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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

By : Richard Salinas
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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

By: Richard Salinas

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
3D Printing with RepRap Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Using plugin extensions with SketchUp


SketchUp has a lot of easy and powerful features, but sometimes, there are hard routes in the modeling process that can be made simpler. Sometimes, using a plugin, the task can be made easier. A few recipes back, we learned how to use add-ons from the Extension Warehouse.

In this recipe, we'll learn how to install plugins from another site, SketchUcation. Then, we'll refine our toy block from the previous recipe and improve it until it's a perfect copy of the original, using the RoundCorner plugin.

Getting ready

Go to http://sketchucation.com/ and follow the instructions to join this site. Don't worry; it's free. Once you become a member, follow this link: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=20485. From here, you'll be given precise instructions on where and how to install the RoundCorner plugin and its dependencies, LibFredo6 4.9 or higher and 000-_AdditionalPluginFolders. Carefully follow Fredo6's installation instructions.

How to...