Overview
- A practical and pragmatic view of current 3D printing hardware and software
- Take your lab and 3D printer to the next level
- Learn the entire 3D printing workflow from purchase to use cases
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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3D Printing: State of the Art
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Living with Your 3D Printer
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3D Printing Curriculum Development
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Building Lifelong Skills
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About this book
Take your existing programs to the next level with Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab. Organized in a way that is readable and easy to understand, this book is your guide to the many technology options available now in both software and hardware, as well as a compendium of practical use cases and a discussion of how to create experiences that will align with curriculum standards.
You'll examine the whole range of working with a 3D printer, from purchase decision to curriculum design. Finally this book points you forward to the digital-fabrication future current students will face, discussing how key skills can be taught as cost-effectively as possible.
What You’ll Learn
- Discover what is really involved with using a 3D printer in a classroom, library, lab, or public space
- Review use cases of 3D printers designed to enhance student learning and to make practical parts, from elementary school through university research lab
- Look at career-planning directions in the emerging digital fabrication arena
- Work with updated tools, hardware, and software for 3D printing
Who This Book Is For
Educators of all levels, both formal (classroom) and informal (after-school programs, libraries, museums).
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Rich Cameron is a cofounder of Pasadena-based Nonscriptum LLC. Nonscriptum consults for educational and scientific users in the areas of 3D printing and maker technologies. Rich (known online as "Whosawhatsis") is an experienced open source developer who has been a key member of the RepRap 3D-printer development community for many years. His designs include the original spring/lever extruder mechanism used on many 3D printers, the RepRap Wallace, and the Deezmaker Bukito portable 3D printer. By building and modifying several of the early open source 3D printers to wrestle unprecedented performance out of them, he has become an expert at maximizing the print quality of filament-based printers. When he's not busy making every aspect of his own 3D printers better, from slicing software to firmware and hardware, he likes to share that knowledge and experience online so that he can help make everyone else’s printers better too.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab
Authors: Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3501-0
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-3500-3Published: 25 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-3501-0Published: 24 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 310
Number of Illustrations: 102 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hardware and Maker, Computer Graphics, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design