Index

Symbols

3D CAD models

animated, 166-168

skin models, 168-171

surface models, 168-170

3D CAD solids, 163-166

3D models

code for printing, 152-155

orientation, 158-159

printing, placing good side of model against print bed, 160

3D-printable threads, creating, 196-197

3D printers, sending files to (123D Design for iPad), 105-106

3D printing, 5

considerations for parts, 208

future of, 2-3, 253-256

large objects, 197-198

large parts, 184

layered approach, 5-17

examples, 18-19

printing time, 17

metal parts, creating, 182-183

options in Inventor, 232

small quantities, 181-182

third-party service bureaus. See third-party service bureaus

when not to use, 209-210

3D Print Preview (Inventor), 233-234

button bar options, 234-237

3D prints, ordering ...

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