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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

Creating a drain hole with Meshmixer


One of the most popular 3D printing services is Shapeways. It can be found at https://www.shapeways.com/. This service requires the model to have a drain hole if it is hollow or else it will be considered a solid. This is to allow the support material that's utilized to be removed.

In this recipe, we'll learn how to do this using Meshmixer and a fabricated part using SketchUp.

Getting ready

You'll need to make a small part with SketchUp. A dowel with a 3-mm diameter and a length of about 20 mm will suffice. It should resemble the following image:

You'll also need Meshmixer and the hollow support model you made in the previous recipe.

How to do it...

We will proceed as follows:

  1. Import the hollow support model. Adjust the orientation of the model with a good view of its bottom. The least obtrusive area for a small hole would be at the bottom. This is marked in the following image:

  2. Now, go to File and select Import and then Append. Choose the dowel model.

  3. In this...