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You're reading from Blender 3D Printing by Example Learn to use Blender's modeling tools for 3D printing by creating 4 projects

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788390545

Length 430 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Blender

Concepts

3D Printing

Author (1):

Vicky Somma

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Thinking about Design Requirements FREE CHAPTER

2. Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves

3. Converting a Bezier Curve to a Properly Sized 3D Mesh

4. Flattening a Torus and Boolean Union

5. Building a Base with Standard Meshes and a Mirror

6. Cutting Half Circle Holes and Modifier Management

7. Customizing with Text

8. Using Empties to Model the Base of the House

9. Mesh Modeling and Positioning the Details

10. Making Textures with the Array Modifier and Scalable Vector Graphics

11. Applying Textures with Boolean Intersection

12. Making Organic Shapes with the Subdivision Surface Modifier

13. Trial and Error – Topology Edits

14. Coloring Models with Materials and UV Maps

15. Troubleshooting and Repairing Models

Using Empties for reference images

To kick off our architectural model, we'll want to pull in reference images of multiple sides of our house. That will allow us to make sure our modeling efforts match the dimensions and the detailing of the original structure.

Note

Missing an image? Try Google Street View or Google Earth! Perhaps you are modeling a structure that is not nearby and you find you are missing details in your collection of photographs. You may be able to fill in the gaps by visiting Google Street View. Some details you can't photograph from the ground. If you are having trouble envisioning how the geometry of the house comes together, an aerial view from Google Earth may help pull the pieces together.

In Chapter 2, Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves, we set up a background image for the Top view to make our profile pendant. There were some limitations to that approach. You may remember that the image was only visible when we were viewing our project from a very specific...