Digital engineering with Minecraft
By: Kelly, James Floyd
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BookPublisher: Indianapolis, Indiana : Que, c2016.Description: x, 351 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780789755476Subject(s): Computer-aided engineering | Computer-aided design | Minecraft (Game) | Three-dimensional modelingDDC classification: 006.333 KE DI Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 006.33 HA ND Handbook of computational intelligence : | 006.33 IN TE Intelligent applications for heterogeneous system modeling and design | 006.332 KE IN An introduction to knowledge engineering | 006.333 KE DI Digital engineering with Minecraft | 006.333 RU CO Computer-based problem solving process / | 006.333 RU CO Computer-based problem solving process / | 006.35 GH NA Natural language processing fundamentals : |
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Introduction Chapter 1 Taking Over a Castle 7 Digital Tools Make Great Shortcuts 8 Finding a Castle with Thingiverse 9 Preparing the Castle with Tinkercad 14 Importing the Castle into Minecraft 19 Exploring the New Castle 26 Up Next... 28 Chapter 2 Creating Your Own Castle 29 Downloading and Opening MCEdit 30 Discover Your Own Castle...or Something Else! 34 Introduction to CAD Software 40 Using Tinkercad to Prepare Your 3D Model 41 Preparing Your Model For Importing With MCEdit 51 Using MCEdit with Your 3D Model 53 Up Next... 73 Chapter 3 Crafting a Super Maze 75 There's Almost Always a Solution 77 Creating Your Own Hedge Maze 77 Preparing the Maze with Tinkercad 81 Landscaping for Your Minecraft World 87 Exploring the Maze 92 Up Next... 94 Chapter 4 Getting Lost (in a Maze) 95 Creating Your Maze 96 Converting the Maze with online-convert.com 100 Importing the Maze into Tinkercad 102 Learning to Use MCEdit's Select Tool 109 Up Next... 122 Chapter 5 Modifying a 3D World 123 More Tools Means More Options 125 Finding a 3D Model with 123D Sculpt+ 126 Converting Files with Binvox 131 Importing and Sizing the Robot 136 Binvox Opens Up Many Possibilities 143 Up Next... 144 Chapter 6 Creating Your Own Monster Island 145 Monster Making for Beginners 146 Using Binvox 162 Converting with Binvox 166 Placing a Monster with MCEdit 170 Up Next... 175 Chapter 7 Seeing Your World in 3D 177 Having Fun Outside Minecraft 179 Viewing with the Oculus Rift 181 Using a 3D Viewer 183 Taking Minecraft Screenshots 184 Locating Your Screenshots 187 Finding Minecraft Screenshots on a Windows Computer 187 Finding Minecraft Screenshots on a Mac 189 Preparing Your Screenshots 190 Creating 3D Image Cards 192 Up Next... 195 Chapter 8 Viewing Your Worlds-Full 360! 197 Creating a 3D Model with Photos 198 Starting with Screenshots-Lots of Them 201 Capturing Screenshots 202 Converting Image Files 207 Using 123D Catch to Create 3D Models 210 Uploading Your Image Files 211 Running the Create Capture Process 214 Up Next... 220 Chapter 9 Custom Creations, Part 1 221 Creating Your Own Designs with Tinkercad 223 Starting a New Project 224 Breaking Ground on the Future City 229 Designing Custom-Shaped Buildings 240 Up Next... 248 Chapter 10 Custom Creations, Part 2 249 Rotating, Twisting, and Turning 249 Deleting, Cutting, and Removing 260 Up Next... 268 Chapter 11 A Super Project To Test Out Your New Skills 269 You've Got Skills! 271 The Shape Generator 272 The Align Tool 278 Dome Cities 285 Up Next... 298 Chapter 12 Discover More MCEdit Tools 299 MCEdit Mastery 299 Copy and Paste 300 Mirror, Mirror 303 Clone Clone Clone Clone 308 Conclusion 313 Appendix A MCEdit for Tablets 315 Introducing iFunbox for Mac and Windows 315 Connecting a Tablet to iFunbox 317 MCEdit for Android Mobile Devices 320 Appendix B Adding Interactive Elements With Redstone 321 Redstone Basics 321 A Simple Circuit 322 Advanced Redstone 325 Appendix C Resources 327 Books 327 Videos 328 Websites 329 Index 331.
Minecraft is a global phenomenon and obsession: millions of kids and adults are passionately involved in building and exploring their own Minecraft worlds. Now they can master valuable real-world Computer-Aided Design (CAD) career skills while they're having fun with Minecraft. Digital Engineering with Minecraft teaches simple, hands-on CAD techniques that are directly useful in Minecraft and easily transferable to more advanced tasks and software. Through hands-on projects, James Floyd Kelly introduces Minecraft players to seven specialized tools and applications for taking their Minecraft worlds to a whole new level. Purchasers of this book also get free access to hands-on how-to videos guiding you through many key tasks. Kelly's detailed walkthroughs guide you through every step of designing objects in CAD, 3D printing, game programming, animation, and more. You'll discover how to take what you've learned and created outside Minecraft and pull it directly into your Minecraft world. Coverage includes: Finding great objects on Thingiverse and importing them to Minecraft with MCeditUsing basic tools including maze makers and the Online-Convert toolMastering key Tinkercad skills, including shape creation, rotation, resizing, and groupingCreating and exporting monsters with 123D Creature for iPadPutting yourself in the game with 123D Catch for PC, Mac, or iPadUsing 123D Sculpt to create incredible new landscapesCreating hollow wire-frame domes that transform any terrain into a battle arenaGenerating unique items with ShapeshifterDigital Engineering with Minecraft will help you transform all of your worlds - both inside and outside Minecraft!