3D Printing Designs: The Sun Puzzle

About This BookLearn how to design a 3D printable model from an existing physical objectRekindle your mathematical mind to design perfectly interlocking complex pieces of a puzzlePersonalize the puzzle's design with a photo or shape of your own choiceWho This Book Is ForThis book is meant for intermediate designers with some familiarity with Blender and an interest in 3D printing.What You Will LearnGet to know the guiding principles required to create 3D printer-friendly modelsLearn knowledge critical to using the free modeling and animation program, BlenderDesign, manipulate, and export 3D models for 3D printing with BlenderMaster the art of creating meshes, scaling, subdivision, and adding detail with the Boolean modifier as well as sculpting a custom shapeCut a model into small pieces and learn how to design complex interlocking jointsIn DetailThis book will give you hands-on experience in designing a model for 3D printing: a simple puzzle with a complex shape. You'll begin with the basics of 3D design and an introduction to the free 3D modeling and animation software, Blender. You'll acquire important knowledge to start using Blender and be on your way to mastery of the most powerful and versatile free modeling program that exists today.Through project-based learning, you'll quickly be introduced to some simple and effective principles of designing 3D-printed objects. You'll explore various robust sculpting methods supported by Blender that allow you to edit objects with actions as easy as drawing on paper or sculpting with clay.Finally, when the sculpted model is complete, you'll learn some methods of cutting it and carve out its interlocking pieces with perfectly calibrated tolerances so that the final model fits without being too loose or too tight.