Practical 3D printers the science and art of 3D printing
Desktop or DIY 3D printers are devices you can either buy preassembled as a kit, or build from a collection of parts to design and print physical objects including replacement household parts, custom toys, and even art, science, or engineering projects. Maybe you have one, or maybe you're think...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Apress
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Technology in action Practical 3D printers
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628800806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why Own a 3D Printer?; It's a Big World of 3D Printers; About This Book; Learning by Making; Sharing Things; Chapter 1 A World of 3D Printers; Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.; How a 3D Printer Works; Cartesian Robot; Thermoplastic Extruder; Printbed; Linear Motion; Endstops; Frame; A Survey of 3D Printers; RepRaps; RepRap Mendel; RepRap Huxley; Box Bots; MakerBot; MakerGear Mosaic M1; Ultimaker; RepStraps; whiteAnt CNC; Upstarts; MendelMax and AO-100
- RepRap Wallace and PrintrbotChoosing the Right 3D Printer; 3D Printer Summary; Print Volume Comparison; Buying a Kit or Building Your Own; Buying a Kit; Building Your Own; The Choice Is Yours; Choosing the Right Material; Filament Materials; Filament Diameter; Buying Filament; Basic Tools and Supplies; Hand Tools; Electronics Toolkit; Printing Supplies; Summary; Chapter 2 3D Printer Toolchain; From a 3D Model to a 3D Object; 3D Models; Slicing and Toolpath; Printer Control; So, What's a Toolchain?; Electronics; RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield; Sanguinololu; Printrboard; Firmware; Sprinter
- MarlinSJFW; MakerBot; Slicers; Skeinforge; SFACT; Slic3r; Printer Control; ReplicatorG; Pronterface; RepSnapper; Repetier-Host; netfabb Engine; Summary; Chapter 3 Calibrating Your Printer; The First Steps; Talking to the Machine; Making Things Move; Going Home; Heating Things Up; Printing Overview; Downloading a Model; Slice the Model; Print the Model; Print Settings; Perimeters; Solid Layers; Infill; Layer Height; Transform; Printer and Filament; Print Speed; Print the Bunny; Calibration Prints; Starting on the Right Foot; Circle, Circle, Circle; Pyramid of Power; Firmware Settings
- Initial SettingsCalibrating Axis Movement; X and Y Steps; Z Steps; Extruder Steps; Mechanical Settings; Uploading Firmware; Summary; Chapter 4 3D Models from the Cloud; Places to Find and Share 3D Models; Thingiverse; I Made One; I Made a Derivative; Upload a Thing; Open Licensing; Google 3D Warehouse; Downloading a Model; Exporting an STL in SketchUp; Using netfabb to Repair STLs; Introducing Web-based Solid Modeling; 3DTin; Tinkercad; Project: Alien Invaders; Drawing with Cubes; Extruding Shapes; Saving and Exporting an STL for Printing; Wrapping It Up; Summary; Chapter 5 3D Haiku
- Making a Vector ImageWorking with Inkscape; Drawing Shapes with Inkscape; Inkscape Path Operations; Working with Text; Designing the 3D Haiku; Preparing the Vector Image; Converting to Paths and Working with Nodes; Converting Curves to Lines; Preparing the File; Setting Up Layers; Saving the File; Extruding a Vector Image; Working with OpenSCAD; Making Objects in OpenSCAD; Add and Subtract Objects; Move and Rotate Objects; 2D to 3D; Making Things Interesting; Moving and Rotating the Haiku; Adding to Our Design; Make Ready for Printing; Wrapping It Up; Summary; Chapter 6 Steampunk Warship
- Intermediate OpenSCAD Techniques
