3D Printing Tool Box - Blender 2.8 Add On Overview - 3D Design for 3D Print

[@adrielsavage6365]

AWESOME Video bro! 100!

[@PrintThatThing]

Thanks for the comment and watching. Having a LIVE training - 3Dprinting Pow Wow tonight if you want to join us: powwow.ptt.live/walkthrough

[@amurizon]

For anyone not seeing the 3D Print tab in their right sidebar, you have to select an Object first. (Your program isn't broken. :) Thanks, Print That Thing, for this video!

[@PrintThatThing]

Thanks for posting this Jerry! Very welcome 🙏 😀 ☺

[@ForzaNinetails]

Thanks for this lol

[@PrintThatThing]

Glad Jerry's tip helped ;)

[@behorta88]

this comment saved me

[@DoubleTroublePaintball]

Still don't see it

[@queenofwrath7823]

Thank you very much you saved my Meshes! There was 144 non manifests and that was the reason why I got holes after remash, now all works fine! :D

[@PrintThatThing]

Awesome!!! Glad it helped. :)

[@alexm4903]

😮😮😮 you are the man!

[@scaniapower4610]

great video but i dont get the output box on my version of 3d print tool box could you help to show where it is please

[@PrintThatThing]

Try downloading the latest version of blender. It's hard to help without seeing your screen

[@scaniapower4610]

@@PrintThatThing that was the latest version there is a big and there are working on it

[@eversonpossamai3669]

I had the same problem and found what happens: it will appear once you have any object in the screen. No object no 3D printing add on showing.

[@amurizon]

@@eversonpossamai3669 thank you so much! I was like, "Nooo, is my Blender broken? :'(" You're a life saver. 😍

[@PrintThatThing]

Awesome 👌

[@eversonpossamai3669]

Great video, really useful information. The add on is still not showing in the side view even with it ticked in the preferences. Do you have any ideas why? I just installed the latest version of Blender.

[@PrintThatThing]

Strange. Try to press "n" on the keyboard, while the mouse is floating over the 3D viewport

[@PrintThatThing]

Try searching for "toolbox" instead, you should see its called, "Mesh: 3D-Print Toolbox"

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

I'm not into 3D printing but I find this tool highly useful just for general modelling. However, I would far prefer to have the volume calculation come out in m^3, and to a limited number of decimal places (pref 2 or 3). Is there a way to do that?

[@PrintThatThing]

Me too. Totally feel ya on that m^3 but i havent found a way to reset it. Maybe in the "units" tab. Maybe changing those may change the output of the volume. Ill look into it this September.

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

@@PrintThatThing Thanks for that. If you do find a way I'd appreciate it if you'd mention it here or something?

[@reviewstand9953]

Very helpful 👍🏼 thnxx

[@PrintThatThing]

Welcome 🙏

[@reviewstand9953]

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[@PrintThatThing]

Yee haw!! Thanks 😁

[@sburgos9621]

I am attempting to repair a model I created in Daz for 3d printing. I attempted a test print and my 2 main issues are the hair and the clothing. The hair came out like a rats nest because it isn't manifold. The clothes resembled a leaf with sharp points but oddly enough they printed out boxy with no resemblance to the item with many parts completely missing. I was wondering if I could use the methods in this video and the repair video to close up gaps in the hair, or if I should be using an entirely different method. Don't even know how to begin fixing the clothing issue, but am trying to concentrate on the hair first. Update: Just tried to manifold the hair which is separated into three pieces (Main Hair, Bun and Bangs). I used the make manifold button, but now it erased all the hair except for the main hair, so now the bangs and bun are gone with just a few floaty dots around them. Oddly enough, after running the make manifold and then re-analyzing the hair using the check all button it is still reporting a few issues. It is reporting vastly fewer issues as it originally reported about 300,000 issues originally, but I assumed it would repair them all. Also tried using the Make Manifold button while the model and clothing was selected and with just the clothes selected and it looks like it is either deleting all the clothes that cling to the body only leaving the parts that protrude a lot.

[@PrintThatThing]

I would have to see the design to better understand and assist you. Feel free to send a screenshot to my email on my website: www.PrintThatThing.us

[@johnl6176]

Thanks for this. I was wondering what the value next to Degenerate represents. Is it a value that depends on the 3D printer that is going to be used? Something to do with resolution, for instance.

[@PrintThatThing]

Thanks. That's helpful. Glad you learned and taught me something too :)

[@circdesk7709]

Is there a way to hollow out inner mesh that have been combined with multiple objects?

[@PrintThatThing]

I'm sure there is a way. I havent tried that technique before

[@lyricalsoda]

Even after I enabled the 3D printing never appeared... Its enabled of course..

[@PrintThatThing]

click "n" on your keyboard. That should bring up the information panel on the right side of your 3D viewport. You should see a tab called the 3D Print (toollbox)

[@goku445]

@@PrintThatThing Yep, same problem here, maybe it depends on the object? Incompatible?

[@PrintThatThing]

Thanks. Make sure you click on a 3D object first. Once you click on an object the 3D print toolbox tab should appear on the information panel(n) to the right of the 3D viewport.

[@goku445]

@@PrintThatThing Thanks for answering. I had the object selected, but it's an import from a "dirty" SVG with no define contour. I have no issue with the default cube or basic ojects tho, the menu is showing. So maybe there are rules to follow.

[@PrintThatThing]

Yeah, that makes sense. Seems it only works for mesh data/objects?

[@clusternova6278]

great vid! crystal clear thumbs up for you mister!

[@marcingogowski6077]

thank you

[@PrintThatThing]

Welcome! Thanks for watching Marcin 👀 🙂

[@Sockpoppet]

Thank you🖤

[@PrintThatThing]

Welcome!

[@videoslice2683]

blender 2.90.1 solid check doesn't give an output so nothing selectable! only option is to correct them

[@PrintThatThing]

Thanks for letting me know. Looking into this now

[@PrintThatThing]

Also make sure you have pressed TAB on the keyboard to switch into "edit mode". If you view the 3D print toolbox addon in "Object Mode" you won't see the clickable results. Let me know of that works for you

[@videoslice2683]

@@PrintThatThing oh sorry! I'm a noobie you're right I wasn't in edit mode! It's working now

[@PrintThatThing]

All good. I did that too when starting out. Glad its working for you now. :) keep creating VideoSlice

[@julianbrizuela7323]

i just download blender and i dont have "3d printing" option in the information bar. just "view", "tool" and "item"

[@PrintThatThing]

Make sure you turned on the 3D Printing Toolbox "add on" in the preferences. Once you enable the add on you should see the 3D printing tab appear under the "view" tab. Let me know if you have any more issues. :)

[@eversonpossamai3669]

I had the same problem. Just found that it was happening because there was no object being modele. Just insert any one and the addon will show.

[@Da-ko3ye]

I dont know why but it doesnt work att all on my model, I see plenty of non-flat faces and it detects none

[@PrintThatThing]

Not sure. I'd have to see your project.

[@nagysamuel2575]

Thx!, This was really helpful I dont know if i can prepare my Mesh though, Its too complex

[@PrintThatThing]

Yeah sometimes they can be tough!