Tutorial: 3D Printing setup in Blender


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How to set up a simple model for 3d printing. Again, I have used http://www.shapeways.com/ twice now and have gotten some really great results. I recommend them.
Remember to keep in mind:
1. Real world sizes.
2. The volume of your mesh
3. Can your mesh stand up on its own
4. Is your mesh uniform

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47 responses to “Tutorial: 3D Printing setup in Blender”

  1. As someone who is just getting started with 3D printing I feel like this tutorial is NOT for beginners to blender… You start clicking all over the place and I have no idea how your doing half the stuff you do and I even try to pause… If its hotkeys you are typing please put them on this tutorial I LOVE HOTKEYS and that would be super benificial.

  2. Crazy how much 3d printing has become very consumer friendly in 3 years. Filament is super cheap now around $22.00 for a 1Kg roll (I printed for 4 days straight, my printer keeps track of time printed and amount of filament used). Also 3D printers are very cheap now days, you can get one for under $300 or create your own for much less.

  3. Thanks so much dude,  this video explained exactly what i needed to know. I spent hours last night trying to get an object into the print software! Thickness! That and it was probably 89 meters wide :/

  4. Once you have the scale and everything set up, how do you save that file out as the default Blender file (So it would come up with the default object you made if, for example, you make a "Standard base" for 3D printing and always want to start with that?

  5. Hi,  I was surprised by the info that the complexity can increase the price.
    Isn't it the very particularity of the 3D printers to make the same price for any design?
    As you say earlier, the size doesn't matter, only the mass; what about the complexity then? Tnkx

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