3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook
eBook - ePub

3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook

  1. 346 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook

About this book

In Detail

Do-it-yourself 3D printing is a new and exciting technology that gives you the power to make extraordinary things that were previously impossible. 3D printing provides great savings on assembly costs as it offers the capability of printing already assembled products.

This book is a concise guide to creating 3D models and for mastering the skills of 3D printing through a series of easy-to-follow recipes. It covers the detailed process of 3D printing using RepRap machines along with some fundamental 3D printing techniques such as 3D scanning, parametric modeling, and digital fabrication.

Approach

A systematic guide consisting of over 100 recipes which focus on helping you understand the process of 3D printing using RepRap machines. The book aims at providing professionals with a series of working recipes to help make their fuzzy notions into real, saleable projects/objects using 3D printing technology.

Who this book is for

This book is for novice designers and artists who own a RepRap-based 3D printer, have fundamental knowledge of its working, and who desire to gain better mastery of the printing process. For the more experienced user, it will provide a handy visual resource, with side-by-side comparisons of the two most popular slicers, Skeinforge and Slic3r.

A basic understanding of designing and modeling principles and elementary knowledge of digital modeling would be a plus.

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Information

Publisher
Packt Publishing
Year
2014
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781782169888
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Desktop Applications
Index
Computer Science

3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook

Table of Contents

3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
Who this book is for
What you need for this book
Pronterface
Repetier-Host
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started with 3D Printing
Introduction
3D scanning with a digital camera
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more...
Processing a 3D scan with 123D Catch
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
Viewing your scene with 123D Catch
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Stitching photos with 123D Catch
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Changing mesh resolutions with 123D Catch
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Cleaning up the model with 123D Catch
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using the Autodesk 3D Print Utility
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Let's print!
Slicing the models with Slic3r
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Slicing the models with Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Reviewing the print results
2. Optimizing the Printing Process
Introduction
Inspecting the model with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Plane alignment with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Scaling the model with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Leveling the model with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
Removing scanning artifacts with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works…
Shaping the model with Meshmixer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Let's print!
Optimizing infill with Slic3r
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Optimizing infill with Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Printing without fill with Skeinforge
Getting ready...
How to do it...
How it works...
Tweaking shells and surface layers with Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it....
How it works...
Reviewing the print results
3. Scanning and Printing with a Higher Resolution
Introduction
Setting up DAVID Laserscanner
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Calibrating DAVID Laserscanner
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Scanning with DAVID Laserscanner
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Viewing the model in MeshLab
Getting ready
How to do it...
See also
Cleaning the scans with MeshLab
Getting ready
How to do it….
Aligning the scans with MeshLab
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Merging and remeshing the aligned scans in MeshLab
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Let's print!
Hot-end nozzle sizes
Tuning up the printer
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using Skeinforge with a 0.5 mm nozzle
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using Skeinforge with a 0.35 mm nozzle
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using Skeinforge with a 0.25 mm nozzle
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using Slic3r to print different resolutions
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Reviewing the print results
4. Modeling and Printing with Precision
Introduction
Warming up with SketchUp
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using 3D tools from the Extension Warehouse
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Modeling with SketchUp
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using plugin extensions with SketchUp
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Let's print!
Calibrating the x, y, and z axes
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Controlling the flow rate in Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Adjusting the scale in Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Using Stretch in Skeinforge
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Controlling print warping
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using brim with Slic3r
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Review...

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