{"product_id":"from-design-to-reality-mastering-3d-printing-settings-and-post-processing-for-your-custom-parts-9798250381147","title":"From Design to Reality: Mastering 3D Printing Settings and Post-Processing for Your Custom Parts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marilyn Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Manufacturing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop Guessing. Start Engineering.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery maker knows the feeling: you spend hours perfecting a design in CAD, hit print, and end up holding a warped, stringy, dimensionally-wrong piece of plastic. This book closes that gap - permanently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Design to Reality\u003c\/b\u003e is the technical workshop companion that treats FDM 3D printing not as a novelty, but as a precision manufacturing process. Written for makers who are done accepting mediocre results, this book transforms the way you approach every print - from the first click in your slicer to the final coat of varnish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will learn how to: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Master slicer settings - layer height, infill, walls, and supports - with the logic of a process engineer, not a hobbyist\u003cbr\u003e- Tune your printer to print-and-walk-away reliability using the Calibration Gauntlet: first layer, temperature towers, retraction tests, and E-step math\u003cbr\u003e- Diagnose and eliminate the four most costly print defects - ghosting, layer shifts, Z-banding, and elephant's foot - by reading the physical evidence each one leaves behind\u003cbr\u003e- Print with PLA, PETG, TPU, and ABS\/ASA confidently by understanding the rheology and thermodynamics of each material, not just the temperature listed on the box\u003cbr\u003e- Post-process like a professional: systematic sanding, vapor smoothing, automotive-grade priming, spray and brush painting, and clear-coat chemistry\u003cbr\u003e- Assemble parts that last using CA glue, structural epoxies, solvent welding, heat-set brass inserts, and plastic friction welding \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you are building a replacement bracket for a broken appliance, a prototype for a product you intend to bring to market, or a film-quality prop that needs to fool the camera, this book provides the structured methodology to produce parts that look and perform like injection-molded plastic - not like something that just came off a consumer printer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a beginner's 'getting started' guide.\u003c\/b\u003e It is the missing manual between owning a printer and owning a process - the field reference every serious FDM maker should have within arm's reach of their machine.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776326320279,"sku":"9798250381147","price":1438.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250381147.webp?v=1777995588","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/from-design-to-reality-mastering-3d-printing-settings-and-post-processing-for-your-custom-parts-9798250381147","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}