Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD Design, Build, and Test OpenSCAD Programs to Bring Your Ideas to Life Using 3D Printers
A step by step full-color guide to OpenSCAD that makes 3D printing easy Key Features Learn about 3D printing technology and the software used to design your objects Discover the various FDM slicer programs used to create G-code for 3D printer jobs Understand how to use a slicer program to create G-c...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham :
Packt Publishing, Limited
2022.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009657367306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Contributors
- About the reviewers
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Exploring 3D Printing
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with 3D Printing
- Technical requirements
- Understanding the Creality Ender 3
- Ender 3 models
- Understanding the parts of the Ender 3
- Upgrading the Ender 3
- Leveling the print bed
- Leveling the corners of the bed
- Mesh bed leveling
- Materials available for 3D printing
- Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA)
- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
- Glycolyzed Polyester (PETG)
- High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
- Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)
- Carbon fiber
- Nylon
- Flexible materials
- Other materials
- Summary
- Chapter 2: What Are Slicer Programs?
- Technical requirements
- Controlling a 3D printer using G-code
- What is G-code?
- Understanding G-code
- Using Pronterface to control our 3D printer
- Leveling the corners with G-code
- Common FDM slicer programs
- Slicing an object into G-code
- Slicing software applications
- Which FDM slicer should I choose?
- Slicer programs for liquid resin 3D printers
- What is liquid resin printing?
- Chitubox
- The Anycubic Photon Workshop
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Printing Our First Object
- Technical requirements
- Finding objects to print
- Understanding 3D object file formats
- Downloading 3D objects
- Calibration objects for our 3D printer
- Preparing our 3D printer
- Slicing our object
- Setting up the profile
- Loading our model
- Quality settings
- Infill settings
- Temperature settings
- Cooling settings
- Build Plate Adhesion settings
- Slicing our object
- Printing our object
- Applying a glue stick to the bed
- Running our print job
- Calibrating our printer
- Inspecting #3DBenchy for print quality
- Summary
- Part 2: Learning OpenSCAD.
- Chapter 4: Getting Started with OpenSCAD
- Technical requirements
- Introducing OpenSCAD
- Exploring other CAD programs
- Fusion 360
- TinkerCAD
- FreeCAD
- Comparing OpenSCAD with other CAD programs
- Learning OpenSCAD GUI and basic commands
- Downloading and Installing OpenSCAD
- Getting to know the OpenSCAD environment
- OpenSCAD basic 2D shapes
- OpenSCAD basic 3D shapes
- Learning OpenSCAD Boolean and transformation operations
- OpenSCAD Boolean operations
- OpenSCAD transformation operations
- Creating our PVC pipe hook
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Using Advanced Operations of OpenSCAD
- Technical requirements
- Turning 2D shapes into 3D objects
- Importing SVG files into OpenSCAD
- Creating a 3D Thumbs Up symbol
- Extruding the base
- Putting the base and Thumbs Up object together
- 3D printing our Thumbs Up award
- Looking at advanced OpenSCAD commands
- Exploring the available fonts
- Exploring the text operation
- Creating a dynamic backing plate
- Simplifying our code with modules
- Creating a module for our Thumbs Up object
- Creating a module for the base
- Creating a module for the plaque
- Creating a design using modules
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Exploring Common OpenSCAD Libraries
- Technical requirements
- Exploring the OpenSCAD General libraries
- BOSL
- dotSCAD
- NopSCADlib
- BOLTS
- Using the BOSL to design a desk drawer
- Downloading and installing the BOSL
- Creating the drawer tray
- Adding rails to our drawer tray
- Creating the handle for our drawer
- Creating the sliders for our desk drawer
- Adding screw holes to the sliders
- Exploring OpenSCAD Single Topic libraries
- Round Anything
- Mark's Enclosure Helper
- The OpenSCAD threads.scad module
- The OpenSCAD smooth primitives library
- Creating our own OpenSCAD library
- Summary
- Part 3: Projects.
- Chapter 7: Creating a 3D-Printed Name Badge
- Technical requirements
- Creating text for our 3D-printed name badge
- Understanding the OpenSCAD text operation
- Making text curve in OpenSCAD
- Creating a name tag text generator module
- Adding a base plate to our 3D-printed name badge
- Creating our first shape
- Adding an indent for the brooch pin
- Putting the first shape and indent together
- Printing out our 3D-printed name badge
- Preparing our design for a print job
- Printing and finishing
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Designing and Printing a Laptop Stand
- Technical requirements
- Designing the frame in Inkscape and OpenSCAD
- Downloading and installing Inkscape
- Exploring Inkscape
- Using Inkscape to design the frame
- Using OpenSCAD to complete the design
- Designing the threaded rod in OpenSCAD
- Creating a rod with an M10 threaded top
- Adding a connector plate
- Printing out our laptop stand
- Slicing and printing the frame
- Slicing and printing the rods
- Putting the laptop stand together
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Designing and Printing a Model Rocket
- Technical requirements
- Creating the motor mount
- Building around the paper tube
- Designing and printing the motor mount
- Getting an accurate outside diameter measurement
- Creating the nose cone
- Designing the nose cone
- Printing out the nose cone
- Creating the fins
- Designing the fin can
- Printing out the fin can
- Assembling and launching the model rocket
- Installing the shock cord
- Installing the fin can
- Finishing the construction of our model rocket
- Summary
- Part 4: The Future
- Chapter 10: The Future of 3D Printing and Design
- Technical requirements
- 3D printed homes
- What are 3D printed homes?
- Advantages of 3D printed homes
- 3D printed homes for space exploration
- Creating a 3D printed birdhouse.
- The future of mass customization
- The fourth industrial revolution and 3D printing
- Customizing products
- Summary
- Index
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