The book starts with two jewelry projects- a pendant of a silhouette and a bracelet with custom text. This book walks you through four projects to learn using Blender for 3D Printing, giving you information that you need to know to create high-quality 3D printed objects. 3D printing brings along different considerations than animation and virtual reality.

Checking your finished model for 3D printabilityīlender is an open-source modeling and animation program popular in the 3D printing community.

Troubleshooting and Repairing 3D Models.

Adding Color with Materials and UV Maps.

Creating Organic Shapes with the Subdivision Surface Modifier.

Streamlining work with Proportional Editing and Snap During Transform.

Practicing Mesh Modeling tools such as Loop Cut and Slide and Extrude.

Working with the Boolean, Mirror, and Array Modifiers.

Using standard shapes and making custom shapes with Bezier Curves.

Some basic knowledge of Blender and geometry will help, but is not essential. If you're a designer, artist, hobbyist and new to the world of 3D printing, this is the book for you.

Create a real world 3D printed prosthetic hand with organic modeling and texturing painting.

Use mesh modeling and intersections to make a custom architectural model of a house.

A project based guide that helps you design beautiful 3D printing objects in Blender.

Build four projects using Blender for 3D Printing, giving you all the information that you need to know to create high-quality 3D printed objects.

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