Tutorial: How to Prepare Blender Files for 3D Printing


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In this overview Chris Plush from cgmasters.net shows you some tips on prepping your 3D models in order to upload them to i.materialise.com for 3D printing.

Here are some more tutorials and how-tos on our blog:

Creating a Chess Piece in Blender https://i.materialise.com/blog/tutorial-creating-a-simple-chess-piece-in-blender/
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a 3D Model for 3D Printing https://i.materialise.com/blog/5-mistakes-to-avoid-when-designing-a-3d-model-for-3d-printing/
5 Essential 3D Modeling Tips for 3D Printed Jewelry https://i.materialise.com/blog/3d-modeling-tips-for-3d-printed-jewelry/

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12 responses to “Tutorial: How to Prepare Blender Files for 3D Printing”

  1. Is it really necessary to make it a single object in Blender? I've printed models I've made in an old version of Lightwave that were created from simply overlapping different objects with no joining or booleans for the most part and exporting them to STLs, DAE, or OBJ files. I check that they are watertight and such, but I haven't had any issue with this method unless there are any gaps between objects that should be overlapping.

    This allows for more easy editing of the model later should changes be needed without having to go back to a prior iteration.

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