... photographs.
• Slicer (www.cad-addict.com/2009/07 /sketchup- plugins-slice-your-model.html).
This is a great plug-in developed by TIG for 3D designers and printers. The plug-in
lets you take slices ... develop your
SketchUp talents.
Developers Interested in developing plug-ins for SketchUp? Click the Developers
link to learn about the SketchUp Ruby API.
Google SketchUp Hel...
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Available
Beginning
Google SketchUp for 3D Printing
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IN 3D PRINTING
Sandeep Singh
Join the revolution in personal fabrication with
3D modeling, Google SketchUp, and 3D printing
Beginning ... Plug-ins 98
Shapes Plug-in 98
Volume Calculator Plug-in 100
Flattery Papercraft Tool 101
CADspan Plug-in 104
Understanding the STL Format 105 ...
... upload models for 3D printing. This means you don’t need to purchase
expensive 3D printing machinery. The Shapeways web site (Figure 1–20) houses a repository of 3D
models for 3D printing. You ... Shapeways, the online platform for uploading
and 3D printing your models.
Shapeways
What makes Shapeways so great is that it is one of the first and only online 3D prin...
... section and much more on the Google Patent Search
Help page at www .google. com/googlepatents/help.
Google 3D Warehouse
Similar to Google Patent Search, there is the Google 3D Warehouse. Rather than ... models and prepare them for 3D printing. It was easy enough,
because the models were already created. For the first-time designer, though, coming up with ideas for
3D...
... download a copy of the plug-in from www.cad-
addict.com/2008/11 /sketchup- plug-ins-volume-calculator.html.
1. Right-click, select the VolumeCalculator21.rb link, and from the drop-down list
select Save ... to download as well as resources for
Google SketchUp.
www .sketchup .google. com/
download/plug-ins.html#lightup
Google SketchUp has put together a list of plug-ins that you...
...
will prepare the model for 3D printing on Shapeways.
3D Printing the House Model
Currently if you were to upload the model, it would be too costly and too big for the 3D printer to print.
Using ... image used for this example is saved in the JPEG format, but you can
use most standard image formats. In “Files of type,” select JPEG, and select Use as New Matched Photo
from...
... the image in place (Figure 8–10c). Repeat the same process
for the front view. Once you are all done, your view should be aligned and ready
for tracing (Figure 8–10d).
CHAPTER 7 ■ MODELING ... using a photograph and then modeled a house using Match
Photo for 3D printing on Shapeways. Along the way, you learned about calibrating SketchUp s camera
and how inference can be used to...
... not.
Google SketchUp does not stop you from modeling non-geo-located objects, and you can still share
them through the Google 3D Warehouse, just not with Google Earth.
1. Open Google SketchUp, ... into Google 3D Warehouse
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Share with the World
Google SketchUp for 3D printing would not be complete without a look at the Shapeways Shop,...
... chapter to format text.
CHAPTER 10 ■ ANIMATE WITH SKETCHYPHYSICS
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Figure 10 19. SketchyPhysics Inspector boxes
6. For both hinge connectors, enter -9 0 for min, 90 for max, and 5 for ... a way to test the form, function, and performance of the model.
And it’s a great way to simulate a model before moving forward to 3D printing. If you are designing a
model...
... Graphics
(SVG) plug-in for Google SketchUp, Inkscape, and the Inkscape Startup Kit from Ponoko.
• You can download the SVG plug-in from http://code .google. com/p /sketchup-
svg-outline-plugin/downloads/list. ... materials for laser-cutting, as listed in Table 12–1; these are
available at www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials.
CHAPTER 12 ■ EXPLORING 3D PRINTING ALTERNATIVES...