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3D Printing with SketchUp

By : Meir Gottesman
Book Image

3D Printing with SketchUp

By: Meir Gottesman

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
3D Printing with SketchUp
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Understanding Model Resolution

In this chapter, we will learn about wall thickness and some different methods to create the wall thickness you want. We will explore circles, arcs, and how changing the number of segments they are made of affects the appearance of the printed model. We'll learn how to overcome the dreaded missing faces problem, which happens frequently when faces are not created at the time of modeling at a small scale in SketchUp.

So, first a bit of high-level theory, and then we'll get to the fun part—modeling the vase in the following figure: