3D Printing with SketchUp - Second Edition: Use SketchUp to generate print-ready models and transform your project from concept to reality

Create stunning 3D print-ready models quickly and easily using any version of SketchUp

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features:

• Find out how to use SketchUp Free, Go, or Pro to create print-ready models
• Work through clearly illustrated examples to learn just how to design for 3D printing
• Model multiple pieces that can be assembled post-print

Book Description:

Working with the amazing 3D printing technology and getting access to the printing hardware is now easier than ever before. While there are many other resources that cover the general process of 3D printing, this book is the ultimate guide to creating models for 3D printing using SketchUp.

You'll start with a basic understanding of how SketchUp is used in the 3D printing workflow and jump into the steps to create a print-ready model using only SketchUp. This 3D printing book will guide you in using SketchUp to modify existing 3D files and cover additional tools that make SketchUp an even more powerful modeling tool. As you advance, you'll learn how to transform 2D images into 3D printable solids, how to create multi-part prints that can be assembled without the use of fasteners or glue, and how to make sure your model, whether designed from scratch or assembled from preexisting geometry, is ready to be made real via your 3D printer.

By the end of this book, you'll have the confidence to bring your design ideas to life by generating your own 3D print-ready models with SketchUp.

What You Will Learn:

• Understand SketchUp's role in the 3D printing workflow
• Generate print-ready geometry using SketchUp
• Import existing files for editing in SketchUp
• Verify whether a model is ready to be printed or not
• Model from a reference object and use native editing tools
• Explore the options available for adding onto SketchUp for the purpose of 3D printing (extensions)
• Understand the steps to export a file from SketchUp

Who this book is for:

If you own or have access to a 3D printer and are tired of downloading and printing other people's 3D models, this book is for you! Learn how to use SketchUp to create your own custom pieces or modify existing files so you can print exactly what you need. Whether you are an architect hoping to print buildings, a designer needing quick physical prototypes, or a hobbyist wanting to print a tchotchke, this book is for you. Readers should have completed some training in fundamentals in SketchUp and be able to create and edit basic geometry.

使用任何版本的SketchUp，快速且輕鬆地創建令人驚艷的3D列印準備模型。
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主要特點：
- 了解如何使用SketchUp Free、Go或Pro來創建列印準備模型
- 通過清晰的示例學習如何設計3D列印模型
- 建模多個可以在列印後組裝的零件

書籍描述：
使用令人驚嘆的3D列印技術並獲得列印硬件的訪問比以往更容易。儘管有許多其他資源涵蓋了3D列印的一般流程，但本書是使用SketchUp創建3D列印模型的終極指南。

您將從基本了解SketchUp在3D列印工作流程中的使用開始，並進入使用SketchUp創建列印準備模型的步驟。本書將指導您使用SketchUp修改現有的3D文件，並介紹使SketchUp成為更強大建模工具的其他工具。隨著您的進步，您將學習如何將2D圖像轉換為3D可列印實體，如何創建可以在不使用固定件或膠水的情況下組裝的多部件列印，以及如何確保您的模型（無論是從頭開始設計還是從現有幾何組裝而成）準備好通過3D列印機實現。

通過閱讀本書，您將有信心使用SketchUp生成自己的3D列印準備模型，將設計理念變為現實。

您將學到什麼：
- 了解SketchUp在3D列印工作流程中的角色
- 使用SketchUp生成列印準備幾何圖形
- 導入現有文件以在SketchUp中進行編輯
- 驗證模型是否準備好進行列印
- 從參考對象建模並使用本地編輯工具
- 探索用於添加到SketchUp以用於3D列印目的的選項（擴展）
- 了解從SketchUp導出文件的步驟

本書適合對3D列印機擁有或可以訪問並厭倦下載和列印他人3D模型的人！學習如何使用SketchUp創建自己的定制零件或修改現有文件，以便按需列印。無論您是希望列印建築物的建築師，需要快速創建物理原型的設計師，還是想要列印小裝飾品的愛好者，本書都適合您。讀者應該已經完成一些SketchUp基礎培訓，並能夠創建和編輯基本幾何圖形。