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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 toolsCreate amazing 3D objects out of common materials, even if you don't have a laser cutter or 3D printerMake 3D scans of objects using an iPad or a cameraGet 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 the Chief Maker Advocate at Autodesk Inc. He is also a designer, maker and educator. Au works with the award winning consumer products team there to arouse the creativity in us all. Au provides technical support both internally and externally to Makers, Fashion Designers, Product Startups and Fine Artist. This consists of Au designing and implementing Autodesk's physical and digital story telling presence at major events such as Maker Faire, CES and SXSW. With these efforts Autodesk's reputation has gone from being merely a professional solution, to that of leader of the maker and 3D printing movement. Over the years he has been able to assist with such products and projects as Square (yes that one) , Oru Kayak, Open ROV, Autodesk Pop Up Gallery and 100's more.
In winter of 2015 Au released his first book publication Learning 3D CAD with Autodesk's 123D published by Maker Media, available on Amazon. A starter's guide to creating using Autodesk's 123D Design, this guide will take new users into account and will give basic knowledge of CAD, CAD language, CAM and other digital rapid prototyping methods. Au is also co-founder and host of the internet podcast Safety Third.
Prior to working as Program Manager, Au was the Maker Advocate at Autodesk Inc. where he designed and implemented the Autodesk relationship within TechShop and the maker market, includes writing curriculum, being a solutions expert, utilizing TechShop to create new projects and experiences for Autodesk; and defining the Autodesk presence at Maker Faire and other maker-related events nationally and internationally. This includes a first-time-ever European Edition of Maker Faire in Rome, Italy October 2013.
Before joining Autodesk as Maker Advocate, Au worked as Industrial Designer at MKE in Silicone Valley. There he designed products for market and manufacturing, including products for Tangoes, Blue Angel Vodka, Rex Games and Maurice Kanbar inc. He concurrently served as Exhibit Design Technician on-call at the famed 21st century San Francisco learning laboratory, the Exploritorium.
Prior to moving to California, Au worked as co-founder and partner of a design consultancy whose clients included: the San Francisco Exploratorium, Base Camp Design, Kink BMX, Resident Evil Studios, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Mathalete (as seen on NBC's Shark Tank) and Catapult Design. He taught concurrently as graduate instructor in the Industrial Design department at Rochester Institute of Technology. This included courses: Graphic Visualization; CAD Applications II (consisting of Solidworks, Sketch-up and Rhino) ; ID Sketching (developed by Au) ; and Hybrid Sketching (also developed by Au) . He also co-taught Furniture Design with Wendell Castle, famed American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. In 2009, Au won a design fellowship to travel as guest lecturer to the P
