Beginning Design for 3D Printing

Joe Micallef spent 10 years working as a graphic designer before pursuing a Masters degree in animation at the University of Southern California. At USC Joe became the university’s Adobe Scholar and also was awarded an Annenberg Fellowship that required him to collaborate with USC’s Virtebi School of Engineering. Through this collaboration Joe began to conceptualize workflows that combined animation and 3D printing. After attaining his Masters, Joe provided his media expertise to various manufacturing organizations for training, marketing, and advocacy purposes. He has deep experience creating models for 3D printing, animation and video games simultaneously, and teaches modeling and animation at Pasadena City College.

Chapter 1: What's Possible With 3D Printing? Chapter 2: Exploring Design Techniques for 3D Printing Chapter 3: Begin With a Box Chapter 4: Preparing the Box for 3D Printing Chapter 5: Creative Applications for Simple Shapes Chapter 6: Design Strategies for 3D Printing Chapter 7: Basic Solid Modeling Techniques Chapter 8: Organic Modeling Techniques Chapter 9: Customization Techniques Chapter 10: 3D Scanning Techniques Chapter 11: Intermediate Solid Modeling Techniques for Mechanical Connections Chapter 12: Advanced Techniques Using Blender Chapter 13: Working With 3D Printing Service Bureaus Appendix: Timeline of 3D Printing Design Milestones