MakerBot Getting Started with Makerbot

Description

Learn how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer with the Getting Started with Makerbot from MakerBot and Maker Media, Inc. You can make things instead of buying them or solve problems with inventions of your own. This book is written by Bre Pettis, Anna Kaziunas France, and Jay Shergill.

Key Features

• Set up your MakerBot Replicator 2 and understand how it works
• Learn the basics and print 10 useful objects right away
• Make objects with sturdy yet biodegradable PLA
• Get examples of real-world problem solving, from ceiling hooks to hermit crab shells
• Choose from thousands of free designs on Thingiverse.com-and share your own
• Repurpose disposable products by making them part of your design
• Design your own 3D objects, using SketchUp, Autodesk 123D, OpenSCAD, and other tools
• Use 3D scanning technology to replicate real objects around you

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