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

About the Author
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.

Reviews
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.



Book Information
ISBN 9781449343019
Author Jesse Harrington Au
Format Paperback
Page Count 118
Imprint Make Community, LLC
Publisher O'Reilly Media