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Mastering 3D Printing

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  • Mastering 3D Printing shows you how to really get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and even how to integrate 3D printing to make more traditional prototyping techniques like sand casting more efficient.

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Open Source 3D Printers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Brief History of 3D Printing

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 3-10
    3. The Desktop 3D Printer

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 11-20
    4. Open Source

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 21-29
  3. The 3D Printing Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Making a 3D Model

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 33-46
    3. Slicing a 3D Model

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 47-63
    4. Driving Your Printer: G-code

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 65-76
    5. Material Considerations

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 77-87
    6. Case Studies

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 89-110
  4. 3D Printing Meets Traditional Prototyping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Moving to Metal

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 113-128
    3. Large Prints and Post-Processing

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 129-135
    4. Troubleshooting

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 137-147
  5. Using Your Printer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Printers in the Classroom

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 151-164
    3. Scientific Visualization

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 165-174
    4. Futures

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 175-182
    5. Typical Printer Settings

      • Joan Horvath
      Pages 183-188

About this book

Mastering 3D Printing shows you how to get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and integrate 3D printing with traditional prototyping to make techniques like sand casting more efficient.

You've printed key chains. You've printed simple toys. Now you're ready to innovate with your 3D printer to start a business or teach and inspire others.

Joan Horvath has been an educator, engineer, author, and startup 3D printing company team member. She shows you all of the technical details you need to know to go beyond simple model printing to make your 3D printer work for you as a prototyping device, a teaching tool, or a business machine.

About the author

As an engineer and management consultant, Joan Horvath has coordinated first-of-a-kind interdisciplinary technical and business projects, helping people with no common vocabulary (startups, universities, small towns, etc). work together. Her experience as a systems engineer has spanned software development, spacecraft flight operations, risk management, and spacecraft/ground system test and contingency planning.As an educator, Joan’s passion is bringing science and technology to the non-specialist in a comprehensible and entertaining way that will stay with the learner for a lifetime.

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