APPENDIX Get Connected This appendix is all about connecting you to the 3D printing community. Here you'll learn about online forms, blogs, digital fabrication sites, and some plug-ins you might want to check out as your adventure continues beyond this book in 3D printing and modeling. Communi ty Do you want to share your modeling expertise, learn from other modelers, find answers to difficult problems you're facing while modeling, and help those who can benefit from your struggles? The best way to do all of this is to join an online community. Both Shapeways and Google SketchUp provide a community base with a huge collection of resources. Shapeways Community The Shapeways Community link gives you access to the Shapeways blog, forum, Shapeways live chat, events, newsletter archive, testimonials, and contests. The Community link is located on the menu bar of Shapeways. Clicking the link will direct you to the Community page (Figure A-I) . Table A-I describes what you would find if you were to select any of the links. 293
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Get Connected
This appendix is all about connecting you to the 3D printing community. Here you'll learn about onlineforms, blogs, digital fabrication sites, and some plug-ins you might want to check out as your adventurecontinues beyond this book in 3D printing and modeling.
CommunityDo you want to share your modeling expertise, learn from other modelers, find answers to difficultproblems you're facing while modeling, and help those who can benefit from your struggles? The bestway to do all of this is to join an online community. Both Shapeways and Google SketchUp provide acommunity base with a huge collection of resources.
Shapeways CommunityThe Shapeways Community link gives you access to the Shapeways blog, forum, Shapeways live chat,events, newsletter archive, testimonials, and contests. The Community link is located on the menu barof Shapeways. Clicking the link will direct you to the Community page (Figure A-I) . Table A-I describeswhat you would find if you were to select any of the links.
Blog Visit the blog to read about recent developments at Shapeways, work from other3D designers, fairs, contents, and general news about the 3D printingcommunity.
Forum If you 're trying to find a solution to a Shapeways problem, search the forums orpost a question. Or share your experience with someone in need of help withShapeways or 3D modeling.
Shapeways LiveChat Sign up to be reminded of the next live Shapeways webcast , or log in to the chatroom to talk with other Shapeways users.
Events Learn about the upcoming Shapeways events .
Newsletter Archive Sign up to receive newsletters from Shapeways.
Testimonials Post a testimonial about your experience with Shapeways.
Contests Looking for a challenge? Join a Shapeways modeling contest.
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Google SketchUp CommunityThe Google SketchUp community has been around for a lot longer than Shapeways and has gonethrough a lot of versions in the process (see Figure A-2). So, I'm sure that ifyou face any difficulty whileusing SketchUp, you can easily find a solution in the help forum, blogs , or newsletters.
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Learn about what some of the SketchUp Pro users have beendeveloping. Find case studies in the Architecture and Design, DigitalEntertainment, Construction & Engineering, and Education categories.
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Name Description
Resources Find training, plug- ins, books, and more to further develop yourSketchUp talents.
Developers Interested in developing plug-ins for SketchUp? Click the Developerslink to learn about the Sketch Up Ruby API.
Google SketchUp Help Form Can't find an answer to your problem? Post a message, and someonefrom the community will give you a hand.
Google SketchUp Blog Read about contents, community events, and recent developments ofSketchUp.
Go Green with SketchUp Learn how you can use SketchUp for energy analysis.
SketchUp Pro for Non-Profits Learn how you can get SketchUp Pro as a nonprofit.
Project Spectrum Learn how SketchUp is helping the autism community.
Additional Blogs and SitesThe Shapeways and Google SketchUp pages are great resources, but there is a lot more that you canlearn. Here are a list of few sites I recommend you visit to learn more about the world of 3D printing andmodeling:
• Cnc Zone (www.cnclone.com) .Join a community of designers and learn about CNCmachines, CAD/CAM software, and how to buy and sell CNC machines.
• Fabbalo (www.fabbaloo.com) .This is a blog all about fabrication, desktopmanufacturing, and 3D printing.
• Instructables (www.instructables.com) .This is a web site dedicated to all thingshomemade, handmade, and do-it-yourself. Type in the words 3D printer and CNCto see what others have built and how they have built them.
• Replicator (www.replicatorinc.com) .This blog written by Joseph Flaherty has allkinds of information about the world of digital fabrication. His posts are all aboutrecent developments in 3D printing, new designs, new technology, companies,and products.
• Build Your Own Cnc (www.buildyourcnc.com) .This is a site about the developmentof a personal CNC machine by Patrick Hood-Daniels. He provides step-by-stepvideo instructions for designing your own CNC machine from scratch.
• Meetup (www.meetup.com) .This is an online repository of groups you can search inyour local area or around the world . Do a search of the words SketchUp,Shapeuiays, 3D modeling, or fabrication to see whether there is anyone else withinyour community that you get together with and share your passions.
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Additional Plug-insIn this book I covered a few plug-ins in Chapter 5 and SketchyPhysics in Chapter 10. There is an endlessnumber of plug-ins online for Google SketchUp. It would require at least another th ree to four books tocover them all. And new ones are being developed all the time . Here are a few additional plug-ins worthchecking out:
• SU Podium (www.suplugins.com). Developed by Cadalog, Inc., this is aphotorealistic rendering plug-in . Now you can take models you have designed inGoogle SketchUp and make them look like real photographs.
• Slicer (www.cad-addict.com/2oo9/o7/sketchup-plugins-slice-your-model.html) .This is a great plug-in developed by TIG for 3D designers and printers. The plug-inlets you take slices of your model. The Slicer will go a step further and place all theslices on a single plane. Using an SVG exporter, you can print the design on paperor send it to them for laser cutting on plastic.
• Waybe (waybe.weebly.com) . This is a plug-in for unfolding your SketchUp models.Print cutouts of your model that you can then fold and hold in your hands.
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Index
- AAdd Locat ion dial og box, 216addi ng images to curved surfaces, 167adding images to inter ior sur faces, 165advantages of usin g Google Sketch Up , 3air-hockey tabl e
creating th e hockey tab le and pu ck. 243framerate settings , changing, 245Physics Sett ings dialog box , 244reducing the gravity setting, 244
AlphaPrototypes, 287Arc too l, 113, 124asymmetrical objects, 172Auto CAD,3Available to All check box , 203
_ BBA-64B armored car
adding the wheel and axle , procedure for, 194came ra options, table of, 248complet ing th e m odel, procedure for, 193cons truc ting th e back surface, procedure for
184 'designing a 3D model from a blueprint, 176Eraser tool , 187Explode , 193-1 94filling in th e surface gaps, procedure for, 186Flip Along, 193Import dialog box, 178importing th e four requir ed views , procedure
for, 177modeling the door, procedure for, 190
mod elin g th e fenders, procedure for, 188mod elin g the front window, proced ure for , 191Orient Faces, 188procedur e for animating, 246traci ng th e side view, proced ure for, 183tracing the top and front views , procedure for
180 '
uploading to Shapeways for 3D printing, 196bilateral symmetry, 171brainstorming techniques
gap filling, 52mind mapping, 51mind mapping ideas for th e lighthouse model
61 '
reverse thinking, 53Thesaurus.com, 53See also des ign ideas
Arc too l, 113cha nging the mod eling window's view, IIIchecking for mani fold erro rs, 116checking that a model meets specification, 118
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Collada file form at , 118cons truc ting th e pawn templat e, 112curve d models, designing, I IIFollow Me tool, 114guidelines, hiding, 113key con siderations whe n developing a 3D
model,116Make Group, 117multiple sec tion planes, adding, 117Orbit tool , 114Rectangle tool, 112Reverse Faces, 116Scale tool, 114Section Plane tool , 116-117Tap e Measure tool, 112, 118Tools menu, 116uploading th e model to Shap eways for 3D
printing, 118Zoom tool, 113
Circle tool, 15-16,66, 123Cnc Zon e, 296Collada file format , 83, 118, 140Colors panel, 254compo ne nts
creating, 90creating a component within a compo ne nt, 95definition of, 126editing, 95hiding groups and compo ne nts from within
the outliner , 96See also groups; Outliner
Controller box , 236, 242Cover Page layer, 261Create a Box tool , 242Create Clipping Mask, 269Create Component dialog box, 130Create New Thing page, 223Crea te Shop button, 202Crea tiveCommons.org, 225cub e, procedure for modeling, 13CupCake CNC Starter Kit, 289curved models, designing, IIIcurve d sur faces, adding images to, 167cylind er , procedure for creating, \5
300
_ 0Debug, 239default units, se tt ing, 13Delet e, 74design ideas
crea ting gam es to gen erat e design ideas, 58Google 3D Warehouse, 58Google Patent Search, 56reso urces for finding, 55sketching design models using pencil and
paper , 53U.S. Pat ent and Trademark Office (USPTOJ, 56using photographs to inspire modeling ideas,
adjus ting the horizon and vanishing pointbars, procedure for, 146
downloading the exam ple files, \44Grid check box , 147hiding or unhiding a model, 147importing an image as a new Match Photo , 144Match Photo dialog box, 146Mode l check box, 147rules for tracing, 147toggling the red , blue, and gree n plan es, 147tracing th e tabl e, 148
Downl oad Mod el button, 205downl oading Google SketchUp, 4
- Eedges, definition of, 14Edit Group, 127Edit Your Thing page, 224Emitte r check box , setting, 245Eraser tool, 187,257Explode, 137, 193-194Export Mod el dialog box, 82
- Ffab @hom e, 291Fabba lo, 296faces, definition of, 14fan blad e and po st, animating
cons truc ting th e floor , post , and fan blad e,procedure for , 234
Contro ller box, 236example videos on YouTube, links to, 237grouping objects before an imating, 234Hinge tool, 234Joint Connecto r tool, 235joint -connecting the blad e and hinge to the
post , 234Play/Pause button , 234Reset icon, 234Show Ul,235Simulation button, 236SketchyPhysics-Slide r dialog box, 236testing th e animation with th e slider, 235
Find Latitude and Longitude service, 121Fixed Pin mode, 159Flatte ry plu g-in
downl oading, 102Flattery toolb ar, 102Reunite Edges tool, 103SVGExpo rt tool , 104Tab tool, 103un folding a mod el on a 20 plan e, procedure
for , 102Flip Along, 172, 193Follow Me tool, 114, 124-1 25frame rate setti ngs, changing, 245
. Ggap filling , definition of, 52Getting Sta rted dialog box, 259Getting Started toolb ar , 9-10, 66, 68gno mo n
crea ting, 134definiti on of, 120
Google 3D Warehouseaccess ing the home page, 204Download Mod el button, 205downl oading models from , 204file typ es, 205geo -referenced and non -geo-referen ced
models, 204logging in to Google Accounts, 206My Collections link , 206My Wareho use link , 206Upload link , 206
Upload to 3D Wareho use page, 207uploa ding models, procedure for, 205
Google Earth3D Buildings layer, 220Add Location dialog box, 216creat ing a movie, procedure for, 211creat ing a tour by creating a path, 212downl oad ing and installing, 209file forma ts for making movies, 211interface to, 210keeping models simple, 219Layers pan el, 214measuring distances in, 215mod els as gee -referenced, 209na vigation tool, using, 220New Path dialog box , 213Places panel, 212Play Tour button, 214Preview Mod el in Google Earth icon, 219Record a Tour dialo g box, 211Huler dialog box, 215Selec t Region , 217Show Ruler button , 215table of layers, 214upl oading models to , 216
Google Patent Search, tabl e of patent-pagesec tions, 57
Google SketchUp, overview ofadvantages of, 3Build Your Own Cnc, 296Cnc Zone, 296downl oading, 4Pabba lo, 296free vers ion, downloading, 4Gett ing Sta rted toolbar , 9-10Google 3D Warehouse, 58Google SketchUp 8 Setup dialog box, 6Google SketchUp Community page, 295history of, 3installing , 6Instru ctabl es, 296Instru ctor dialog box, 8Large Toolset, 11LayOut, 4Line too l, 8Meas ureme n t toolb ar, 9
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Meetup, 296menu bar, 9modeling window, 9online plug-ins for Google SketchUp, 297plug-ins, 98Pro version, buying, 4Product Design and Woodworking-
Millimeters template, 8Replicator, 296selecting a units template, 8Slicer, 297Solid Tools, 4status bar, 9SU Podium, 297Template tab, 8user interface, 8Waybe, 297Welcome to SketchUp dialog box, 8See also brainstorming techniques; design
ideas ; layers ; LayOut; plug-ins; Outliner;Ponoko; Shapeways; 3D models; 3Dprinters; 3D printing services ;Thingiverse
groupscreating, 90definition of, 90, 126grouped tabl e model, 94hiding groups and components from within
th e outliner, 96See also components; Outliner
guid elinesadding, 75deleting, 76hiding, 113
. HHidden Geometry, 70, 124Hinge tool, 234house model
adding width to the roof, 164aligning th e vanishing point bars to the
photograph, 152deleting the extra lines and surfaces, 156extruding the surface, 156Fixed Pin mode, 159hollowing out th e model to reduce its price,
162importing th e house photograph, 151
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inference lines, table of, 155inference points, table of, 153Match Photo dialog box, 151proj ecting the house photo, 158scaling the house model, 160tracing th e house photograph, 153tracing th e windows and doors, 160uploading to Shapeways for 3D printing, 161
. 1images
adding to curved surfaces, 167adding to interior surfaces, 165
Import dialog box, 178inference lines
locking, 155table of, 155
inference pointsdisplaying, 153table of, 153
Inkscapedownloading, 279Inkscape Startup Kit, downloading from
LayOutadding text to a presentation, procedure for ,
268adjusting a model's dimensions, 264annotating a presentation, 270applying text and labels to the house model,
268automatically rendering a model, 264Colors panel, 254Cover Page layer, 261Create Clipping Mask, 269customizing the menu bar, 273default tray menu, 254description of, 251Dimension Style panel, 258Dimension tool , 268downloading the Pro version of Google
SketchUp, 251editing text and objects within a template, 260Eraser tool, 257exporting a model as an image or as a PDF file,
272Getting Started dialog box, 259House Picture layer, 262importing a logo to customize a template,
procedure for , 260importing a model of th e house, procedure for ,
adding the balcony, 69adding the lantern room, 72adding the tapered wall , 68avoiding a rupture in a model, 64Camera toolbar, 66checking for manifold errors, 79checking that a model is structurally stable, 81checking that a model meets specification, 81checking that the white faces are pointing
outward,78Circle tool , 66Coliada file format, 83considering th e maximum model size and the
minimum wall thickness , 64constructing the model, 65converting to an STLfile, procedure for, 106creating th e foundation, 66creating th e tapered wall door, 73creating th e tapered wall windows, 76defining th e lantern room window area, 73Delete, 74developing printable closed models in Google
SketchUp,63entering options in the Shapeways Upload a
New Model pag e, 85Export Model dialog box, 82extruding the octagon, 68Getting Started toolbar, 66, 68guidelines, adding, 75
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guide lines, deleting, 76hand-sketching 3D mod els, 62having a define d wall thick ness, 63Hidd en Geome try , turning on , 70ISO me tric view, 68key cons ide rations when developing a 3D
mod el, 62, 78Large Toolset, 68Line tool, 71-72, 74, 77Mater ials Compariso n sheet, 64Measurem ent toolbar, 69meeting struc tural stability requirem ents, 65mind mapping ideas for th e lighthouse model,
61Move/Copy too l, 72nonmanifolds, 63Offset tool, 70, 73, 77Orbit tool, 66, 78, 81ord ering from Shapeways, 87Orient Faces, 79Pan tool , 66printing a model in pieces, 65Push /Pull tool, 68-69 , 71, 73, 75, 77Reverse Faces, 63, 79Rotate tool, 67rota ting th e model for alignment, 67Scale tool, 68Section Plan e too l, 79Select tool, 67Tape Meas ure tool , 75-76tapering th e top of the octago n, 68techniques for reducing 3D pr in ting cos ts, 86upl oad ing Lighth ou se.dae to Sha peways for
3D printing, 82when more th an two faces intersect, 63White, Strong & Flexible, usin g, 64, 81Zoom Extents tool , 66Zoom too l, 66
adding width to the hou se roof, 164adjus ting th e tabl e's horizon and van ishing
point bars, procedure for , 146
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aligning th e vanishing point bars to th e houseph otograph, 152
deleting th e extra lines and surfac es on thehou se, 156
dining roo m tabl e, modeling, 144Fixed Pin mod e, 159Grid check box, 147guide lines for creating mod els from
ph oto graphs, 143hid ing or unhiding a mod el, 147hollowin g out th e house mod el to reduce its
pri ce, 162importing an image as a new Match Photo, 144importing the house photograph , 151inference lines, tab le of, 155inference points, table of, 153Mat ch Photo dialog box, 146, 151Mod el che ck box, 147mod elin g th e house for 3D printing, 151projectin g th e house photo, 158rules for tracing, 147scaling th e house model, 160toggling th e red , blu e, and gree n plan es, 147tracing th e dining room tabl e, 148tracin g th e house ph otograph, 153tra cing the house 's windows and doors, 160upl oad ing th e house model to Sha peways for
3D printing, 161Mat erials Comparison sheet, 64maze game , procedure for crea ting, 242Meas ure me nt toolbar , 9, 13,69Mee tup, 296menu bar, 9mesh
ass igning the wrong m esh , examples of, 240definition of, 237mesh states, tabl e of, 238mesh_additions.rb , downloading and
installing, 98MeshLab, 289Microsoft Paint, 12mind mapping, defin ition of, 51mod elin g window, 9Move too l, 131Move /Co py tool, 12, 15, 72, 172multiple sec tion plan es, adding, 117My Collections link , 206
My Wareho use link, 206.NNew Path dialog box, 213New tab , 259nonmanifold s, 63
. 0Offset tool, 13, 70, 73, 77,1 23,1 32
crea ting h ollow objec ts, 18On Every Insid e Page layer, 260-261Ope n Sho p button, 202Orb it too l, 16, 66, 78, 81, 114Orien t Faces, 79, 188Outline r
components, 90definition of, 89gro upe d table m od el, 94groups, 90hiding gro ups an d com po ne nts, 96hierarch ical tr ee structure , 91layers, 91options, list of, 94organiz ing an d contro lling a mod el's visibility,
91Outliner dial og box, 89Outl iner view , 136using with a complex model, 94See also com ponents ; gro ups; layers
. PPages pan el, 256, 260Paint Bucket tool, 168Pan too l, 66param etric.rb , download ing and ins talling , 98Pen cil tool, 184pentagon
creating a 3D pentagon , procedure for , 16sca ling a 3D pentagon, 17
Physics Sett ings dialo g box, 244Place 3D Text dialo g box, 135Play Tour button, 214Play/Pause button , 234plu g-in s
CADspa n plu g-in , 104definitio n of, 98Fla ttery plu g-in, 101
list of online plu g-in s for Google SketchUp,297
mesh_add ition s.rb , downl oadi ng andinstalling, 98
pararne tric.rb , downl oading an d installin g, 98Plugi ns folde r (Sketchl.Ip ), 98Scalab le Vector Graphics (SVG) plug-in , 279Shapes plu g-in, 98Sketc hUp plu g-in sites, table of, 98Sketc hy Physics plu g-in , 227Slicer, 297SU Podium, 297Volume Calculato r 21 plu g-in , 100Waybe, 297See also Google SketchUp, overview of; 3D
mod elsPonoko
creating an acc ount, proced ure for, 279descripti on of, 277Inkscape Startup Kit, downl oading, 279ln kscap e, downloading, 279laser- cutting mat erials, tabl e of, 277maxi m um m od el size, 278maximum upl oad size, 280Pon oko FAQ web site , 280preparing designs for, 279prepa ring the test-tube hold er for laser
cutting, 280Scalab le Vector Graphics (SVG) plug-in ,
downl oad in g, 279Preview Model in Goog le Ear th icon, 219print ing your mod el in pieces, 65Product Desig n and Woodwo rking-Millimete rs
. Rradial symmetry, 171Rat e box, 246Read back Collision Geo me try, 239Record a Tour dialo g box, 211Rectangle tool , 13, 112Redeye, 286Render Mode ls on Page, 264Replicator, 296
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RepRap .290Reset icon. 234Resurfacer dialog box. 107Reunite Edges too l. 103Reverse Faces. 63. 79. 116reverse thinking . definition of. 53Rotat e tool. 16, 67, 130Ruler dialog box, 215
. 5Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) plu g-in,
downl oading. 279Scale tool. 13. 17,68, 114Scrapbooks pan el, 257Section Plan e tool . 79. 116-117Select tool, 15, 67Sha dow Settings dialog box, 138Sha pe Style pan el, 254Sha pes plu g-in . downloading, 98Sha peways
3D printin g material options . tabl e of. 46acc ess ing the Sha peways web site, 20adding a model from th e design gallery. 41Advanced Search link . 21Available to All check box, 203billing information page. 36Bracelet V. 39che cking th e recommended minimum wall
th ickn ess for a material, 81choosing the appropriate mat erial for a model.
44clearin g th e Java cache. 31Co-Crea tor platform, description of, 38Community link , 293Crea te Shop button . 202Crea te Your Own link , 29creating and activating a login acc oun t, 23Crea tor application. section s of, 34Crea tor application . using. 27cus tomizing models. 27description of. 3designing a custom Ringpoem , 29double-checkin g a mod el for probl em s. 34finding featured sho p products. 22gett ing a PayPal account. 20Ihom e page. helpful links, 21hom e page. top menu bar, 20
306
Java control pan el, 31Materials Compa rison sheet. 64minimum purchase requirem ent for a 3D print
orde r. 27Open Sho p button . 202ordering a copy of a mod el, 36orderi ng th e lighthouse mod el. 87Person alize link . 39person alizing a model using Co-Creator,
pro cedure for, 38Product categories box, 21recommended markup pr ice for mod els. 203saving and ord ering mod els, 35searching for a particular typ e of mod el, 21sett ing up a user profile, 23Sha peways Community page, 293Shapeways Mod el Saver dialog box. 35Sha peways Shop, procedure for creating, 201Sha peways Startup Creator Issues page. 32storing models in the Shapeways gallery. 37understanding model pricing. 46Upload a New Mod el page. tabl e of options, 83upl oading a model to th e Sha peways server, 35upl oading Lighthou se.dae for 3D printing, 82using the lat est Java plu g-in . 30viewing a video of a mod el, 23viewing and obta ining a materials sam ple kit,
47See also Thingive rse; 3D printers; 3D printing
servicesshooter
Emitter check box, se tt ing. 245Lifetime box. 245modeling. 245Rate box, 246
Show Ruler button. 215ShowUl. 235SketchUp Mod el panel. 255, 266, 268SketchyPhysics plug-in
Crea te a Box tool, 242Deb ug, 239debugging a model for errors, 227downl oading and installin g, 227Emitter check box, sett ing, 245example videos on You'Tube, links to, 237grouping objects befor e anima ting, 234Hin ge tool , 234Inspector dialog box, 232Joint Conne ctor tool , 235maze game , pro cedure for crea ting, 242mesh, 237-2 38, 240model sta tes and their fun ction s, tabl e of, 238Physics Sett ings dia log box, 244Play/Pause button, 234Readback Collision Geometry, 239Reset icon, 234scripting, learning abo ut, 233sett ing th e sta te and sha pe of a mod el, 237Sha pe option, 238sho oter, modeling, 245Show UI, 235Simulat ion button, 236Sketchy Replay toolbar, tabl e of tools, 231Sketchy Solids toolbar , tabl e of tools, 229Sketchy Solids toolbox, 237SketchyPhysics Joints toolbar, table of tools,
230SketchyPhysics toolbar , tabl e of tools, 229SketchyPhysics-Slide r dialog box, 236tool se ts, sett ing up , 228VI module, 232
Slicer, 297Solid Tools, 4SolidWorks,3sphe re, animating
Debug, 239mesh , 237-238,240mod el stat es and th eir fun ction s, tabl e of, 238Readback Collision Geome try, 239sett ing th e sta te and sha pe of a mod el, 237Sha pe option, 238Sketchy Solids toolbox, 237
Standa rd Views drop-down menu, 267Start Presentation, 270status bar , 9
STLformatconverting the lighthou se mod el int o an STL
file , procedure for, 106describin g facets , 105understanding, 105
Styles tab, 255SV Podium, 297sundial mod el
3D Text tool , 1353D text, adding and editing, 135adding the watchband holes, 131Arc tool, 124attach ing th e hanging sur faces to th e mod el,
131checking for broken lines in the mod el, 127chec king for unneeded int ern al sur faces , 139Circle tool, 123Coliada file format, 140compo ne nts , definition of, 126Create Compone nt dialog box, 130crea ting an arce d sur face around the model
125 'determ ining th e angle of the sha dow for each
hour, 120determining the sundial's lat itude, 121displaying shadows, 138Edit Group, 127Explode, 137ri nd Latitude and Lon gitude service, 121Follow Me too l, 124-1 25gno mo n, creating, 134gno mo n, definition of, 120groups and compone nts, combining, 137groups , definition of, 126Hidde n Geome try, 124Line tool, 127Make Compone nt, 129, 136Make Group, 127mod eling th e ba se, 123mod eling th e handles , 126Move tool, 131Offset tool, 123, 132Outliner, 136Place 3D Text dialog box, 135placing th e dials, 132Push/Pull tool, 129
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Richard B. Goldst ein 's online sundialcalculator. using . 121
Rotate tool, 130Shadow Settings dialog box, 138sketching the sundial before modeling it, 122testing the sundial with sha dows, 138uploading the model to Shapeways for 3D
asymmetrical objects. 172bilateral symme try, 171designing a 3D model from a blueprint, 176Flip Along, 172Make Component, 172modeling a bilaterally symme trical object,
procedure for. 172modeling a radically symme tric object,
procedure for. 174Move/Copy tool, 172radial symmetry . 171symmetrical vs. asymmetrical design . 171Seealso 3D models
exporting a file into Inkscape, 281laying out the pieces into a Ponoko template.
282preparing for laser-cutting, 280selecting the cutting material, 285selling the design. 285SVG Export Preferences page . 281uploading the design . 284
Text button, 268Text Style panel, 255. 268Thesaurus.corn , 53Thingiverse
acceptable file types, list of, 224Create New Thing page. 223description of. 220Edit Your Thing page, 224editing or deleting a model. 226
308
links, list of, 22 Iregist ering for an account. procedure for, 221Thingiverse.com, 20Upload File button. 224uploading a model, procedure for, 224visiting the web site, 220See also Ponoko; Shapeways; 3D models; 3D
printers ; 3D printing services3D models
avoiding a rupture in a model. 64Build Your Own Cnc, 296changing the modeling window's view, I I1checking for manifold errors. 79. 116checking that a model is structurally stable, 81checking that a model meets specification, 81,
118checking that the white faces are pointing
outward. 78Cnc Zone. 296Coliada file format, 83, 118. 140components, definition of, 126connecting to the 3D printing community. 293considering the maximum model size and the
minimum wall thickness . 64Create Component dialog box. 130creating models from photographs. 143curved models. designing, IIIdebugging a model for errors, 227designing a 3D model from a blueprint, 176developing printable closed models in Google
Sketchl.Ip.BdEdit Group, 127Explode. 137Export Model dialog box, 82Pabbalo, 296Google Sketch Up Community page, 295groups, definition of, 126guid elines, adding, 75guidelines, deleting. 76guid elines, hiding, 113having a defin ed wall thickness. 63Hidden Geometry, 70, 124Instructables, 296ISO metric view. 68key con siderations when developing a 3D
model, 62, 78, 116Make Component. 129. 136
Make Group, 117, 127Materials Comparison sheet, 64meeting structural stability requirem ents, 65Meetup, 296model states and their functions, table of, 238multiple section planes, adding, 117nonmanifolds, 63online plug-ins for Google SketchUp, 297organizing, 89Orient Faces, 79Outliner, 89, 136printing a model in pieces, 65Replicator, 296Reverse Faces, 63, 79, 116setting the state and shape of a model, 237Shapeways Community page, 293Slicer, 297SU Podium, 297symmetrical vs. asymmetrical design, 171techniques for reducing 3D printing costs, 86Waybe, 297wh en more than two faces intersect, 63White, Strong & Flexible, using, 64, 81Seealsobrainstorming techniques; design
ideas ; layers; LayOut; Google SketchUp,overview of; plug-ins; Ponoko;Shapeways; Thingiverse
3D printersCupCake CNC Starter Kit, 289fab@home, 291RepRap, 290V-Flash Desktop Factory, 288Seealso Ponoko; Shapeways; Thingiverse; 3D
printing servic es3D printing services
AlphaPrototypes, 287QuickARC, 286Redeye , 286Xardas, 287SeealsoPonoko; Shapeways; Thingiverse; 3D
printers3D Text tool , 135
tools and user interfaceGetting Started toolbar, 9-10Large Toolset, 11Measurem ent toolbar, 9menu bar, 9modeling window, 9Move/Copy tool, 12Offset tool, 13Push /Pull tool, 13Scale tool, 13status bar, 9Tape Measure tool, 13Tools menu, 116
. uU.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 56VI module, 232Unshare Layer dialog box, 262Upload a New Model page, table of options, 83Upload File button, 224
