How to Add Complex 3D Textures to 3D Prints using Blender

[@plutonthedarkmystic]

Man, this is EXACTLY the Tutorial i was hunting for the last months - because i don´t need baking tutorials for Games i needed this one for 3D printing projects. THX a lot! 😃

[@3dchimera]

Glad that it was helpful!

[@fuzzynippys]

you are a legend!!! THANKYOU finally someone with a good vid!

[@3dchimera]

@@fuzzynippys so happy to hear that it was helpful!

[@legionjames1822]

Nice. Thanks for making the video. Any opinion on solidworks texture editing feature people are using to do this. Is this still your prefered method?

[@jesse1794]

this video is actually so helpful, thank you

[@3dchimera]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thefosstube]

Nice video, would have loved to see it sliced and printed

[@chrisgenovese8188]

this was perfect, thank you!

[@3dchimera]

Glad it helped!

[@Johnny_blacklotostudio]

I followed the steps carefully but after I load the image nothing happens, no texture is applied, I loaded several STL files but nothing happens. What can be the cause?..

[@atomic.atelier]

really cool and fast solution, thanks for sharing!

[@3dchimera]

We are happy that it was helpful!!

[@Nickschaos81]

I am using the newest version of blender. I can follow you up till you apply texture and change to object then plane. Those options don't appear for me. Should I change versions of blender? Is there another way in the newest version? Any help would be appreciated

[@ReneRosa]

same! Trying to add textures from graphica textures that already exited in a model to export as mesh to give the 3d print the look of the object instead of the wireframe and i am completely lost @@Nickschaos81

[@anettebianca6855]

nice - done a tutorial with Sine and Arctan in Shader Nodes to fake-displace, this is useful to print ♥

[@3dchimera]

Happy that it was helpful for you!

[@ytvideos101]

Very informational for newbies like me. Is there a surface template for a crochet/knitted texture? TIA!

[@3dchimera]

Happy to hear that it was helpful! Unfortunately, we don't have a knitted texture readily available for sharing at the moment.

[@Nickschaos81]

I am using the newest version of blender. Downloaded 12/5/22. I can follow and understand up till the part where you apply texture, then select object then plane. I don't have the options that you have? Not sure what to do here, and am very new to blender.

[@3dchimera]

That is always a challenge with a tool like Blender that is getting updated all the time. Wishing you the best!

[@joaocosta5468]

would it be better to put the subd modifier before the displace?

[@3dchimera]

We have not tried that approach. Give it a shot and let us know what you think in the comments here.

[@katzemaunzi2217]

Hey there could you help me 😅, i have stl files wich schould have a digital paint on them but if i port them into blender they are white.

[@silverbullet6833]

Is there a video for isolating the top layer?

[@3dchimera]

We don't have one on that at the moment, but we will share your comment with the content team for a potential future video.

[@frittenpeter]

good stuff

[@3dchimera]

Thank you! It is always nice to get positive feedback =)

[@prxrb]

how do you scale the texture if it is too dense or sparse?

[@3dchimera]

We will try to include that in a future video.

[@Shoesstartech]

❤❤

[@glamke]

This method only works with curved surfaces with many vertices. It doesn't apply to planar faces because the effect is only at vertices.

[@ludnix]

For anyone reading, you could subdivide your plane if you're not getting enough vertices or use the voxel remeshing tool from the sculpt panel. A plane doesn't have to be an efficient 4 vertices, it can be subdivided to fit the complexity of the geometry needed.

[@AndyEngelkemier]

He should actually be putting the subdivide modifier Above, and choose simple. Alternatively, some CAD software like Rhino has mesh options for maximum edge length. Set that to your minimum feature size, and you'll get a really nice even mesh (it will be Heavy). As you've noticed, displacement modifier will do nothing without the vertices to move, which is why adding a subdivision modifier after is just "smoothing" it by sort of blurring the results. Adding it first will make it more smooth And correct. Be sure to change it to simple first. And disable the displacement modifier before you add it first. Check the size of the resulting mesh, THEN enable it again.

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