3D CAD with Autodesk 123D

If you've arrived at a stage in your creative life where you're ready to do more with your computer, it's time to learn how to combine its power with new advances in computer-aided design (CAD) and fabrication to make something awesome--in three dimensions

The free suite of Autodesk 123D software offers all the tools you need to capture or design three-dimensional objects and characters. This book tells you how to harness that power to print or fabricate just about anything you can imagine.

Want to make something mechanical or structural that's based on precise measurements? 123D Design can help Ready to create something cool based on a character, an organic shape, or something found in nature? 123D Catch, 123D Meshmixer, and 123D Sculpt+ will assist.

An ideal book for Makers, hobbyists, students, artists, and designers (including beginners ), this book opens up the inexpensive world of personal fabrication to everyone.

In 3D CAD with Autodesk 123D, you'll:

• Meet the classic "Stanford bunny" and learn to modify it with Meshmixer
• Scan and 3D print anything around you
• Design your own 3D-printed guitar
• Find models in the Sculpt+ community and make a skeleton
• Build a birdhouse, prototype a playground, or create a statue
• Learn everything from basics to troubleshooting skills
• Get started making right away

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.

Jesse Harrington Au is a designer, artist, and maker. As Autodesk's Maker Advocate, he works on curriculum, special projects, and outreach to the DIY community.

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

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