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Programming with OpenSCAD - A Beginner's Guide to Coding 3D-Printable Objects

This book channels OpenSCAD’s visual benefits and user-friendliness into a STEAM-focused, project-based tutorial that teaches the basics of coding, 3D printing, and computational thinking while you develop your spatial reasoning by creating 3D designs with OpenSCAD.

Accessibly written for a wide audience (advanced middle schoolers, high school students, college students, artists, makers and lifelong-learners alike), this is the perfect guide to becoming proficient at programming in general and 3D modeling in particular.

Read more at programmingwithopenscad.github.io

Make: Trigonometry

Using 3D printable models and readily-available physical objects like wire and cardboard tubes, you'll learn to develop intuition about concepts in trigonometry and basic analytic geometry. You'll will imagine the thought process of the people who invented these mathematical concepts, and can try out "math experiments" to see for yourself how ingenious ancient navigators and surveyors really were.

Models for many of the concepts are available for download in a freely-available open source repository. They were created in the free program OpenSCAD, and can be 3D printed or modified by the student in OpenSCAD to learn a little coding along the way.

The analytic geometry part of the book links equations to many of these intuitive concepts, which we explore through in-depth explanations of manipulative models of conic sections. This book is good for high school students who might be in Algebra II or Pre-Calculus, or equivalent. It shows the geometrical and practical sides of these topics that otherwise can drown in their own algebra.

Github Repository: whosawhatsis/Trigonometry

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Make: Calculus

This book is not a traditional Calculus I textbook! Make: Calculus imagines how Isaac Newton might have used 3D printed models, construction toys, programming, craft materials, and an Arduino or two to teach calculus concepts in an intuitive way.

Github Repository: whosawhatsis/Calculus

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Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

OpenSCAD is an open-source 3D design platform that helps you bring your designs to life. This book will show you how to make the best use of OpenSCAD to design and build objects using 3D printers.

This OpenSCAD book starts by taking you through the 3D printing technology, the software used for designing your objects, and an analysis of the G-code produced by the 3D printer slicer software. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and real-world examples such as designing and printing a 3D name badge, model rocket, and laptop stand, the book helps you learn about 3D printers and how to set up a printing job. You'll design your objects using the OpenSCAD program that provides a robust and free 3D compiler at your fingertips. As you set up a 3D printer for a print job, you'll gain a solid understanding of how to configure the parameters to build well-defined designs.

By the end of this 3D printing book, you'll be ready to start designing and printing your own 3D printed products using OpenSCAD.

Github Repository: PacktPublishing/Simplifying-3D-Printing-with-OpenSCAD

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Make: Geometry

Geometry, of all the branches of mathematics, is the one that is most easily visualized by making something. However, it is all too easy to reduce it to reams of formulas to memorize and proofs to replicate. A lot of the basics of geometry are a few thousand years old, and mostly solve practical problems.

In Make: Geometry, we use OpenSCAD 3D printable models and other hands-on techniques to get at both the practicality of geometry, without losing the puzzle-solving and the aesthetics that also make it joyful to learn.

Github Repository: whosawhatsis/Geometry

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Mastering OpenSCAD within 10 projects

OpenSCAD is a free open source software for the creation of three-dimensional geometries. In contrast to common CAD systems such as Fusion 360 or SolidWorks, geometries in OpenSCAD are defined by a purely textual description. This means that all elements of a geometry are inherently parameterized and can be easily adapted. This high flexibility makes OpenSCAD particularly suitable for the design of technical systems and and their components, for example in the context of 3D printing.

The book Mastering OpenSCAD introduces you to all the important concepts and functionalities of OpenSCAD. The book guides you through 10 selected projects step by step, each project focusing on a limited set of functions and concepts. After these 10 projects, you will know all the practically relevant features of OpenSCAD. For the sake of completeness, a final chapter briefly presents the functions that were not addressed in any of the projects.

Read online: https://mastering-openscad.eu/

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Understanding OpenSCAD

OpenSCAD is not like other CAD solutions and that is exactly what makes it so flexible and easy to learn.

With this book, you will learn how easy it is to develop your own models from scratch in OpenSCAD and then export them for 3D printing or other manufacturing processes. Besides, I'll show you how you can import and process 2D and 3D models from other CAD programs...

I will also show you how I approach a design and why I choose a solution for a specific situation. This gives you a practical insight into working with OpenSCAD!

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Technical Modelling with OpenSCAD

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Creating 3D Models for 3D Printing Using OpenSCAD

In this book, I take you through the process of creating 3D models with OpenSCAD in a step by step manner that I think you will find easy to follow. I will concentrate on the aspects that I find most useful for generating 3D models suitable for 3D printing. I will not get into aspects of OpenSCAD designed to make pictures or 3D movies, such as coloring objects or animation, unless they have some use as a modeling design tool.

I end the book with a series of chapters called the project section that describe how to make a variety of actual objects that you can use. These give you examples of how to put together the techniques I have discussed in the earlier chapters, and also provide useful components like connectors and moving parts that you can incorporate in your own projects.

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OpenSCAD Basics Tutorial

OpenSCAD is a widely used open-source CAD modeler. This book is an introduction to the OpenSCAD. This fast-paced book helps you to create models easily using basic shapes, transformations, and Boolean operations.

As you work through the book, you will learn how to:

• Get started with modeling using OpenSCAD
• Use 2D and 3D shapes to create models
• Use hull and minkowski functions to create complex shapes
• Create patterns

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OpenSCAD Cookbook

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3D Printed Science Projects Volume 2 - Physics, Math, Engineering and Geology Models

This book uses OpenSCAD models to visualize science principles in topics somewhat more advanced than the ones in the first volume, including models of geological strata, snowflakes, probability, moment of inertia, the doppler shift, and more. The models are designed in most cases to be altered by the reader to experiment and improve their understanding of the science topics.

The associated repository of models has moved since the book was published, and can now be found at https://github.com/Apress/3d-printed-science-projects-ii.

Github Repository: Apress/3d-printed-science-projects-ii

Publisher's page: Springer Link

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3D Printed Science Projects - Ideas for your Classroom, Science Fair or Home

This book uses OpenSCAD models to visualize science principles behind simple machines, plant growth, orbits of planets, waves, molecules, trusses and more. The models are designed in most cases to be altered by the reader to experiment and improve their understanding of the science topics.

The associated repository of models has moved since the book was published, and can now be found at https://github.com/whosawhatsis/3DP-Science-Projects/.

Github Repository: whosawhatsis/3DP-Science-Projects

Publisher's page: Springer Link

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OpenSCAD for 3D Printing

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French / Français

Géométrie dans l'espace et impression 3D

Ce livre a pour but d’initier le lecteur à l’impression 3D par la modélisation de solides géométriques remarquables. Vous apprendrez dans cet ouvrage à utiliser les logiciels gratuits suivants

• GeoGebra, logiciel de géométrie dynamique qui fonctionne à la souris et par saisie de commandes ;
• OpenSCAD, logiciel de modélisation paramétrique qui utilise un langage de programmation simple ;
• Cura, logiciel d’impression 3D utilisé par plus d’un million d’utilisateurs dans le monde.

Aucune connaissance préalable n’est nécessaire. Les chapitres s’enchaînent de manière progressive et permettent d’utiliser de façon complémentaire GeoGebra et OpenSCAD. Tout au long des trois parties de ce livre, le lecteur apprendra à utiliser de façon experte ces logiciels.

Cet ouvrage offre une manière simple de réaliser un grand nombre de projets d'impressions 3D. Il comprend de nombreux exercices et projets variés. Près d’une centaine de solides géométriques sont présentés.

Comme pour les autres ouvrages de la collection Créations numériques, tous les exercices sont corrigés en ligne et l’intégralité des ressources est téléchargeable.

Que vous soyez élève ou étudiant, enseignant, maker en FabLab, expert en fabrication additive en entreprise ou simplement un lecteur curieux, ce livre vous plongera dans la modélisation pour l’impression 3D, une technologie révolutionnaire à l’avenir très prometteur.

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German / Deutsch

OpenSCAD meistern in 10 Projekten

OpenSCAD ist eine freie und quelloffene Software für die Erstellung dreidimensionaler Geometrien. Im Gegensatz zu geläufigen CAD-Systemen wie etwa Fusion 360 oder SolidWorks werden Geometrien in OpenSCAD durch eine rein textuelle Beschreibung definiert. Hierdurch sind sämtliche Elemente einer Geometrie inhärent parametrisiert und können auf einfache Weise angepasst werden. Diese hohe Flexibilität macht OpenSCAD daher besonders geeignet für die Konstruktion technischer Systeme und Komponenten, etwa im Kontext des 3D-Drucks.

Das Buch OpenSCAD meistern führt Sie zunächst in alle wichtigen Konzepte und Funktionsweisen von OpenSCAD ein. Anschließend begleitet Sie das Buch Schritt für Schritt durch 10 ausgewählte Projekte, die sich jeweils auf eine begrenzte Menge an Funktionen und Konzepten konzentrieren. Nach diesen 10 Projekten werden Sie alle praktisch relevanten Funktionen von OpenSCAD kennen. Der Vollständigkeit halber stellt ein abschließendes Kapitel noch die Funktionen kurz und knapp vor, die in keinem der Projekte angesprochen wurden.

Online lesen: https://openscad-meistern.de/

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Technisches Konstruieren mit OpenSCAD

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OpenSCAD verstehen und richtig anwenden

OpenSCAD ist nicht wie andere CAD-Lösungen und genau das macht es so flexibel und leicht zu erlernen.

Mit diesem Buch lernen Sie, wie einfach es ist, in OpenSCAD eigene Modelle von Grund auf zu erstellen und diese dann für den 3D-Druck oder andere Herstellungsverfahren zu exportieren. Darüber hinaus zeige ich Ihnen, wie Sie mit anderen CAD-Lösungen zusammenarbeiten können und fertige 2D- und 3D-Modelle importieren und weiterverarbeiten...

Außerdem zeige ich Ihnen, wie ich an ein Design herangehe, und warum ich einen bestimmten Lösungsansatz für eine bestimmte Situation wähle. So erhalten Sie einen praxisnahen Einblick in die Arbeit mit OpenSCAD!

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Spanish / Español

Un reloj de Sol digital

El presente librito, o manual, es el resultado de unas lecciones escritas para un curso dictado durante el año 2021; de ahí el carácter, quizás un tanto pretencioso, de 2^da edición con que quise distinguirlo.

Dichas lecciones, a su vez, reconocen una doble inspiración. La primera de ellas llegó de la mano de uno de mis colegas docentes, quien un día inolvidable llamó mi atención sobre el mágico objeto protagonista de estas páginas, perfectamente desconocido por mí hasta ese momento: el Reloj de Sol digital. Tras varios días dedicados a regocijarme considerando su sabia y delicada maravilla, sentí la necesidad de aplicarme a entender cómo reproducirlo: en otras palabras, a entenderlo cabalmente. Para ello tuve primero que descubrir un lenguaje de programación que me permitiera pensar y expresar la construcción del reloj de Sol digital; afortunadamente lo hallé en OpenSCAD, el cual aprendí a chapucear primero, y a ejercer luego con mayor solvencia, mientras resolvía el reloj.

Espero, querido e improbable lector, que sus páginas te revelen -al menos en parte- la dicha de pensar y escribir en este maravilloso, dúctil y expresivo lenguaje.

Edición para imprimir: reloj-de-sol-libro.pdf

Edición para pantallas: reloj-de-sol-pantalla.pdf

Repositorio GitHub: lopezsolerluis/reloj-de-sol-libro