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Published inAug 2013
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ISBN-139781849697088
Edition1st Edition
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3D Printing
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Joe Larson
Joe Larson
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Joe Larson

Joe Larson, known online as "the 3D Printing Professor," is one part artist, one part mathematician, one part teacher, and one part technologist. It all started in his youth, doing BASIC programming and low-resolution digital art on a Commodore 64. As technology progressed, so did Joe's dabbling, eventually taking him to 3D modeling while in high school and college, and he momentarily pursued a degree in computer animation. He abandoned that and instead became a math teacher, and then moved to software development for 10 years before returning to education, teaching technology in college. When Joe first heard about 3D printing, it took root in his mind, and he went back to dust off his 3D modeling skills. In 2012, he won a Makerbot Replicator 3D printer in the Tinkercad/Makerbot Chess Challenge, with a chess set that assembles into a robot. Since then, his designs on Thingiverse have been featured on Thingiverse, Gizmodo, Shapeways, Makezine, and other places. He currently produces weekly videos about design for 3D printing on his YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/mrjoesays.
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Drawing the details

Blender's sculpting tools allow for organic modeling of objects with simple motions. As of version 2.66 those tools were updated with Dynamic Topology, making them nearly as good as commercial sculpting tools. In the past sculpt mode worked best with very high resolution models, but now the resolution can be automatically and dynamically changed in local areas keeping the rest of the mesh a more manageable resolution.

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Slow down with this part. The tools and techniques taught in this section are very much like drawing, only in 3D. Some users may find this more suited to their tastes. While there may not be as many steps shown expect to take a little extra time doing each step until it looks right. Just like with pen and paper good drawing takes time. Slow down, take it easy, and enjoy the process.

Another tip for drawing is zooming out frequently. Staying zoomed in all the time it becomes difficult to see the whole for the details sometimes. It's best to zoom in, do some...

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Joe Larson

Joe Larson, known online as "the 3D Printing Professor," is one part artist, one part mathematician, one part teacher, and one part technologist. It all started in his youth, doing BASIC programming and low-resolution digital art on a Commodore 64. As technology progressed, so did Joe's dabbling, eventually taking him to 3D modeling while in high school and college, and he momentarily pursued a degree in computer animation. He abandoned that and instead became a math teacher, and then moved to software development for 10 years before returning to education, teaching technology in college. When Joe first heard about 3D printing, it took root in his mind, and he went back to dust off his 3D modeling skills. In 2012, he won a Makerbot Replicator 3D printer in the Tinkercad/Makerbot Chess Challenge, with a chess set that assembles into a robot. Since then, his designs on Thingiverse have been featured on Thingiverse, Gizmodo, Shapeways, Makezine, and other places. He currently produces weekly videos about design for 3D printing on his YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/mrjoesays.
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