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Defining Shapes for Stuff

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	==Defining Shapes for Stuff==		==Defining Shapes for Stuff==

	~~Multiple ways~~ to ~~do this:~~		If you want to 3D print a shape for a case or a handle or a physical widget, you can either go low-budget, low-effort, or you can use something more sophisticated.

	~~Can scan things, but that's complicated and expensive and requires specialized equipment~~		Google Sketchup gives you a low-budget, low-effort way to create a physical model. Not super great, but it'll get the job done.

	~~For designing, e.g.,~~ a ~~hackrf case, though~~, ~~you can make physical measurements and thicknesses and~~ create a physical model ~~using something like Sketchup or a CAD program~~.

			If you want something with better tolerances and more exact shape definitions, you probably want CAD software like [[FreeCAD]].

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Defining Shapes for Stuff

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	For designing, e.g., a hackrf case, though, you can make physical measurements and thicknesses and create a physical model using something like Sketchup or a CAD program.		For designing, e.g., a hackrf case, though, you can make physical measurements and thicknesses and create a physical model using something like Sketchup or a CAD program.


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Shape File Formats

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	==Shape File Formats==		==Shape File Formats==

			More about STL files: [[STL Files]]

	===3D shape files===		===3D shape files===

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Map Shape files

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	==Downloading Shape Files==		==Downloading Shape Files==

	===Map ~~Shape files~~===		===Map Shapefiles===

	Using the National Map Viewer, crash course:		Using the National Map Viewer, crash course:
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	[[Image:NMV3.png\|200px]]		[[Image:NMV3.png\|200px]]

			Of course, this is a huge amount of data, chunked together, so we'll need to trim it down to what we are interested in.

	==Defining Your Own Shapes==		==Defining Your Own Shapes==

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Map file formats

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	* Contours		* Contours
	** available in shape file format, or fileGDB 1.0.3		** available in shape file format, or fileGDB 1.0.3

			==Downloading Shape Files==

			===Map Shape files===

	Using the National Map Viewer, crash course:		Using the National Map Viewer, crash course:
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	[[Image:NMV3.png\|200px]]		[[Image:NMV3.png\|200px]]


	==Defining Your Own Shapes==		==Defining Your Own Shapes==

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Downloading Shape Files

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Creating a Shape

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 Initial foray into 3D printing will be getting something reasonably small and simple printed - exaggerated terrain, or a complex shape.
-=Creating a Shape=
+=Shapes=
-Questions:
+==Shape File Formats==
-* What formats can you use?
-* How do you turn something physical into a shape?
+===3D shape files===
-* How do you design a 3d printed case for something - rough approximation and measurement of a shape into a series of volumes?
-* Google Sketchup - last time I tried it, it was a bit hoakie and awkward, but had a lot of potential. See how it is now. Try it on a NEW computer, too.
+STL file - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_%28file_format%29