could impact the printability of your model. You learned to be on the lookout for duplicate vertices and how to use Blender to remove them. You learned how to review and correct bad face normals. You learned about the tricky concept of non-manifold edges. You enabled the 3D Print Toolbox add-on and used that in your quest to identify and correct non-manifold edges. Finally, you learned how outside tools, such as the 3D Builder in Windows 10, can be used to repair your models.

Throughout this book, you have seen how Blender can be used for a variety of projects. Blender can help with jewelry projects, such as the profile pendant and the coordinate bracelet. Blender can accommodate architectural models, as seen with the house figurine. Finally, you are not limited to geometric, precisely-sized models. With the human hand...

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