Blender 3D Printing Essentials Paperback

Gordon Fisher

  • 出版商: Packt Publishing
  • 出版日期: 2013-11-23
  • 定價: $1,180
  • 售價: 8.0$944
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 114
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 1783284595
  • ISBN-13: 9781783284597
  • 相關分類: 3D建模 3D-modeling
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商品描述

Bring your ideas to life in Blender and learn how to design beautiful, light, and strong 3D printed objects

Overview

  • Design beautiful, colourful, and practical objects in Blender to print or export
  • Master Blender's special 3D printing tools to maximize print quality and minimize cost
  • Consider requirements unique to 3D printing such as structural integrity and stability

In Detail

Like computing, 3D printing has been around for decades but it was expensive and was only used for making complex prototypes. Now, prices have dropped and third-party printing services such as Shapeways have become available, making the technology available to everyone.

Blender is an open source modeling and animation program popular in the 3D printing community. 3D printing demands more of a modeler than animation or virtual reality. The model maker must engineer their model to work in the real world. They must keep in mind the particular needs of the materials and printers that they are planning to use to print their model.

This practical guide gives Blender users all the information they need to design high-quality 3D printed objects. With a solid exploration of the 3D modeling process, design considerations for 3D printing, plus step-by-step exercises, you will soon be comfortable making 3D objects for real-world enjoyment.

Starting with an overview of 3D printing, this guide moves onto to precision measurement, fixing problems in a 3D model, and how to make it light and strong enough for real-world use.

You will learn how to scale, build, and detail a model for a 3D printer. You will learn to color and decorate it, as well as making parts precisely in the size you want them, so that multi-part objects fit together smoothly. You will also learn tips on saving money when you have printed your model.

With the help of this guide, you will be able to complete your project and learn how to export the file so it is ready for a variety of 3D printers.

What you will learn from this book

  • Understand how a 3D printer makes a 3D object
  • Get an introduction to different types of 3D printers
  • Explore the materials that can be used in a 3D printer
  • Get to grips with precision modeling techniques in Blender
  • Use Blender's Ruler/Protractor tool
  • Unwrap a texture to fit a model
  • Make a model watertight and manifold
  • Design an object hollow using the Solidify modifier
  • Export to STL and X3D files for printing

Approach

This book adopts a practical approach, with the use of step-by-step instructions to help guide readers. There are lots of screenshots covering each and every step needed to design a high-quality model in Blender for 3D printing.

Who this book is written for

If you are a Blender user or someone who wants to use Blender to make 3D objects suitable for 3D printing, this book is ideal for you. You should already be comfortable with basic modeling in Blender - including using modifiers - although advanced skills are not required. All of the models that you will need are explored in-depth. This book does not assume that you will use any specific printer and teaches the general principles common to building models for most printers. It also gives you tips on discovering the requirements of the specific printer you will be using.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

在Blender中將您的想法變為現實,並學習如何設計美觀、輕巧且堅固的3D打印物件。

概述:
- 在Blender中設計美觀、豐富多彩且實用的物件,以供打印或匯出。
- 掌握Blender的特殊3D打印工具,以最大化打印品質並降低成本。
- 考慮3D打印所獨有的需求,如結構完整性和穩定性。

詳細內容:
就像計算機一樣,3D打印已經存在了幾十年,但它曾經很昂貴,只用於製作複雜的原型。現在,價格下降了,並且第三方打印服務(如Shapeways)已經可用,使得這項技術對每個人都可行。

Blender是一個在3D打印社區中流行的開源建模和動畫程序。與動畫或虛擬現實相比,3D打印對建模者的要求更高。模型製作者必須設計他們的模型以在現實世界中運作。他們必須牢記他們計劃使用的材料和打印機的特殊需求來打印他們的模型。

這本實用指南為Blender用戶提供了設計高質量3D打印物件所需的所有信息。通過對3D建模過程的深入探索,對3D打印的設計考慮以及逐步練習,您很快就能夠舒適地製作真實世界中的3D物件。

從3D打印的概述開始,本指南進一步介紹了精確測量、修復3D模型中的問題以及如何使其足夠輕巧且堅固以供現實世界使用。

您將學習如何縮放、構建和詳細描述3D打印機的模型。您將學習如何上色和裝飾它,以及如何精確地製作所需尺寸的零件,以使多部分物件能夠平滑地組合在一起。您還將學習在打印模型後節省金錢的技巧。

在本指南的幫助下,您將能夠完成您的項目,並學習如何導出文件以便於各種3D打印機使用。

本書的學習重點:
- 了解3D打印機如何製作3D物件。
- 簡介不同類型的3D打印機。
- 探索可用於3D打印機的材料。
- 掌握Blender中的精確建模技巧。
- 使用Blender的尺規/量角器工具。
- 將紋理展開以適應模型。
- 使模型密封且具有流形性。
- 使用Solidify修飾器設計中空物件。
- 導出STL和X3D文件以供打印。

方法:
本書採用實用方法,使用逐步指示來幫助讀者。每個步驟都有大量的屏幕截圖,涵蓋了在Blender中設計高質量模型以供3D打印所需的每個步驟。

本書的讀者:
如果您是Blender用戶或希望使用Blender製作適合3D打印的3D物件的人,本書非常適合您。您應該已經熟悉Blender中的基本建模,包括使用修飾器,但不需要高級技能。本書深入探討了您需要的所有模型。本書不假設您將使用任何特定的打印機,並教授了大多數打印機建模的通用原則。它還提供了有關發現您將使用的特定打印機要求的提示。