3D Printing Projects - by DK (Paperback)

About the Book

This user-friendly family guide to 3D printing is packed with exciting ideas for how to design and print one's own toys, gadgets, models, and ornaments. Using freely available software, it provides inspiration and step-by-step visual instruction for both simple builds and more complicated piece. Full color. 8 1/2 x 10 15/16.

Book Synopsis

From a simple desk tidy to an elaborate castle, this step-by-step 3D printing book teaches kids and beginners how to design and print anything.

Step into the exciting and ever-expanding world of 3D designing and printing with 3D Printing Projects. Learn how a 3D printer works, and understand the different types of 3D printers on the market.

Clear, illustrated walkthroughs guide you all the way from digital modeling and sculpting to slicing, printing, and painting, showing you how to prepare files and even scan real-world objects to create custom 3D models.

Step-by-step instructions walk you through the entire 3D design process with:

• Fun and practical designs and project ideas from shark-shaped phone stands and cookie cutters, to treasure boxes and chess sets.
• Every project in the book can be modeled and customized using freely available online CAD programs.
• Clear print times, materials and difficulty ratings help beginners and experienced makers looking for a challenge choose the right build and filament.
• Practical troubleshooting tricks show you how to fix common printing troubles and refine your finished models.

Whether you're shopping for gifts for 3D printer owners or looking for hands-on inspiration for your own workbench, this how-to guide gives makers of all ages the skills to turn digital ideas into real objects.

About the Author

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO(R) books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.