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3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

By : Joe Larson
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3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder

By: Joe Larson

Overview of this book

This book will cover the very basic but essential techniques you need to model an organic and functional object for 3D printing using Blender. Starting with pen and paper and then moving on to the computer, you will create your first project in Blender, add basic geometric shapes, and use techniques such as extruding and subdividing to transform these shapes into complex meshes. You will learn how modifiers can automatically refine the shape further and combine multiple shapes into a single 3D printable model. By the end of the book, you will have gained enough practical hands-on experience to be able to create a 3D printable object of your choice, which in this case is a 3D print-ready octopus pencil holder.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Duplicating objects


Blender can duplicate existing objects. This is very useful and can speed up making things. To duplicate an object, follow these steps:

  1. Select the object to be duplicated.

  2. In the 3D menu, choose Object | Duplicate or press Shift + D.

  3. Move the mouse or use the arrow keys to place the duplicate (axis-constraining commands also work at this point).

  4. Press Enter or the select mouse button.