Beginning Design for 3D Printing [electronic resource] /
Micallef, Joe.author.
Beginning Design for 3D Printing is the full color go-to-guide for creating just about anything on a 3D printer. This book will demystify the design process for 3D printing, providing the proper workflows for those new to 3D printing, eager artists, seasoned engineers, 3D printing entrepreneurs, and first-time owners of 3D printers to ensure original ideas can be 3D printed. Beginning Design for 3D Printing explores a variety of 3D printing projects. Focus is on the use of freely available 3D design applications with step-by-step techniques that will demonstrate how to create a wide variety of 3D printable objects and illustrate the differences between splines, polygons, and solids. Users will get a deep understanding of a wide range modeling applications. They'll learn the differences between organic modeling tools, hard edge modeling, and precision, CAD-based techniques used to make 3D printable designs, practical products, and personalized works of art. Whether you are a student on a budget or a company exploring R & D options for 3D printing, Beginning Design for 3D Printing will provide the right tools and techniques to ensure 3D printing success.
Contents at a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What's Possible with 3D Printing?;  Enter a New Era of Design with 3D Printing;  The Importance of Universal Access ;  New Creative Possibilities Emerge with 3D Printing;  3D Printing Everyday Things ;  Reinventing Common Objects ;  3D Printing in Schools ;  Pushing the Boundaries of Sculpture, Structure, and Form ;  3D Printing to Complement Traditional Sculpture ;  Engineering Impossible Objects;  3D Printing for Architecture ;  3D-Printed Jewelry and Luxury Items
3D-Printed Fashion and Wearables  The Independent Manufacture of 3D-Printed Toys ;  3D-Printed Drones and Robotics ;  The Migration to 3D Printing;  Evolving Material Technologies ; FDM/FFF (3D Printing with Filament);  Binderjet (Powderbed) 3D Printing; SLS; SLM/DLMS;  Multimaterial 3D Printing;  Sustainable Organic Materials ;  Advancements in Software Design ;  Open Source Initiatives;  Crowdfunding Driving the Development of New Machines;  The New Maker Culture;  New Ventures Grow with 3DP Democratization;  Design Collapses;  Additive vs. Subtractive;  Growing Objects
The Paradigm Shift in Design and Manufacturing: Is This the Beginning of a Manufacturing Renaissance ? Summary; Chapter 2: Exploring Design Techniques for 3D Printing;  You Become the Factory;  Reviewing Your D esign Options;  Generating Ideas for 3D Printing: Where to Begin;  The Importance of Sketching to Developing Ideas; Turn a 2D Drawing into a 3D Object to Create Jewelry, Decorative Objects, and Tiny Intricate Parts; Web Sites That Will Turn 2D Drawings into 3D Objects; Selva3D; Shapeways; Other Options to Turn 2D Images into Geometry; Pixologic's ZBrush
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CC Take Advantage of Online Model Databases to Create and Modify Objects; Brainstorming New Ideas; Thingi verse;  Pin shape; Other 3D Model Database Options;  Reverse Engineering Is Essential;  Mashup Manufacturing and Kit Bashing; The Components of a Mesh; Meshes, Curves, and Solids; Curve-Based Models; Precision-Based vs. Organic-Based Workflows; High-Resolution Meshes;  Explore Artistic and Organic Sculpting Techniques ;  Using 3D Scanning to Modify Preexisting Objects ;  Photogrammetry ;  Lidar Scanning; Part D atabases;  Iterative Prototyping
Procedural Modeling Techniques for Mass CustomizationTurning Typography into a Three-Dimensional Object; Explore the Growing World of Material Options;  Remember: Shape Complexity Is Free; Your Ultimate Resource for Endless Ideas;  Getting Started with Free 3D Modeling Software;  A Summary of the 3D Software Used in This Book;  Autodesk Tinkercad ;  OpenSC AD;  Mic rosoft 3D Builder;  FreeCAD ;  Auto desk 123D Design;  Pixologic Sculptris ;  Autodesk Me shmixer;  Blender ;  Additional Skills Needed for 3D Printing;  Summary; Chapter 3: Begin with a Box;  Tools of the Trade
Beginning with Essential Building Blocks: Boxes, Spheres, and Cylinders
Includes index.
Beginning Design for 3D Printing is the full color go-to-guide for creating just about anything on a 3D printer. This book will demystify the design process for 3D printing, providing the proper workflows for those new to 3D printing, eager artists, seasoned engineers, 3D printing entrepreneurs, and first-time owners of 3D printers to ensure original ideas can be 3D printed. Beginning Design for 3D Printing explores a variety of 3D printing projects. Focus is on the use of freely available 3D design applications with step-by-step techniques that will demonstrate how to create a wide variety of 3D printable objects and illustrate the differences between splines, polygons, and solids. Users will get a deep understanding of a wide range modeling applications. They'll learn the differences between organic modeling tools, hard edge modeling, and precision, CAD-based techniques used to make 3D printable designs, practical products, and personalized works of art. Whether you are a student on a budget or a company exploring R & D options for 3D printing, Beginning Design for 3D Printing will provide the right tools and techniques to ensure 3D printing success.
Computer input-output equipment.
Optical data processing.
Hardware and Maker.
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.