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3D Printing Designs: Design an SD Card Holder

By : Joe Larson
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3D Printing Designs: Design an SD Card Holder

By: Joe Larson

Overview of this book

Want to model a 3D printed prototype of an object that needs to be replaced or broken? This book will teach you how to accurately measure objects in the real world with a few basic measuring techniques and how to create an object for 3D printing around the objects measured. In this book, you'll learn to identify basic shapes from a given object, use Vernier and Digital calipers and grid paper tracing techniques to derive measurements for the objects. With the help of measurements, you'll see to model these objects using Blender, organize the parts into layers, and later combine them to create the desired object, which in this book is a 3D printable SD card holder ring that fits your finger.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Chapter 3. Measuring Basics

3D printing makes virtual things real. Sometimes those things need to match back up with an object in the real world after they are made, such as a lid for a can or a joint between two poles. Sometimes you're printing a replacement for a broken part. So it is often very important that, when planning, accurate measurements are made and applied to the modeling of a 3D object.

Some measuring tools you may already have around your house. Some may require you to buy special tools you don't have but should probably consider getting.

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Measuring with a ruler

  • Measuring with calipers

  • Grid paper trace method

  • 3D scanning