The blueprints

This book has been designed to teach 3D printing design in a hands-on approach. A series of projects or blueprints will be presented and each one will introduce new tools and techniques. Each one builds on the last. Despite being a "virtual" process, 3D modeling has a surprisingly muscle memory aspect to it. The movements and processes need to be more than a mechanical process being executed, they need to be practiced so they can be fluid and eventually seamless. To that end the reader is advised not to skip any of the blueprints and follow along actually doing each one.

The objects being designed in this book are, most of them, very small so that they can be printed without taking too much time or producing too much waste. The reader can make larger versions if they like but that is left for their own challenge activities.