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    3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder
    3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder
    3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder
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    3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

    By Larson Joe

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    About this ebook

    Learn to design and 3D print organic and functional designs using Blender

    About This Book
    • Learn how to make complex shapes by editing basic ones
    • Make printable objects from multiple shapes and parts
    • Learn how to design from scratch, without a reference to physical objects
    Who This Book Is For

    You should have basic knowledge of Blender and 3D printing and be interested in printing your first object.

    What You Will Learn
    • Get to know the guiding principles required to create 3D printer-friendly models
    • Understand material characteristics, printing specifications, tolerances, and design tips
    • Master the art of modifying basic shapes with Blender's powerful editing tools: extrude, loop cuts, and other transformations
    • Learn techniques of editing complex meshes, smoothing, combining shapes, and exporting them into STL files for printing
    In Detail

    This book will cover the very basic but essential techniques you need to model an organic and functional object for 3D printing using Blender.

    Starting with pen and paper and then moving on to the computer, you will create your first project in Blender, add basic geometric shapes, and use techniques such as extruding and subdividing to transform these shapes into complex meshes. You will learn how modifiers can automatically refine the shape further and combine multiple shapes into a single 3D printable model.

    By the end of the book, you will have gained enough practical hands-on experience to be able to create a 3D printable object of your choice, which in this case is a 3D print-ready octopus pencil holder.

    Style and approach

    This is a starter project designed to introduce you to your first real-world 3D printing designs, where you'll learn how to handle the fundamental principles of 3D printing design and have your hands on your reward in no time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateFeb 29, 2016
    ISBN9781785887437
    3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

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      Book preview

      3D Printing Designs - Larson Joe

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      Table of Contents

      3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewer

      www.PacktPub.com

      eBooks, discount offers, and more

      Why subscribe?

      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the color images of this book

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Octopus Pencil Holder

      Planning the project

      The basic shape

      Editing the basic shape

      Smoothing the mesh with modifiers

      Bending the tentacles

      Flattening the bottom

      Renaming objects

      Adding a pencil cup

      Adding a face

      Finishing touches

      Summary

      2. Prologue

      3D printing basics

      What is 3D printing?

      The right software

      Downloading and installing Blender

      Setting up Blender

      Scrolling the mouse wheel and number pad

      Laptops with a touchpad but no number pad

      What to design for?

      Overhangs and supports

      Supportless 3D printing

      Y – gentle overhangs

      H – bridging

      T – orientation

      Wall thickness

      Summary

      Index

      3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

      3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

      Copyright © 2016 Packt Publishing

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      Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

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      First published: February 2016

      Production reference: 1240216

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      Credits

      Author

      Joe Larson

      Reviewer

      Marcus Ritland

      Commissioning Editor

      Edward Gordon

      Acquisition Editor

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      Content Development Editor

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      Technical Editor

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      Copy Editor

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      Project Coordinator

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      Proofreader

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      Indexer

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      Graphics

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      Production Coordinator

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      Cover Work

      Shantanu N. Zagade

      About the Author

      Joe Larson is one part artist, one part mathematician, one part teacher, and one part technologist. It all started in his youth when he worked on a Commodore 64, doing BASIC programming and low-resolution digital art. As technology progressed, so did Joe's dabbling, eventually taking him

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