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Design and create real-world objects with 3D printers, laser cutters, or common materials that you assemble yourself. It s easy with Autodesk s free 123D tools. In this full-color book, Jesse Harrington Au Autodesk s Maker Advocate shows you how to design objects from scratch, work with existing models, or scan real-world objects.
You ll learn how to use tools in the entire Autodesk 123D suite including the 123D CAD program, 123D Catch, 123D Sculpt, and 123D Make to design, sculpt, scan, and print 3D objects with an easy-to-learn CAD interface. It s ideal for makers, hobbyists, students, artists, and designers, including beginners. Jump right into the world personal fabrication without costly or complicated software tools Create amazing 3D objects out of common materials, even if you don't have a laser cutter or 3D printer Make 3D scans of objects using an iPad or a camera Get clear, full-color images of the 123D suite s user interface, as well as views of 3D models
About the author
Jesse Harrington Au is a fourteen-year veteran of using CAD for engineering, character development and animation. Jesse speaks, blogs, writes curriculum, gives workshops and makes creations of all kinds through his work with Autodesk. Jesse has created amazing interactive designs for clients of all sizes including the Exploratorium, Resident Evil Studios, Mathalete and Catapult design. He has also given groundbreaking workshops such as en-light-enment, which focused on introducing the idea of pedal power technology as a teaching platform at the Future of Energy Leadership Conference in Pristina, Kosovo.
Emily Gertz is a correspondent for OnEarth Magazine. She has been covering DIY environmental monitoring since 2004, when she interviewed engineer-artist Natalie Jeremijenko for Worldchanging.com. Her latest, on citizen radiation monitoring in Japan, was published by OnEarth Magazine in April 2011. She has been hands-on with internet technologies since 1994 as a web producer, community host, and content strategist. Her articles have appeared in Grist, Dwell, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, and more.
Summary
Design and create real-world objects with 3D printers, laser cutters, or common materials that you assemble yourself. It's easy with Autodesk's free 123D tools. In this full-color book, Jesse Harrington Au - Autodesk's Maker Advocate - shows you how to design objects from scratch, work with existing models, or scan real-world objects.
