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Let's talk bookshelves. Both practically and impractically.

A funny looking dog I made on google sketchup.

I am new to the world of 3D printing. So in this guest article, you'll hear from expert 3D printer/designer Marcus Ritland from Denali 3D Design. He shares some tips to help you create amazing 3D printed models by designing them in Sketchup. 3D Printing 3D printing is awesome - we can all agree on that. You send a 3D computer model to a machine and out comes a finished part, ready to use as an end product or as a prototype before mass manufacturing. With the rise of personal 3D printers like the Makerbot Replicator 2, and 3D print services like Shapeways and Ponoko, nearly everyone has access to this technology. But how does one get started making awesome models for 3D printing? Its one thing to make a model look good on the screen, but quite another to make a model that looks good and actually works in real life. The process of modeling for 3D printing is much the same as 3D modeling anything else, but with a few specific requirements. Here are some common problems that I see beginners struggling with and how to address them. Tips for modeling in Sketchup Make your model âSolidâ in Sketchup to be 3D Printable Models must be âSolidâ to be 3D printable. This is by far the most common problem beginners have when modeling for 3D printing. Here are some examples of Solid Sketchup models. Solid, sometimes called âwatertightâ or âmanifoldâ simply means the model is a complete enclosure. If you were to fill it with water, none would drain out, and the model must not have any extra lines or faces. If you make your object into a group or component, Sketchup will indicate when its solid in the Entity Info dialog box (Window > Entity Info). Another way to define solid: Every edge in your model must be bordered by exactly two faces. If an edge has less than two faces bordering it, there is an adjacent hole, and if there are more than two faces touching an edge, there is an extra face that needs to be deleted. The most common errors (and the corresponding solutions) are: Stray edges (just delete them) Holes (trace an edge to fill them) Internal faces (delete them)

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I'm not feeling very proud of my cake any more.

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I totally made a wedding cake on Google SketchUp!

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Playing With Google SketchUp

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Here 'till September

I'm here until the end of August so stop in to see me anytime!

I'll be here all summer! Talia

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i was teaching my grandma to use computer so we can talk on skype and such but today she went kinda mad at me because “i didnt show her the knitting programme” and i was like what

and it comes out she accidentally opened ms excel and found out its a great way to create knitting patterns

my grandma is 82

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I'm Off

Have a great spring everybody (: xoxo

Talia

Last Day on the Job

Well, the winter session for me comes to a close today. I'm here until 5pm and then I'm all done. Hard to believe that 15 weeks went by so quick!

I've given tons of sessions, and had lots of fun. Not too much on the agenda for today, I need to enter some stats into the computer, clean up my binder, e-mail, and thumb-drive, and make sure everything is nicely finished for me!

I had one session this morning that canceled because we got a snow storm last night, and I have one more session this afternoon, but I don't know if he will cancel too. The roads are fine, but it does look nasty out there.

Happy weekend everyone!

Talia

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March 27, 2013

I started this job almost 3 months ago, and it's all been pretty much a blur. In some ways it seems like I've been here forever, but in other ways it's seemed like I've just started. I've certainly settled into a nice rhythm. I'm coming up to the end of week 13 and I only have 2 weeks left I think. This week is a short one as it's Easter weekend. I work today and tomorrow, but I get Friday off. I'm back in on Saturday though. Today and tomorrow are booked solid with sessions but so far I only have one booked for Saturday. I imagine it will be pretty slow being Easter weekend and all, but I will spend my time working on end of week and end of month forms and entering in March Stats. Things have slowed down here a bit - things are still steady, but not crazy like they've been the past month. I think it's because it's starting to feel like spring and people are doing things outside and everyone is getting ready for Easter.

My sessions are all going well, everyone is progressing at astonishing rates. I'm so happy when things finally click with people and they figure out how to do something they've been struggling with! It's very rewarding. I have a 10 minute break so I'm going to make some schedules for next week before my next session arrives.

Talia

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Some useful Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts

March break - Day 4

Well, I guess you could say technically it's the last day of March break as tomorrow is a weekend. But since the library is open Tuesday through to Saturday it still seems like Day 4 to me! It's been a very long, but very productive, week! I've had lots of session, was able to clean up my thumb drive and binder, do some researching and planning for sessions and get a lot of kids program ideas for the summer! None of the kids programs are finalized yet, but I have a lot of ones with all the resources and the material to use - all that needs to be done is map out exactly how you want to run it! I might do that later today if it's slow in here, or I might find some other kids program ideas to have even more to choose from! We'll see! I think I might have had a couple from last summer that I started to plan, but never got around to running - I'll have to look into that and see.

One of the big things this spring with sessions is how to use Windows 8. Personally I'm not a fan of it. I find it confusing to use. But a lot of people have it, so It's good to know how to use it! I did some research and found some things - I'll post some in a bit !

TGIF! Talia

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