How to Blender To 3D Printer - The Basics | Tutorial | Blender for 3D Printing

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A detailed guide of the basics of bringing a file into and out of blender for 3d printing. We will be doing a minor change and then export it as an .stl and .obj for 3d printing.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - What This Video Is about
0:23 - Where I got my file
0:41 - Importing STL
01:07 - Minor Modifications
02:14 - Simplifying Geometry
02:57 - Move Modifications
08:01 - Checking The Model
09:19 - Exporting For 3D Printing
09:56 - Slicer Check
10:24 - Other Exporting Options
10:57 - Closing Notes

[@peterallen964]

I've spent about a week trying to slice an stl I'd modified in blender. I'd ended up recreating it from scratch, but it was still missing layers and generally not working. 10 minutes watching this video, and all is fixed. Thank you! The 3d print toolbox was brilliant

[@Keep-Making]

Hey Peter, I'm so happy to hear that this video came in useful!

[@OxysLokiMoros]

​@@Keep-Making How can I change the size of my object? I need 18cm x18 cm for the 3D printer. But with scaling I can't see if it is centimeters or something else... thanks alot!

[@erispe]

Wow the CAD transform addon looks like what I have been missing from trying to switch from Maya. I am used to snapping my move pivot to verts and was so frustrated it couldn't be done. So glad I saw this!

[@John_Henry83]

Thank you so much for having the screencast keys on when you made this video. I have been preaching that to the blender tutorial community for 15 years.

[@RafS-vd3mz]

As someone who wants to get into designing my own stuff for 3d printing, this is mind blowing. Long way to go! Thank you for putting out great content.

[@SasquatchSmuggler]

How is it going by now?

[@overclockist]

Thank you for including the simplify geometry tut, modifying a car body scan . Smoothing and sculpting it was making the file huge and hard to handle!!

[@Keep-Making]

Great to hear Neo! I'm happy I was able to help.

[@SuperAwesomeReasons]

Liked, commented, subscribed as soon as I realized you kept your key presses on screen.

[@Keep-Making]

Much appreciated!

[@TraitorFelon.14.3]

Fine enough to import a ready made model and make a working printable stl, but if the desire is to create from scratch in Blender, action NUMBER ONE should be to change scale to 0.001 Then set the length measure to millimeters.

[@joshwolfer]

Thank you for this. I'd never used blender before and this is exactly what I needed

[@bowbowjang4281]

I cannot express how helpful this was! Cheers mate!

[@XxBlindoutxX]

havent used blender in years, its so much more advanced now. thank you for the quick reminder of everything

[@davids9027]

Thanks. Your presentation is clear and concise. Your voice is easy to understand and your delivery just right for tutorials. This was very useful to me.

[@Keep-Making]

You're very welcome! and thank you David S

[@FormerlyKnownAsAndrew]

This is next level stuff. I didn't even know this was possible.

[@core36]

After looking into software options for commercial use, I’ve decided to keep using blender. I’m not so big on 3d printing that I can afford paying 1000-3000€ every year and I’m not going to use pirated software at work. Blender might not be the best option, but it’s certainly has the most attractive pricing model

[@TheMovieUniverse]

Ive played around with blender. And it's good. The problem is I can never find a good up to date tutorial

[@AngryWildMango]

amazing tutorial! I'm tying to make a grip for the Gameboy Advance (because no one has actually done it, Crazy!) Editing someone's 3DS grip to fit a GBA. I was sculping, but now I'm going to go back and do some precision work.

[@Keep-Making]

Sounds like you have a great project on your hands and very very welcome

[@Kad255]

THANK YOU MY FRIEND, I can now make my 3d printed gift for my gf

[@Vexelius]

Thank you very much for making this video and sharing your knowledge! Last time I used Blender to edit an existing STL for 3D printing... It wasn't a very nice experience to me.

[@Keep-Making]

No Problem Vexelius! I know the feeling... my first time opening an STL in blender it felt like a nightmare! I'm really happy i've been able to help you at a little bit.

[@RocktCityTim]

Mind Blown! 🤯

[@jirkadolezal8127]

thank you very much

[@tomknud]

Thanks

[@BuilderTrevin]

Thank you this is exactly what i needed! I love blender too! I usually use it for low poly models in video games for unreal engine. But now i can export my intentions from blender to my printing thank you. Big likes and sunscribing!

[@OxysLokiMoros]

How can I change the size of my object? I need 18cm x18 cm for the 3D printer. But with scaling I can't see if it is centimeters or something else... thanks alot!

[@JonLaRue]

I need to make peg board hooks this is a perfect project for me to learn Blender!

[@lottalava]

very nice

[@citizenclown]

One thing I'd add to this is when you import the STL, just select all after you limited dissolve and merge vertices by distance to a reasonable number. I find extra non-manifold geometry all the time in downloaded files, plus STL tris aren't always clean. But great tips! Thank you very much!

[@KRStudios-ev8ng]

super helpful thank you!

[@krissosful]

Amazing and detailed explanation. Thanks a lot. Already subscribed:)

[@BabaLoochi]

What is a pegboard? How am I supposed to know when to change around the settings? Im getting a Mighty for Christmas and I dont want to mess anything up, and there doesnt seem to be many guides without having prior knowledge on other things as well.

[@Gametime05577]

thanks

[@TheRealityTwister]

HELP!! I am on a mac.. I am selected the object then going into xray mode and press C but my object is NOT TURN blue

[@Seawolf159]

What about the overhang it mentions?

[@isauromanuel]

What graphicd card is good enough for 3d modeling and sculpting models for 3d printing in 2022?

[@pablofalero1989]

Muy bueno el video! No se ingles la verdad, pero con el traductor pude entender bastante

[@robfrydryck127]

There is not much on blemder for 3d printers. please keep it up! Can you do a figure? or some things that are not so part like and more characters? like how do you make a charicer 3d print and look good.

[@lordneverthelordofthedarkn7291]

what commands do you use to print? how do I ad my printer?

[@palatyim8338]

Hi Tales, I find this video of yours very good and useful. I have a question for a short factual description, although according to my experience, after bending an object, 1000-2000 or more or less "overhang faces" warnings are generated, depending on the number of polygons of the mesh. My question would be, in this case, is it more expedient to ignore these "overhang faces" and rely on the support of the actual slicing application, or is there some kind of solution that does not significantly deviate from the original concept? Maybe you can also make a video about it or give your opinion in the description. Thanks.

[@OxysLokiMoros]

How can I change the size of my object? I need 18cm x18 cm for the 3D printer. But with scaling I can't see if it is centimeters or something else... thanks alot!

[@noahnyman4420]

I cant find the 3d toolbox addon can someone tell me why?

[@agentprimus1423]

Same here

[@JRTET21]

Why not just use edge length tool? Is it inaccurate? Basically gives you measurement of every edge on the model

[@LLEVISE]

Hey man, when I import my stl files into blender, it set the XYZ scales to 1 but when I measure it with the measure tool it’s 30 meters, how do I edit the “meters”

[@colincampbell3679]

I can hardly keep up with blender.. it keeps being updated and changed.. in the space of 3 months it was updated and changed how you use it and it's controls over 15 times now! It is damn hard enough trying to learn this software without the blender group keep on changing it all the time such that all the controls and functions and layouts are changed. It is on a fully new version now. I really need to learn it so I can do 3D modeling for my 3D printing, but I can't re-learn totally changed controls on it many times.

[@elballoonrat]

I thought the cube is 2x2x2 meters. suprised the part imported larger than the default cube, I'm assuming you have some preferances or settings that make the default units, sizes, and size of grid different?

[@VR-jg3sp]

Hi Jonathan - at about 10:00 in, you're checking how the piece will print in a "slicer" mock-up app. WHICH app is that? And do you still recommend it? I'm a BRAND new Noob, so easiest is best for me. Thank you! Lippy.

[@aggelosthomas1564]

can you tell me how we could create a hood scoop for car hood ?

[@fpsmizzy9954]

when i use blender all my files are like 30 THOUSE centimeters. i just installed the program. how do i fix this?

[@keithmeyer9450]

8:16 i enabled the 3d printing options but how do i actually select it to use it?

[@therussian8604]

By doing this can we sell it or is it still considered copyright?

[@mysterymatt4761]

how would i export as a G-Code? Thank you!

[@jayrog868]

I can’t find the 3D print toolbox tool even after activating it, how to I open the toolbox?

[@takenbyblancship1017]

What are the problems you can encounter with the Parameters on the 3D printer

[@trismvs]

Would you happen to know the source for the CAD transforms add-on? the top result has a different UI icon than the one present in your video

[@exl9997]

This is a very good video, thanks a bunch!

[@Keep-Making]

Glad it was helpful Exl999!

[@TheRealityTwister]

how do you get the 3d Print box to pop up

[@Warthog71]

New sub! Great tutorial.

[@victorialyle2003]

Morning do u do teaching on this ?one on one? Like a zoom or Slack call?

[@raginggamer2109]

I know I am 2years late lol but so you have a video on how to set my resin printer volume in blender so I can then just build within those parameters? I have the Anycubic Photon Mono 4k

[@xplxmarek]

Nice. Next time use onshape. XD

[@cartermclaughlin2908]

This is a bit old. Is this video fairly applicable to 4.11?

[@albertwesker828]

What a great video, subscribed.

[@Keep-Making]

Awesome, thank you!

[@fullygeareddude4330]

When I enable the 3d Print Toolbox addon, it doesn't show up on my right menu. Cannot figure out how to access it.

[@fullygeareddude4330]

Nevermind, apparently you have to have a mesh selected before the tab is visible. Which is just asking for idiots like me to post questions like this, but that's ok haha.

[@makun2036]

hey man! thanks for sharing, when i use construction line addon...could you please tell me why i press number 3, only change the view, i can not set the parameter of the line..ps i use mac system:)cheers..

[@hypersonicmonkeybrains3418]

If i make a sphere in blender then print it will the walls be wafer thin? do i need to make it a solid object somehow?

[@ayzecream2487]

@Maker Tales can you please help me ??!! I created an object in blender and wanted to print that. So I exported it as a stl-file and wanted to print it with ultimaker cura , but when i want to add it into ulimaker, there comes this massage : {0} could not be loaded. The file could be corrupt or inaccessible. What can I do ??

[@Keep-Making]

Hey Maze, join up the discord and there i'll be able to help your the best way possible.

[@lowdefazura3950]

@@Keep-Making I posed my model I got for my dnd mini. No matter what I do, the outside armor for my model just never gets printed. I don’t know what to do. I am not sure if the model needs thickness or not. Any suggestions on what I should do?

[@poptartslayerz]

Trying to switch from mastercam, video was much needed. Thank you! also could you compensate for machine offset with horizontal expansion @1:45

[@Keep-Making]

Hey Stew, No problem i'm happy I could help, My Z is actually dead on for me it's only my X,Y plain that I have to worry about.

[@benben2846]

excellent, thank you!

[@billy_vr]

i had a stroke while reading the title

[@stillpointx2623]

Great job!!!

[@Keep-Making]

Thank you Stillpoint X!!

[@KAZVorpal]

To make this tutorial more useful, you need to explain a LITTLE more of what you're doing. It's true that tutorials are not supposed to bog us down with information, but you're failing to give context in too many spots. SOME idea of what Limited Dissolve is, and even one phrase about what the metric is that it uses (.1 what?) would help immensely. When people understand something, they remember it better later and learn new things about it better. Similarly, "get that rotation" didn't involve telling us HOW you were rotating. One of the biggest problems with tutorials, or teaching people in general, is when the teacher assumes knowledge the recipient doesn't actually have. That's the error, here. You say if we want to learn more about Blender, to check out some series of yours, but you're not even seeding this with enough info to duplicate what you're doing by rote. I'm repeatedly left wondering how or why to do something.

[@Keep-Making]

Please do take a look at the 2 years of blender tutorials I have on my channel. I do feel that one of the largest issues new users think 3D modeling is a quick easy thing... the honest truth is that's its not really if you want to do it well and understandwhat your doing. This is why it's a profession to be a 3D modeler. But by all means all the info you clearly know I'm missing out on is in the over 30+ free education content on Maker Takes.

[@KAZVorpal]

@@Keep-Making Yes, but this is presented not as a tutorial for someone who already knows 3D modeling, but one implicitly for people unfamiliar to it. Otherwise, they could infer most of it without watching the video. As I said, you are leaving out BASIC steps that would take only seconds to explain.

[@Wow-xi3xz]

Should I change the unit scale in the scene settings to 1/1000 of a meter?

[@Keep-Making]

YUP! Here is a full course that will explain everything about precision modelling in blender kzbin.info/aero/PL6Fiih6ItYsXzUbBNz7-IvV7UJYHZzCdF

[@OxysLokiMoros]

​@@Keep-Making How can I change the size of my object? I need 18cm x18 cm for the 3D printer. But with scaling I can't see if it is centimeters or something else... thanks alot!

[@SimchaYaffa]

this is good stuff - thank you

[@Keep-Making]

Great to hear it Simcha! Thank you.

[@saabyurk]

Bummer. Nice video but when I click "Check all", blender crashes. Linux Mint 20.3

[@ddrusa]

Finally

[@shiftycarmack8019]

I'm an idiot.. Felt like I just walked into a college lecture at the end of the course.

[@swawssfm9760]

step 1 download doom eternal assets step 2 port from blender to 3d print

[@shannonm3841]

this would be great if i knew how to use blender, you start by saying i go into edit mode and look the geometry its messy, ...well how exactly are you getting to edit mode ? i get you are prob clicking shortcuts but i have no idea what they are

[@KyronC]

press tap :D

[@gunderalex]

This vid might be a bit advanced if you don't know Blender. He's got a good beginner course kzbin.info/aero/PL6Fiih6ItYsXzUbBNz7-IvV7UJYHZzCdF

[@2bitnerd]

This video doesn't explain why you're doing each action.

[@aimcorp6563]

Thank you for this. Can you do a Nigel thornberry impersonation well?

[@Keep-Making]

Hi Aim, So happy it was useful. "Smashing" 😂

[@US-vy8up]

MAN 7 minutes for your edit...ahgggrrr

[@blazera]

step 1, download a finished STL file??

[@Keep-Making]

this video is very much how to get form Blender to a 3D printer.... If you are looking to learn blender this might be a better step one for you =) kzbin.info/aero/PL6Fiih6ItYsXzUbBNz7-IvV7UJYHZzCdF

[@NightVisionOfficial]

I always forget to turn the scale of my Full Blender model, to 1000X on export, that sucks man :/ And i always come to this video, to get almost nothing new, but just to remember my self to do that :I , Why blender, WHY!!

[@curtisw5873]

Can anyone explain why he chose that certain point and axis when scaling?

[@Keep-Making]

Hey Walkleycur 2016, Sorry for the delay in my reply. Well in a nutshell i picked a middle point and any edge really that would be perpendicular to that point. I also make sure it's constrained to an axis and this will be sure that I don't scew the model.

[@PassiveDissimulation]

How're you displaying your key presses? post, or is it a program?

[@Keep-Making]

Hey PassiveDissimulation I use Keypress OSD

[@BalearicCoatingSolutions]

Hey man. I have brought a Elegoo Mars Pro to print some hinge sleeves for some metal shutters. However watching now how to design things is looking like an advanced form of photoshop which i also cant use. I was okay with ms.paint back in the day but all of this new shit is beyond me. If i could send you some images of what i wanted to do and all the sizes and thickness would you be able to design it for me pretty please.

[@fiftytwojewellery714]

Hey, I'm having trouble with a model. The problem is that the model is hollow, I've tried to use solidify but it hasn't worked. Any idea how I could get a model from hollow to solid for 3d printing?

[@Keep-Making]

Hey FiftyTwo Jewellery, First I would say that if you are just jumping into blender to go through this course: kzbin.info/aero/PL6Fiih6ItYsXzUbBNz7-IvV7UJYHZzCdF Apart from that feel free to ask this question in the discord server and then i'll be able to help you properly as here on youtube it's hard to communicate and share files

[@34Witchdoctor]

Is it possible to save the STL or OBJ on a jump drive until you have access to a 3d printer?

[@Keep-Making]

Yup, you can export an stl / obj anywhere you would like to save it.

[@34Witchdoctor]

@@Keep-Making Thank you so much!

[@jackshavlik]

Nothing will be in millimetres by default, and if you are new to blender like me, you won't know how to do that. He has an excellent video about how to set the numeric scale of everything here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqXaol_mK6Gl9k

[@TraitorFelon.14.3]

Or you could simply set the Blender scale to 0.001 and measurements to millimeters. The View option for objects will tell you the size of your object. And it will be the same size in the STL and therefore on the 3D printer.

[@OxysLokiMoros]

How can I change the size of my object? I need 18cm x18 cm for the 3D printer. But with scaling I can't see if it is centimeters or something else... thanks alot!

[@WaqManVR]

You didnt eleven show the end product if everything worked out alright

[@cruzearnold2664]

Did you have an Aneurysm? @8:24

[@maycogaspar]

Where is this Basic?

[@kristofernephilim]

where do i get that cad tool not finding it anywhere

[@Keep-Making]

Hi nephilim, this should help you out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioiooI2dndCUosU

[@kristofernephilim]

@@Keep-Making thanks

[@rubangga4694]

It took 1,5 hours to finish watcNice tutorialng tNice tutorials 18 MINUTES video wNice tutorialle doing all the sa steps on soft soft myself. My brain is fried and

[@othoapproto9603]

no mater what I do Blender will not export the correct mm scale.

[@jirkadolezal8127]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@xander9003]

I got the feeling inside my bones

[@andershenriksen7592]

Man, you really can’t avoid Devin in the 3D printing work can you? 😂

[@Keep-Making]

Yup.... He is one of the rulers of the 3D printing kingdom 😂

[@andershenriksen7592]

@@Keep-Making yeah definitely, he’s the one who got me into 3D printing in the first place

[@eygs493]

why?

[@zarco5855]

How is this "The Basics" my dude???

[@danclark2914]

You lost me at edit mode.

[@Pengquy]

You sound kinda like……. J.A.R.V.I.S

[@melcrose]

"The basics" lololololololololololololol

[@ZenHulk]

If that's the most simplest ways of explaining blender, you should stop making videos. Some people just don't make good teachers.

[@Keep-Making]

Gary, If you are leaning blender I would suggest starting form the start kzbin.info/aero/PL6Fiih6ItYsXzUbBNz7-IvV7UJYHZzCdF

[@Keep-Making]

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