Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed, PDF | Page 40 Table 5-1 |
We never say what a micron is. Suggest we introduce it in the Fine entry and italicize microns: |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 41 Figure 5-2 |
Reader suggests that we point out that what's colloquially called a "calibration cube" is in fact not a cube (height != width or length). |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 45 paragraph 2 |
Please change "endstop switch" to "endstop, which is a switch". |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 46 Figure 5-7 |
Reader asks that we add a scale along x,y,z showing positions in software and origins. |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 48 First paragraph |
Please add the following after "moving the extruder instead of moving the model": |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 71 last paragraph |
Should "additional shells" be "shells"? The MakerWare UI refers to it as the total number of shells, not the number of additional shells. |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 71 Under "Quality" or elsewhere |
A reader asks, "what is the thinnest a shell can be"? I believe another way to phrase this would be to ask what is the horizontal resolution (we know the layer height). |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 85 Caption for 8-2 |
Please add "(at right)" after "support material". |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 85 last paragraph |
Reader asks if you could print part of an object, rotate it, then print more. |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 87 first paragraph under Surface finishing |
Reader asks if there is a way to insert a wait period to let the layer cool before printing. |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 131 last paragraph |
Reader asks for a chart of the tools we cover in this book to help decide which one is best, essentially a feature matrix with items such as simplicity level, voxel support. This is worth considering in a future update. |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |
Printed, PDF | Page 201 last line of code |
Please remove the extra right paren: |
Brian Jepson |
Apr 10, 2013 |