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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)

Measuring with a ruler


Most homes have a ruler on hand that can, in many cases, provide relatively accurate measurements. For irregularly shaped objects, it may be difficult to use a ruler. But if the object is flat on at least two adjacent sides, rulers work fine in a pinch:

Simply lay the object on its flat edge, move one side to line up with the 0 mark, and measure the other side of the object. It's not the best method for measuring complex shapes, but sometimes a ruler can be enough.