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What is CAD?, Drawings and images, 3D drawings, Criteria for 3D printability, Mesh processing and slicing |
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Blender, DesignSpark Mechanical, Autodesk Fusion 360, OpenSCAD, Sketchup Make, Autodesk TinkerCAD, 3D Builder, DraftSight, LibreCAD, Inkscape, Meshlab, Slic3r, Operating systems, Hands on |
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Chapter 3 Lineside structures |
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Concrete cable trunking, station fencing, sleeper stacks |
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Buffer beam, A well wagon in 7mm, Midland Railway open wagon, Changing scale |
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Chapter 5 Locomotives and fittings |
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Drawing a chimney, Exhaust steam pipe, Printing a fireless locomotive, Printing a `C14' |
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Chapter 6 3D printing technologies |
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Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) |
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Chapter 7 Practical 3D printing |
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A Chamber of Horrors, Cable ducting, Drawing and scaling, Orientation and printing limitations, FFF techniques and issues, Levelling the bed, Making it stick, Extruding the right amount, Brims, skirts and rafts, Support material, Keep on pushing! |
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Laser-cut gable ends, Brickwork, Laser-etched and cut control panel, Conclusions |
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| Appendix 1 Web resources |
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| Appendix 2 Separation of celestial bodies |
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| Appendix 3 Rotation around axes |
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| Appendix 4 Background images |
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| Appendix 5 Brick arches |
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| Index |
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