{"id":668,"date":"2024-03-08T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/?page_id=668"},"modified":"2024-03-29T19:55:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T23:55:03","slug":"3d-design-and-printing-ur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Design and Printing @UR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-726  alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/files\/2024\/03\/3DP-logo-600x471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"184\" \/>What is involved in 3D design? <\/strong>Design tools and best practices depend on the field.\u00a0 For example, in chemistry, many molecular modeling software for visualizing molecules have the capability of designing accurate yet visually appealing models automatically.\u00a0 In other areas, designers make use of generalized tools like CAD (such as Fusion 360 and TinkerCAD) and drawing applications (such as SketchUp) or even recently developed language-based tools (such as OpenSCAD). 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