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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

Preparing the model for full color printing


To get the full benefit of the original textured model, we can print this model in color using the same textures applied to render the model. Refer to Chapter 7, Importing Terrain and Printing in Color, for requirements of printing in color.

Because the color printers are powder-based, the prints are self-supporting and we can combine the parts into two solids. We want the roof to be removable so that the interior layout is visible, as shown in the following screenshot. By combining the two roof parts together, and the interior and exterior walls together, we can minimize the post-printing assembly work.

Looking at the requirements for this material from the print service i.materialise http://i.materialise.com/materials/multicolor/design-guide, we can see that multiple parts are allowed in one print file, so this approach will work fine.

The i.materialise service is a good choice for beginners printing color SketchUp models because they accept the...