3D Printing For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

3D printing is one of the coolest inventions we've seen in our lifetime, and now you can join the ranks of businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who use it to do everything from printing foods and candles to replacement parts for older technologies—and tons of mind-blowing stuff in between! With 3D Printing For Dummies at the helm, you'll find all the fast and easy-to-follow guidance you need to grasp the methods available to create 3D printable objects using software, 3D scanners, and even photographs through open source software applications like 123D Catch.

Thanks to the growing availability of 3D printers, this remarkable technology is coming to the masses, and there's no time like the present to let your imagination run wild and actually create whatever you dream up—quickly and inexpensively. When it comes to 3D printing, the sky's the limit!

• Covers each type of 3D printing technology available today: stereolithology, selective sintering, used deposition, and granular binding
• Provides information on the potential for the transformation of production and manufacturing, reuse and recycling, intellectual property design controls, and the commoditization of products
• Walks you through the process of creating a RepRap printer using open source designs, software, and hardware
• Offers strategies for improved success in 3D printing

On your marks, get set, innovate!

「3D列印」是我們這一代見過最酷的發明之一，現在你也可以加入商人、企業家和愛好者的行列，利用它來製作從食物和蠟燭到舊科技的替代零件，以及許多令人驚嘆的東西！有了《3D列印入門指南》，你將找到所有快速且易於理解的指導，以掌握使用軟體、3D掃描儀甚至是開放原始碼軟體應用程式（如123D Catch）來創建3D可列印物件的方法。

由於3D列印機的普及，這項卓越的技術正面向大眾，現在正是讓你的想像力奔放並「實際」快速、低成本地創造任何你夢想的時刻。在3D列印方面，天空是極限！

本書涵蓋了當今可用的每種3D列印技術：光固化、選擇性熔結、使用沉積和顆粒綁定。它提供了有關生產和製造轉型、重複使用和回收、知識產權設計控制以及產品商品化的資訊。本書還引導您通過使用開放原始碼設計、軟體和硬體來創建RepRap列印機的過程。此外，它還提供了提高3D列印成功率的策略。

準備好了嗎？開始創新吧！