Vicky Somma - Blender 3D Printing by Example

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First published: December 2017

Production reference: 1191217

ISBN 978-1-78839-054-5

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Vicky Somma started 3D printing her Blender designs in 2014, e mpowered by the 3D Printing Service Bureau, Shapeways, a full year before owning her own 3D printer. In November 2014, she was named one of the winners of the White House 3D Printed Ornament Design Contest. Her ornament, designed in Blender and inspired by the Library of Congress, hung in the East Wing of the White House and is now part of a Smithsonian Collection. For the 2015 and 2016 Holiday Seasons, she had Blender-designed 3D printed ornaments hanging in the Virginia Executive Mansion.

In addition to Blender, Vicky also designs OpenSCAD. She prints on a MakerGear M2 and a Wanhao Duplicator i3 to make a line of designs that she sells at craft shows and Etsy. She teaches TinkerCad and 3D printing classes for local librarians. She maintains a 3D printing blog and makes regular appearances on the Friday 3D Printing Community Hangouts (#F3DPCH).

Vicky's 3D printed Blender designs have been featured on NBC's TODAY, CBSNews, the Washington Post, Michelle Obama's Instagram, and websites such as 3DPrint, 3DPrintingIndustry, and 3Ders . Her designs have been highlighted by Thingiverse, Simplify3D, and Shapeways.

The supportive Shapeways staff an d their designer community; "real" designers such as Ontogenie's Kimberly Falk, Universe Becoming 's James Kincaid, Melange's Michael Williams, and Likesyrup 's Scott Denton took the time to offer feedback, share words of encouragement, and answer questions to a brand new, fledgling 3D modeler such as myself.

The YouTubers who work tirelessly to share their knowledge and friendship. Joel Telling from 3D Printing Nerd, Joe Larson from 3D Printing Professor, and Tessa Nesci from SparkyFace5 all taught me skills that immediately improved my workflow. He does not know me or my name, but I will always be grateful to CG Cookie's Jonathan Williamson and his impeccable Blender tutorials that got me started.

The embracing maker and 3D printing community, particularly the very first ambassadors who made me feel immediately welcomeMatt Gorton of Printed Solid and 3D Central's Chris Caswell and Andrew Sink.

The educators who are determined to bring 3D printing and design to our public schools and libraries, such as Design Make Teach's Josh Ajima and Fairfax County Public Library's Margaret Kositch. Their work is inspiring and motivating. They teach me how to teach.

The business owners of Occoquan, Virginia, and their sharing of leads and ideas. The Coordinate Bracelet from chapters 5 to 7 was the suggestion of The Polka Dot Diva's Kristyn Gleason.

The friends who encouraged me to take on this intimidating and time-consuming projectAaron Evans, Ann Bowman Jones, Brian Nenninger, and Mark Duncan.

My boss at my day job at Management Solutions of Virginia, Larry Bowman; he endlessly mocks my 3D printing, but I know he is secretly proud of me.

The editing staff at PacktPub who worked just as hard, possibly harder, than me.

My family on the front line. My mother, Anne Sawyer, took on extra chores without complaint or hesitation. My two sons, Sagan and Dyson, not only weathered Mommy's divided focus but patiently posed for pictures again and again and again (and again). My nephew, Lincoln, appears in , Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves, thanks to the permission of his parents, Brittany and Chris Neigh.

Finally, my husband, Ryan; from blogging to my embarrassing attempts in college to emulate Kurt Vonnegutwhen I write, I write with him in mind.

Photo credits:

, Using a Background Image and Bezier Curves, Roy Lichtenstein House 1 Photos by Aaron Evans

, Converting a Bezier Curve to a Properly Sized 3D Mesh, Quilt Square photos by Heidi Elliott

Fernando Castilhos Melo lives in Toronto, Canada, and works as a software developer. Since 2009, he has worked on 3D modeling using Blender. He has given some lectures about Blender and 3D modeling at several Brazilian free/open source software events. Fernando holds a degree in computer science from UCS (University of Caxias do Sul). This is the third Blender book he has worked on. The other ones were Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook in 2013 and Blender 3D by Example in 2015. He developed an integration between Blender and Kinect named "Kinected Blender" to generate a 3D animation. This project is currently in alpha version.

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