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3D Printing with SketchUp

You're reading from   3D Printing with SketchUp Use SketchUp to generate print-ready models and transform your project from concept to reality

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803237350
Length 162 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy' Aaron Dietzen aka 'The SketchUp Guy'
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Prepared to Print
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with 3D Printing and SketchUp FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Your SketchUp Environment for 3D Printing 4. Chapter 3: Importing and Exporting .stl Files 5. Chapter 4: Print-Ready Modeling and Scaling for Export 6. Part 2: Modeling for 3D Printing
7. Chapter 5: Modeling from Scratch Using Native Editing Tools 8. Chapter 6: Modeling Using Solid Tools 9. Chapter 7: Importing and Modifying Existing 3D Models 10. Chapter 8: Assembling the Pieces Post-Printing 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using Solid Tools

Solid Tools are great tools for interacting with simple and complex 3D shapes. Using Solid Tools, you can cause two or more solid groups to combine or use one solid as a way to subtract from another. You can even use Solid Tools to create a new volume that represents where two shapes overlap in 3D space!

Groups, components, and Solid Tools

The decision to use groups or components can have many reasons behind it. In the case of Solid Tools, you will want to use groups. Once you perform an action using Solid Tools, the resulting geometry will always be created in a new group. This means that, even if the initial geometry is in components, you will end up with a group. For this reason, I usually stick with groups initially and make them into components after I use Solid Tools, as needed.

All of the Solid Tools can be accessed by clicking on the active Solid Tool on the toolbar (by default, this is the Outer Shell button, but if you have used a different Solid...

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