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Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

By : Colin Dow
5 (1)
Book Image

Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

5 (1)
By: Colin Dow

Overview of this book

Want to bring your 3D designs to life with OpenSCAD, but don’t know where to start? Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD will teach you the key skills so that you can focus on your ideas, not troubleshooting your 3D printer. With the help of this book, you’ll build a solid foundation in 3D printing technology, the software used for designing your objects, and an analysis of the G-code produced by the 3D printer slicer software. You’ll also get to know your 3D printer and find out how to set up a printing job effortlessly — from configuring the parameters to build well-defined designs. Consider yourself a practical learner? Use real-world examples such as designing and printing a 3D name badge, model rocket, and laptop stand, to dive into the world of 3D printers build your skillset. By the end of this 3D printing book, you'll be ready to start designing and printing your own 3D printed products using OpenSCAD and being your ideas into reality.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Exploring 3D Printing
5
Part 2: Learning OpenSCAD
9
Part 3: Projects
13
Part 4: The Future

Chapter 5: Using Advanced Operations of OpenSCAD

Based on what we initially saw while loading OpenSCAD, we may have underestimated its power. However, by using advanced operations, we can create dynamic design code – or, in other words, code that can easily be reused for multiple designs.

OpenSCAD lets you add and extrude text for use in creating designs that can be used in mass customization business models – an absolute strength of 3D printing. With mass customization, we can tailor our product specifically to our client at a scale that was not possible in the days before 3D printers.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Turning 2D shapes into 3D objects
  • Looking at advanced OpenSCAD commands
  • Simplifying our code with modules