3D Printable Textured Rolling Pin Tutorial

In this video, I show you how to model a 3D printable textured rolling pin that can be used on modeling clay, green stuff or other sculpting putties, and even on XPS foam! The process is incredibly simple and doesn't require any modeling experience. The hardest part is choosing the texture that you want to use on your rolling pin! Check out the video and then give it a try!
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[@brennensnow5401]

I don't know how I stumbled upon you. You seriously need to put yourself out there more. This is amazing, thank you for this tutorial!

[@nakarg]

Everytime i want to print somthing. i first search for files to look for options, every time i end up deciding to make something myself because i can't find what i want or i don't like the way it's already made, i end up on a blender tutorial, and its totally worth it. I learned a lot more than i thought i would with this tutorial, i didn't knew how to setup a vertex group before. Thanks a lot man!

[@wonderfulmystical4316]

Holy moly. And I was about to spend hundreds on texture rollers while I have a 3d printer right next to me :O This is great man! thanks :)

[@ArtJeremiah]

Just learning blender. This is super useful as I also make TONS of terrain. Thanks!

[@melissabrinn4982]

Wow! You are seriously an excellent teacher!

[@MWSculpts]

Amazing tutorial, my mind is now blown with the possibilities of this 🙌❤️

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

You are a scholar and a gentleman. Now I can make rollers for my painting frames. Thanks.

[@CraftLogic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@princessfaudia98]

For anyone still doing this and getting trouble, make sure you APPLY the modifiers which can be found in the little down arrow on each modifier and you need to get out of edit mode to apply it .. Thanks for this tutorial

[@MitsumiKory]

Wow a big THANK YOU for this tutorial. Easy to understand, well explained and to the point. Now I'll be able to make my own texture roller for cosplay armors!! :D

[@kellyjean4981]

This is a very helpful tutorial, very easy to understand. Thank you

[@jonilmasepulveda]

Best tutorial for rolling pin

[@chrisspade9017]

Yes, as an experienced blender user... I found I had the same problem as others did with it applying the displace modifier to the inner cylinder as well as the outer one even though I made my vertex group and applied it. You must apply the solidify modifier (by clicking the little down arrow icon next to the modifier and selecting apply).. THEN make the vertex group and add displace...etc. Took me a minute to figure out that's what I was doing wrong. Thx for the tut!.

[@Piquebeaute2]

im having trouble with group vertex, it only highlight only one side, in the video i can see he turn the cylinder around few times and it highlighed everything. I then watch another video on how to group it by ctrl L, when i then apply the rest of the method if did not work, it is so frustrating, because I have been doing it for hourssssssssssssssss, and this is my first time using blender, maybe a few key points that are missing in the video.

[@rethajoubert1684]

Thank you!

[@YvonneCeramics]

Thank you so much for the detailed tutorial! I have been looking for a tutorial like this on KZbin but I couldn't find anything. I think your video is the only one that's so detailed and useful. I am going to try it. I plan on drawing my design in Illustrator and importing the design onto the texture roller. Do you have a tutorial like that?

[@ZephyrRay]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. So easy to follow 😊 With thanks and gratitude, from Australia 🇦🇺

[@CraftLogic]

I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@karlmakesthings]

An excellent tutorial, I'm defiantly going to give this a shot.

[@CraftLogic]

Glad you enjoyed it! I’d love to see the result!

[@TheFeday]

Excellent video, I'm going to try making some. Green stuff world wants around 15 dollar for rolling pins just like this. I was thinking of getting some but then saw this video. It's indeed a brave new world with 3d printing

[@CraftLogic]

TheFeday awesome! I’d love to see the result!

[@ivorbush]

This is absolutely amazing thank you soo much. Subbed

[@thegamethemovie9605]

Same!

[@sitgesvillaapartmentneilsc7924]

I'm after a granite stone block texture so I can make slips that can be printed, painted and applied to a wall to give the effect of real stone like you would find in say a old castle. I get involved with sfx with a local film school that runs classes for young people in the holidays and this is the only way I can see to create something like this. Trying to build a relatively cheap set to create a stone arched doorway. Thanks

[@giserey1630]

Thanks for the video! Does this method works on newer versions of Blender? I'm stuck on min 1:35, it selects different (only outer shell) and nothing works afterwards. Not sure what it is I am doing wrong, so looking forward to making these!

[@fantastiv]

Thanks dude for the awesome tutorial! I love that I can now do this using free software :) It's a difficult program to never have worked with but after multiple tries I have managed to do it, yay! :D

[@CraftLogic]

Glad you found it useful!

[@elnazeevaart6248]

This is fantastic! Thank you... what material/type of plastic did you use to print this roller with? I'm looking at the Creality Ender-3 V2 and hoping it would be able to make rolling pins!

[@KatiaAronov]

Thank you so much! The tutorial is great! How do you save the file? When I am trying to export the file as stl the size is 450 MB :(

[@DingoPaints]

Wow glad i found you!

[@myoung4997]

Saw your shingle roller on Reddit and came here to subscribe!

[@CraftLogic]

Much appreciated!!

[@markpettifer9993]

Hi, thank you so much for sharing this video. I have hit a bump in the road and at 1:35 you talk about pressing tab to open edit mode. When I do this, it doesn't select the inside of the cylinder as well as the outside. I even downloaded the same.version as in your video and still the same.issue. can you advise how to rectify this? Again, thanks for the informative video! 🤙

[@chelseaallen9757]

amazing!! Thank you

[@shogga690]

Impressive video! Many thanks.👌👌

[@shogga690]

the texture you chose for the video...is that available in google? I could not find a suitable texture to work with.

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Awesome video, really easy to follow and I managed to make my first roller. The only thing I cannot do is making the centre smooth... help!

[@Raynecolwell]

THANK YOU 🙏 so much!!

[@propfundtrader0804]

Dude you saved me. Thq for tutorial

[@CraftLogic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@beadingwomanjensen8549]

Awesome video :-) Can you mabye tell how to use a non seamless picture and turn it into a rolling pin ?

[@cmwdalton]

Really enjoyed this video! I learned a lot, thank you! I followed along and duplicated the size you used and made my own roller, when I took the file over to cura to slice it the roller was tiny!! Not sure what I didn't wrong.

[@mariemae9179]

same issue. how to make it bigger?

[@kamilagzella]

Hi, great video. Please could you do a video on how to create clay extruder applicator for clay crafters? It looks like a wing nut drill applicator. Thank you ☺️

[@thorstenbrandes5037]

Hiho! Thanks for the hints! I needed a few hours to find my fault why i also could not exclude the inner side from being textured. In the current 3.3 Blender i found the APLLY option for the solidify modifier behind the camera symbol in a dropdown menue. After applying this i could proceed as described. It is a pity that the UIs from Blender and zBrush make it so difficult to use them. Years ago i had a program called Cubify Sculpt, where you simply said wrap that picture along a path and voila it was wrapped. Only issue was that it could not doe it seamless and there was always a few milimeter seam.

[@Gooberella1994]

Holy crap! Thank you so much for this comment! I have been fighting with that issue for the last 2 days. Thank you for working it out for me Thorsten! 😅

[@TimCharLaverdiere]

I added Blender and when it opens there is a cute band another like triangle. How you you remover them? And thank you for the amazing help with designing. I so need it

[@Reenie757]

hi. thanks for this. trying to use pebbles as image but it looks horrible. #2 I created vortex group and assigned it but after adding texture, it shows through front and back. Clicking groups will not change it. Help please. updated to say, I figured this out:-)

[@TheNorthernRider]

Id love to see these on a 32mm base for my minis

[@jameshunter4083]

Hello, thank you for the tutorial. At the stage 'adding the texture' - nothing happens when I add it, however I need my roller to be much smaller (radius is 30mm) - is this why I'm not getting a texture appear? Adjusting the strength does not solve this. Thanks in advance for the help.

[@RunawayMisfit]

Hey, just found this video and im so thankful! But I had a quick question, you said that we don't need to have a higher subdivision modifier as it it will be smooth when it prints, but when i open it up on Cura to slice it, the edges are jagged? Would love some help, very new to all this

[@CraftLogic]

In the modifier panel you can change how the modifier appears while modeling and how it will render. You can keep the view setting lower so your computer can work faster but keep the render setting higher so that the final file still comes out smooth.

[@ayelenkreitmair152]

I Love this tutorial! I follow it but the texture only covered of the roller and i couldnt put it only on the exterior group, hope you could help me with that, thank you!

[@bhavikachanglani4653]

Same problem facing. Did u find any solution?

[@tiak1985222]

Would you be able to show a video on how to design a clay bead roller?

[@thatguyfromca]

I still get the texture on the inside of the cylinder even after making the group. Is there a trick to selecting only the outside?

[@lindahayes2868]

How did you select the vertex on the inside of the cylinder. So no texture will not appear on the inside of the cylinder.

[@sergiolima8229]

HEY @Craft Logic how y doing? can y help me, i am new to the blender and i want to know how did y exacly step by step (like y are teaching a 3 years old kid) how did y made the inside of the object smooth? thx

[@MikeKatsar]

Anyone having issues with a jagged texture after doing the displacement modifier, try going back to your texture tab and increasing the filter size under image sampling. It will smooth out the transitions both along the surface to mitigate the pixel-like effect, as well as give a smoother vertical transition for the rolled material making cobblestones and stuff like that look a little more natural.

[@CraftLogic]

Thanks for the helpful advice!

[@noeliaviera5490]

Gracias!!!!

[@antonifranaszek3056]

Hi. I stumbled upon a problem duirng making a cylinder. Mine has only like outer surface showed as a grid. I cant really make vertex group (it just does nothing) and if i apply the texture to the cylinder the inside also gets "textured". What am I doing wrong? @EDIT: neverminde solved it. In the latest blender apply icon is hidden. Just didnt hit it and now it works :)

[@SideQuest_Obsessed]

Awesome video! Also, just got subscriber 100. Woo!

[@CraftLogic]

John Thanks!!

[@SideQuest_Obsessed]

@@CraftLogic my ender 3 pro should show up in the next few days. Once I get some essential upgrades in place I plan to make one of these for cobble and hopefully one for brick. Maybe even wood slabs!

[@CraftLogic]

Awesome! I’ve not printed one on my ender 3 yet but I’m sure it will turn out fine! This one was printed on my Elegoo Mars.

[@leonfire99]

How well does it work on xps foam though?

[@adriansmodelpage2864]

Great video but I'm stuck, at 2.06m you select one side then the other and both remain orange, each time I try this the previous side returns to grey, what am I missing?

[@Mrwigglyau]

the texture in the roller is really jagged in your video, is there a way to smooth that out? Also what revision of blender is that? im running 2.82 so wondering if the new build will have settings in the same places. Have you tried this process using a photo of say bricks or concrete? how would i prepare a photo to be used as a texture?

[@CraftLogic]

The more subdivisions you use and the higher you set the Subdivision surface modifier, the smoother the roller will become but it will also tax your computer quite hard. The rough edges on each stone are not evident in the actual print or on the clay when you use it. I will have to go back and check my Blender version but I haven’t updated it in several months since I originally downloaded 2.8. I should probably update for future videos. The biggest consideration for preparing the photo is ensuring that it is grey scale. Just know that black pixels displace one way and white pixels the other, shades of grey in between. You can vary the shade of your pattern as demonstrated near the end of the video but be careful with images that have larger variation in shades between individual pixels. If you have lots of speckling of different shades, you will get spikes in the model that make the texture difficult to work with. Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!

[@sbvaughn1980]

When i create mine for some reason i cant get my pattern to come out clear and crisp. I do have a much more detailed pattern so didnt know if there might be some additional steps that i may need to take to get mine to work. could you help me?

[@carleahunknown5808]

I have tried this over a dozen times now, following the tutorial to the T, and it comes out great. BUT, when I save as stl and then open in my Slicing software (flashforge), it comes through broken. Any advice?

[@cdorberlee]

what did you said in the end? mesh mixer? isit free?

Thanks for the video, I could do it in blender but the export to .stl for Prusa Slic3r can't process the tube for printing, any advices?

[@CraftLogic]

Interesting. Unfortunately, I have not used Prusa Slic3r and can’t really offer any assistance there.

[@kamilagzella]

How do you change the size later so the roller is not 750cm long?

[@MissPumpkinJuice]

*That's a great tutorial! My roll pins came out perfect!* But... may I ask you for another tip? How do I do it on a different meshes like a cube or a plane? I almost achieved what I wanted, but I keep struggling with the "UV editing" step. Everything goes well when I do cylinder, but I can't seem to scale the texture when it comes to a cube/plane shapes. Maybe I'm doing the subdivide thing wrong? Or I should somehow prepare the new object before I do things with it? Once again, thanks for the tutorial. It was so simple, yet such a big step forward. You're the best :)

[@CraftLogic]

Glad you enjoyed the video! You should be able to follow a similar process with a cube. I’m not sure why it isn’t working out. You should be able to scale the texture using the same steps outlined in the video. I actually used the same process on a cube to make a texture stamp. You just need to subdivide the mesh so there is enough geometry to accept the detail. After UV unwrapping, you should still be able to adjust the UVs to scale and reposition the texture.

[@MissPumpkinJuice]

​@@CraftLogic It worked after unwrapping. That's the step I've missed. Thank you once again! :>

[@bhavikachanglani4653]

Is that pla or resin to print that roller?

[@ratisoneja]

Thank you for this video. I am learning it these days as I plan on starting a business. Few questions as I am stuck. 1st is that I am not able to move this freehand as you could do it. Please help. Second, when I reach the point to add texture, I click on displace modifier, my surface doesn't look smooth like yours. Also when I ignore that and click on adding my texture, it doesn't do anything. I am sure I am doing something wrong but I have been trying this again and again since past 3 hours and no luck. Please help.

[@ratisoneja]

I again tried it today using a mouse, instead of the laptop TouchPad and it made some steps easier. But I am still unable to move it freehand like you are doing. And I am unable to get the texture to show up on the cylinder when I select it from Vertex Group section.

[@nsjenkins]

Really interested in giving this a try. Did you print this with a resin or FDM printer? I've only got an Elegoo Mars.

[@CraftLogic]

Nick Jenkins the one I used in this video I printed on an Elegoo Mars. If you check out my most recent video, that one was printed on an Ender 3.

[@propfundtrader0804]

@@CraftLogic what is layer height bro. 0.1 or ??

[@13wolfy13]

So for those who got mixed up like me, and had the worlds tallest cylinder. He's working in cm. Blender default is m. So the measurement is 7.5.

[@mnoonaquebec6843]

Great tutorial the file cobblestone link you gave is over 100mb in size all 3d printing uploads have a maximum 100mb no more and the size dimensions were off had to work the xyz dimensions to mm as well as the camera and set to default size so what you see is how large the item actually is or you can adjust as long as it doesn't go over ten inches which I think is the maximum a 3d printer can create, so the object is automatically configured for 3d printing , also the density and detail of the original download file because of the UV map image displacement raised the price at CraftCloud to $50.00 and $19.00 shipping I am going to try to reduce the vertice faces to 2/3 the original face count to see if it makes a better price.

[@Bexj93]

Can you do a updated video on this please 🙏

[@cdorberlee]

i tried left click but it didn't lock and right click and it didnt even it out, can i do this manually? if so, how can i do manually? thanks

[@camillavalerieperez7315]

How would you add handles on a roller

[@bhavikachanglani4653]

When I click tab .n going into edit mode it doesn't select inside of the cylinder. For that reason m going anable to select only outside vertex group. In the end texture goes inside too. Please make one video with latest version please. Thanks in advance

[@gustavoalvarez3335]

Hola Muchas Muchas gracias es lo que quería aprender, te entendí perfectamente por que yo no se el idioma inglés, ya me suscribí para estar atento a todos tus videos. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@campbellwinslow6986]

You could also use the Boolean modifier in blender to make the ends perfectly flat, or also manually scale the vertices flat. I wouldn’t want to download a whole application just to do one simple step, as I don’t already use meshmixer.

[@CraftLogic]

That is another definitely another way to do it. I believe I tried to use the Boolean modifier and was having issues with it at the time. I can’t remember at this point.

[@DanteDominguez]

Well, I tried really really hard but for some reason I was never able to make the texture show in the roller. I guess it has to do with the dimensions I used vs the size of the patter. I tried the scaling in the UV Editing tab but that didn't work either. On a side note, can you please create an industrial or scifi floor roller? All my efforts have failed lol.

[@trethaconaway8894]

Mine showed in half of the window. Frustrating. I want to throw something.

[@Piquebeaute2]

I am having trouble with the vertex group, it doesn’t cover the entire cylinder, what am I doing wrong I follow all the steps

[@MSnell]

I found this video from your Thingiverse pages. In your V2 roller pack you mention you hollowed them out so a wooden dowel can be put inside, but you seem to use them hollow in this video. Is that an optional step? If printing hollow with PLA, what infill would you recommend so that it's not too brittle? Thank you for the awesome files!

[@CraftLogic]

Matt Snell I have used them with a dowel but have found I prefer to just roll them by hand. I mostly use a hollow cylinder to save on material when printing. When I printed my roller on my FDM printer, I believe I used 20% I fill for the walls of the cylinder. However, if I remember correctly, the walls were thin enough that it wouldn’t make much of a difference if you just did 100%. If you are using the rollers on clay or something similar, which I highly recommend, you really don’t need much pressure and you won’t have to worry about breaking anything. If you use them on XPS, you need a bit more pressure but I haven’t been concerned with breaking anything.

[@MSnell]

@@CraftLogic I'll be using these for clay so I'll give your suggestions a shot. Thanks!

[@CraftLogic]

Matt Snell no problem!

[@miricoleciona]

this is great but a bit difficult for a complete noob on blender to troubleshoot some things. at the moment i cant seem to not select the inside of my cylinder and just cant get the texture to work. had to stop for a few minutes so not to get to frustrated.

[@tantrumus7186]

Thanks for the tutorial. I made the vertex group and confirmed only outside vertexes are selected and the displace still affects the inside of the cylinder even thought I've selected the group... any ideas?

[@tantrumus7186]

I figured it out. Have to actually APPLY the solidify to get the extra geometry.

[@intothewild131]

@@tantrumus7186 omg it happened to me as well! thanks for the comment, it helped me to figure it out :)

[@xolveria]

i was able to do this once. then when back and did the same tutorial and i dont get smooth inside anymore.. dont know what wrong

[@solargardenssaskatoon6991]

How do you make the pattern continuous so that when rolled out on clay for example there isn't a break in the pattern? I'm thinking I'd like to draw my own pattern but would like it continuous so a break can't be seen in the pattern when rolled out on the clay? Thank you.

[@CraftLogic]

This one isn’t seamless but it isn’t too difficult to clean up the seam after rolling. If you want to try making a seamless roller, search KZbin for how to make a seamless pattern in photoshop or another photo editor and use that for the texture pattern.

[@B4MBI72]

The hardest thing I found was finding decent (free) image files to use as a texture.... Anyone know of any good sources?

[@Aennima]

when i go to edit mode the inner part of the cylinder is not selected

[@susanfurlong127]

Hi thank you so much for tutorial. however you do go a bit fast and rewinding many many times I still cant keep up. I get lost round about 2.30. The key settings ar not the same on my version of blender so by the time i search for what you are saying, I am lost again. I sound unapreciative but I dont mean to. Thank you for trying. 😊

[@savageshark379]

Do you have a method on how to print that roller for resin printing?

[@CraftLogic]

The one in the video was printed in resin. Just stood it on end and had supports on the bottom. It didn’t need supports anywhere on the pattern.

[@XXX-lr1kf]

спасибо за подробные разъяснения 🤝👍

[@juliechristybourg2758]

Please excuse this very ignorant question and please understand I know nothing about 3D printing but before I even consider doing more investigating I’m very curious typically patterned rollers are very small - can the 3D printer make a decent size or close to a normal size patterned rolling brush comparable to what a normal roller for painting walls would be? I know it sounds like a dumb question but I have seen very limited options when it comes to buying, unlike clay rollers with unlimited minimalist options. So Im now considering making my own if it’s doable.

[@CraftLogic]

There are plenty of inexpensive 3D printers capable of printing a roller that size.

[@Reenie757]

Sorry again. This might have been asked but when I hit A and then Ctrl R for the loops, I'm only getting the lines on the outside and not in the inside. Because of that, i can't change the vertex to only highlight the outside. If left like this, I get the pattern on the inside and the outside. Any advice?

[@CraftLogic]

Be sure to Apply the solidify modifier before you do that stuff. I haven’t used the newest version of blender but I have been told that the apply button isn’t displayed the same way. Adding the modifier from the menu doesn’t actually apply it to the model even though it shows the effect. If it hasn’t been applied then there isn’t actually and inside surface, even though it appears to be there

[@Reenie757]

@@CraftLogic thanks. That solved ir :-)

[@scifimodelshop]

well the 10 min thing did not work for me impossible to get my image on this roller

[@monicawilliams8814]

I can't figure out how you are selecting only the outside of the cylinder to create the vertex group. Is it a keyboard shortcut?? I either get the outside and inside or just the front face of the cylinder. I'm new to Blender.

[@CraftLogic]

I recommend doing that step in solid view rather than wireframe. However, if you are in solid view, you won’t be able to select vertices on the backside of the object. If you select the front side then rotate the model, you can hold shift while you continue selecting more vertices until you’ve selected them all. On Mac you can also use Option + click to select an entire loop at once. Not sure on windows but it might me Alt + click. You also don’t need all of them selected at once to add to the group. You can always add or remove more later. Hope that helps!

[@monicawilliams8814]

@@CraftLogic Thanks! That worked for me.

[@dimitrissougiannis7974]

@@CraftLogic Hi, that's a really great and very helpful video. I have tried many times to follow your steps but im having the same problem as @Monica Williams, i cant choose only the outer surface. I have tried to do it in solid mode, in wireframe mode but no luck. any other suggestion that could help me solve this? thank you in advance

[@craigdawson2494]

This is an excellent video, loads of help but how do I select only the outside of the cylinder when making the vertex group, all i get is both outside and inside, I noticed you have 3 sets of dots across the thickness, I only have 2 and I don't have the egdes across the top

[@CraftLogic]

I’m glad you found it helpful! If you are not in wireframe mode, simply clicking and dragging to select should only select the outside vertices.

[@craigdawson2494]

@@CraftLogic Thanks for the reply but unfortunately it doesn't, even if I select one vertex on outside face the corresponding one on the inside face is selected. Again thanks for the video I have learned so much from using it and trying different things.

[@CraftLogic]

Interesting. I’m not sure what could be going on there. Have you applied the solidify modifier, not just added it but hit the apply button?

[@craigdawson2494]

@@CraftLogic Perfect, thats why you are the master and I am the student. Thank you

[@RhondaJFinds]

@@CraftLogic for some reason my blender does not have an "apply" button, is there something in the settings I'm missing?

[@etcreations7553]

Why does the inside of my model highlight when I am only trying to highlight the outside?

[@Piquebeaute2]

I can’t even highlight the whole cylinder.. do you lock it ??

[@stuffmadebyalex]

Is there a method to have a pattern that will match stone edges if I need a wider length than the roller itself?

[@CraftLogic]

You could try working with a tileable texture image. Thinking about it from the practical application perspective, it will be difficult to do in practice without some degree of manual cleanup of the join. You could try making an expandable roller by attaching two together with a pattern that continues across them. That would allow you to make a roller bigger than can fit on a printer, though it might bring challenges of its own.

[@stuffmadebyalex]

@@CraftLogic great suggestions! Thank you for the reply 😌

[@SangeetaShahEverlastingBlooms]

When I make my roller I get the inside textured as well. I have tried it 4 times now following each and every step. The only difference I am doing is the dimensions of my roller. I am trying to make a 100mm roller with 3mm thickness and 20mm diameter. I just don’t understand where I am going wrong. Please, please can you help me make a roller that size? Thanks 🙏

[@yasr6616]

Same happens to mineeee

[@scotchandhobbies5674]

I dont have a pc, just phone and tablet, but have a store with a 3d printer near me, any chance of adding the file to the video description so I could print one of these?

[@CraftLogic]

chris Rossi I plan to share this one and a few other files soon! I’ll likely upload them to Thingiverse.

[@terrain-hardy]

Go to thingiverse.com and search Texture Rollers ...

[@CraftLogic]

Absolutely! There are several on there already...and now you can make your own if you can’t find one you like!

[@playgrounddolls7766]

Thanks! Can You advice good 3d printer around max 500euro?

[@CraftLogic]

Depending on what you mostly want to print, I personally recommend the Creality Ender 3 for an FDM printer which is good for larger prints. If you want smaller, high detail prints, I personally enjoy the Elegoo Mars. They can both be found in the essentials kit that is linked in the description of the video!

[@playgrounddolls7766]

@@CraftLogic thanks.

[@thepaintedginger]

Thank you, I plan on doing one for lizard skin tomorrow.

[@CraftLogic]

I bet that will look awesome! I’d love to see it!

[@thepaintedginger]

@@CraftLogic the first vversiont is done. time to test

[@clairejackson9366]

I am having a lot of difficulty creating the vertices group. It looks like I am selecting only the outside of the cylinder when making the vertex group, however when I add the pattern and then select the group it applies to both the inner and outer vertices and removes the pattern. I notice when you create the group you have 3 sets of dots across the thickness however I only get 1 set on the outer edge.

[@CraftLogic]

Check that you have applied the Solidify modifier before you try to create the groups.

[@clairejackson9366]

@@CraftLogic Thanks, I have added the Solidify modifier however I do not have the apply button in my version of blender 2.91 as you do in the video is there something else I have to do to apply it?

[@CraftLogic]

Interesting. I haven’t updated/used Blender in a while as I’ve been using other software. There is a difference between adding a modifier and applying it. Adding it will allow you to see the effect but it won’t actually do anything to your geometry until it is applied. So you can see the effect of Solidify but won’t see the extra vertices until it is applied. I’m not sure how you apply it if you don’t have the button in the video.

[@cmitch3087]

@@clairejackson9366 there is a little down arrow next to the solidify title once you add the texture. Click on it you will see apply

[@ItsJUSTreality]

CTRL R does not add loop cuts

[@carlodigma5128]

what software your using, Thanks

[@CraftLogic]

This was done with Blender

[@sensenfotografiaaudiovisual]

Where can I download the files?

[@cmitch3087]

I cant get vertices inside my roller

[@alphonsecoco3]

Hey I know this is late, but my cylinder's internal vertices can't be selected unless wireframed. Even then, when wireframe shows only the outside is selected, I'm still getting the texture inside the cylinder.

[@CraftLogic]

Make sure you have applied the solidify modifier not just added it to the list of visible modifiers.

[@alphonsecoco3]

@@CraftLogic I got it all figured out!! Another comment told me where to find the apply button. I've made a few, now I just need to print them and try them out

[@alphonsecoco3]

@@CraftLogic follow up question. some rollers I have been working on have had 2 issues. Some get lines going around the roller where the texture seems thicker on the ends. I also get vertical lines, like the ends of a piece of paper not lining up. Do you know what's going on?

[@Reenie757]

Oh my gosh, so many questions. Last problem...I figured it all out and then exported it. By using your dimensions of 750 cm my model came out approx 1/4 in tall and 2mm wide. I changed it to inches, and meters...and I'm getting an extremely small model. Can you think of anything that would make that happen? I'm new to blender and this is just crazy. If I were to convert 750 cm that equals 295 inches. That's like, no way....Again, Help! Thanks.

[@CraftLogic]

Glad you figured out the modeling part! As for the scaling issue, the scale in blender is pretty arbitrary. When you go to export as an STL, you can adjust the scaling there. You may need to adjust the scaling there by a multiple of 10 to increase the size. Once you figure out the multiple that works for you, it should work for future models also. That said, I haven’t used blender in a while and am unsure how recent updates may have affected things.

[@Reenie757]

@@CraftLogic Thank you. Was up pretty late. Still working on it this morning. It seems now I can do the loops but it's only on the outside. I'll just keep practicing. Thanks for the quick response~ Love this

[@wolfeye2717]

Man I'm just here trying to find a way to make pelts for my minis