How To Fit ANY 3D Model on ANY 3D Printer! - A Cutting and Slicing Tutorial

[@neonnerd1364]

I've only been 3d printing for 2 weeks now and I didn't realize exactly how much I didn't know. I still don't even know what I don't know. I'm very thankful for your videos and everyone else's helpful videos. If it wasn't for you guys I'd never be able to do this.

[@3DJapan]

I do all my sculpting and a lot of printing prep in 3D-Coat. One tool it has will slice the model into pieces like this but it will also automatically add registration pegs and holes for gluing the printed parts back together. Of course you can adjust the shape of the pegs, number, position, etc.

[@evilwearsgucci]

is it free?

[@richard3365]

@@evilwearsgucci Not even close. Luban does essentially the same thing and is considerably cheaper ... but it's still not free. Slic3r and Meshmixer are the only free programs I know of that actually work for this, and I don't really like using Slic3r.

[@edaps]

You can also use 3D-Builder (free) to add a cylinder where you want the pegs and then subtracting the cylinder where necessary

[@willwalterburns]

Is there a walkthrough on how to slice the model into pieces on 3D-Coat? I just downloaded it and having a tough time finding up-to-date information.

[@EJReed]

@@evilwearsgucci€379

[@akspa0]

This video quickly answered my questions. You did a damn good job explaining how to cut big models, and introduced some clever tricks using other tools that are likely already in our arsenals for 3d printing. You saved me countless hours of pulling my hair out. Thanks!

[@FranklyBuilt]

Hey no problem!!

[@Icarus9083]

I’ve literally been struggling with this the last two hours. Perfect timing

[@SeanWainwright24]

Thanks for the video. I like that you broke down slicing and the options in a single video in an easy to understand manner. You managed to combine about 10 videos in a single and digestible bite.

[@terranwehrman6884]

I just started 3d printing and this was so informative and I learned so much. I’m so excited to print lots of things!

[@joshblancher7429]

How’s it going so far I just started printing to and it’s awesome

[@TheBroadcastNinja]

I love the disclaimer of belittlement.....that alone got me subscribed! Great to meet you....

[@3dartstudio007]

I seriously appreciate the video. Me and slic3r are now BFF's! And opening a whole new world of possibilities! Thank you!

[@jamesfenton3935]

this has legit been the best vid ive found in terms of simple information thats easy for a beginner to understand. thanks man!!

[@FranklyBuilt]

Oh wow thank you!

[@muhammadadamrizkys.s.3697]

YOU ARE OUR LIFE SAVER!!!

[@SGTSkully]

Getting a new board and touch screen installed on my Ender 3 Pro this weekend then I am going to be pushing towards printing my suit for next years Indiana Comic Con. I was suggested your videos and found this one on slicing. Thank you. You make things eeasy to learn and process. You're a legend of the 3D Printing World.

[@solngv8]

20:29 Mind blown. This will save me so much time!

[@dougnoel1]

Slic3r worked great for me, thanks! I was looking up tutorials and they were all so complicated and I remembered you had made one. 6 minutes in and my problem was solved!

[@JayJacksRC]

Bro that intro might ruffle some feathers but as far as I’m concerned that intro just got you a new subscriber! ME!!! Lol

[@zallibik9931]

dude thank you once again for hitting all the points needed. you deserve every bit of success u get

[@matgggg55]

I am not new to 3D printing at all and I still learned some things , had no idea you could scale support blocker blocks lol great video!

[@FranklyBuilt]

You’re welcome! Haha

[@xXPhanillaXx]

Just bought my first 3d printer and have been watching every single video you have made, can't wait for it to get here so I can make me an Iron man suit!!!

[@Jackhammer917]

LOVE your videos. I just got into 3d printing and learned soo much! appreciate the videos.

[@SpiceeMustard]

Thanks for this video. I've been printing since 2012 when I got a MakerBot (I know, boooooooo!) and had NO IDEA Slic3r had that function and have been re-modeling things that were too big for the printers I've owned over the years. Call me dopey but when I've asked on Reddit/Thingiverse over the years absolutely NO ONE could give me an answer on how to cut models apart. I was actually called stupid for asking a few times and stopped even though I knew it existed somewhere. Thanks again!

[@FranklyBuilt]

Reddit is the worst place for 3D printing. It’s toxic. Stay way from it haha 😆

[@SpiceeMustard]

@@FranklyBuilt lol! Ya think? By the way because of your video I was able to slice a solid model of Deckard's blaster from Blade Runner. I'm going to try to sand cast it in Aluminum on Twitch this week. That's how quickly you changed just one person's life, even just a little, with your video. Thanks again. Subscribed!

[@FranklyBuilt]

Wow!!! That’s. Wow. Thank you so much for that.

[@JeremieDeWitt]

love your tiktoks and now found this. can't wait to watch more.

[@buzzybee8704]

Thank you I’m new to 3D printing and this helped so much. Keep up the good work.

[@canadianfencer]

Haha I was halfway through writing a comment asking why not use a 3D pen instead when you explained why. Awesome video - and channel, really, been watching some of the backlog to try to learn some more stuff.

[@irikuchitharnaby1219]

You just helped me save my head and wall i was banging my head on a wall trying to figure out how to do things and this video helped me so much thank you i really needed to see this video

[@RoryDouglas-l2t]

110% Appreciate this video I was sitting here like there's gotta be a way to do this. Well done in breaking down how and why and some alternate ideas.

[@tsunamisands]

I'm a totally noob at this, haven't printed anything yet, only just set up the Ender printer and opened a file I got to find it's bigger than the plate. Thanks for sharing, I figured there must be a way to cut up the model into smaller pieces, I just had no way of knowing how to go about it.

[@sp276]

Holly crap, what a King!

[@swc2001]

You are such a good mentor, and nice person! Thank You!!!

[@jackolantern610]

Will second. Seconded.

[@aliabolhassani5820]

LOVE your videos sir! Well done!

[@diniitotoom2526]

Finally. Seen u alot on tiktok. Now that i got a printer im on youtube

[@shawnhamilton173]

the start of this video got my sub thanks bro your awesome

[@Lunolux]

when i needed to print some item that are bigger than my 3D printer... i used to use some cardboard to make the design "in real life" and then split them in many piece and take the dimension for each item to make in the 3D designer... and print each item alone xD thx for the video.

[@markelven1552]

Great video Frank. I am sure it will help people out enormously now all this information is in one video. Keep up the great work!

[@RoadwarriorPictures]

THIS HELPS SO MUCH!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@masony8356]

Awesome video this is a great resource for a new printer you earned a sub!

[@MrFathead]

This is really easy and works, thank you.

[@KurayamiWinter]

Ohhh learning lots here today. :3 Merry Christmas btw.

[@marcuswilliams2345]

Great video just what I needed. Perfect timing.

[@sonnet145]

This was so simple and helpful thank you so much.

[@JordanBuilds3D]

I had no idea that slic3r could fuse pieces of models together as long as they're saved and exported correctly from the creator. I was thinking though if your model comes in 12 different pieces and there isn't a full model to one-shot there might be a good reason (besides size) the modeler didn't include that. Might be a good idea to reach out to them and ask why. Awesome tutorial Frank!

[@Bassotronics]

Awesome!

[@ps4lm]

u tought me a lot of new stuff, thanks a lot for this. im going to check ur plastic soldering tecnique

[@TheReal-MFer]

The link on Slic3r doesnt work. It is broken is there another place to download it ?

[@deadlotus4445]

OMG! This is wicked awesome for miniatures and cutting bits off and saving those small pieces to print just those!!

[@Submanca]

I do the same sort of thing you are doing but I include mortise and tenons in the cuts so things fit together much cleaner and easier.

[@FlameSoulis]

Thank you for this video. It seriously saved me out of a bind when trying to print out keyboard cases.

[@PadawanKestis]

My brother just gave me my first 3D printer and I am here to learn :3

[@mikol0070]

Really appreciate this post. Thanks for the info

[@bj2mill]

I need to print that iron man suit Thanks for the video, new to printing and this answered a huge question. Thank you.

[@slinkymike1988]

Great video frank

[@SpectorSpider]

Dude you're awesome thank you for this.

[@homemadestudios99x]

Bro thanks for the video super helpful

[@IWETROBOTICS]

Awesome studio

[@timeattackghost]

Pretty new to 3D printing and your video helped A LOT. Especially for the stuff on slic3r and the support blocks on Cura, which I never about until now. Great tutorial man! Well worth the 26 minutes lol

[@brettbeekmann9324]

Well now I know some tricks when I get a fdm printer. But I got what I needed for my resin printer.

[@nidhogg3390]

I like to use meshmixer with plugs so they all fit perfectly. Great video love the swords, i made the buster sword not long ago. With my gaps with print i use both 3D pen and soldering iron. Pen to fill in gaps and Solder to smooth them out.

[@legendarymasterchief7620]

Could you tell me what plugs you used for Meshmixer specifically? I have a lot of large/complex pieces to print and it’d be a huge help.

[@marcayres8567]

very helpful cheers frank

[@wsj1983]

I'm entering 3d printing just now and I was really expecting it to have quick and easy slicing tools, with built in attachments and snaping mechanism between parts. Maybe a feel more years ahead :D

[@MrTimmmers]

Brilliant , thanks.

[@johnnyhoriuchi9528]

Thanks for your help

[@eduardpostma1356]

Thanks for this how to. Now i can cut my mk25 helmet perfect for my Ender 5 plus. I know it can do it in 1 piece but with wat to much support. You're the man, the myth, the legend

[@chadwickbikerboy09]

Great video as always. One tip though, I have heard frank refer to this in every video he mentions super glue in, all super glue is cyanoacrylate. There aren’t really 2 part super glues. Or if there are they are all technically 2 part if you use an activator. Activators will work with any super glue, you don’t have to buy the same activator to go with whatever brand glue you buy. Or If you have left over glue/activator it’ll work with whatever activator/glue you can find. I’ve used mitreapel, 2p10 and starbond accelerators on cheap super glues, along with gorilla glues, starbond, and 2p10 glue And have not noticed any difference 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@theboredtrucker3898]

Any advice for resin printers? And how do you weld the pieces on detailed sculpts like statues?

[@PWNHUB]

You know when welding you cut a bevel on the two sides so the weld fills in the gap.

[@andrewziegler2608]

Thank you. I learned a lot

[@rdcabal]

For rod-shaped sections like a sword handle, one can integrate a threaded hole and a screw

[@carlkeeling]

Very helpful, thanks 😊👍

[@brettbeekmann9324]

Thank you soo much btw!

[@mindcraftful]

U just helped me out A LOT

[@rustyv6274]

Is there a in-depth tutorial for mesh mixer?

[@ebrahiemmurphy6506]

Most informative video I've seen for a while on making 3d printing, covering most of the things I wish I knew when getting my Ender3 ,thanks for sharing. Video is fast, but to the point.

[@doomdoomtv316]

great timing! im buying an ender 3 and i know nothing about printing

[@AHeadC]

Great tutorial, definitely going to be handy on my 200x200x180 volume.

[@Super-Duper_Space_Goat]

This tutorial is a new fact of my life on my 150x110x145 printer

[@tjbehrens7077]

Hey frank I have a question. When you are in mesh mixer or slicer and you need to cut a helmet, when you scale it in those programs before cutting, will they stay the same size in cura? I know you probably said whether or not in the video, but I didn’t catch it so could you help me out?

[@Jack-jw4lm]

Love this video, thank you. I never realised I could scale support blockers in cura, saved me a hell of a lot of time adding loads of little blocks 🙏

[@trhosking]

Watching you lift that printer by the gantry frame made me cry.

[@Kingpod]

I cannot seem to be able to get the Slic3r program any help would be appreciated

[@westindiis]

Perfecto ! You rocks

[@marlonglodo1930]

Try idea maker. It can cut in xyz and you can combine also without any problems.. Nice video cheers

[@BaldBeard_BlackShirt]

Great intro....people gotta hear it

[@Joezthepro]

Sir, were you holding a Ender 3? Cause that’s what I have and I wanna build a whole cosplay, probably gonna take a few months but I’m all about that! It’s gonna look so good when I finish it!

[@hamidhamouchi4437]

That was awesome ! Love it ! Frankly Built can you share the configuration of Profile that you made in Ultimaker Cura to get a good result as you. Thanks Bro ! Keep doing great videos !

[@FranklyBuilt]

I use stock settings in Cura mostly. I just change infill and speed and temp. Those are all things that vary per model and filament

[@MrTimmmers]

I'm wondering about using biscuits like in woodwork, printing slots for them in mating parts? Print biscuits to fit?

[@kamiegarczynski8426]

Just a quick question about filling. Can you used Foam Clay to fill, it's supposed to sand down easier?

[@mpulford311]

after you cut the model I noticed the holes in front where it fills back in. Maybe those rods are used to glue it back together?? Just wondering. Great video and as always keep up the great work.

[@j.a.o.9395]

Is slic3r still available? I tried downloading and the site kept crashing

[@foxdragon9498]

just use flashprint ( software that comes with flashforge printers ) you can cut by drawing lines and save as stl than print with cura

[@lonesn1per]

When you exported the chest plate into an stl file. There were two of them, Binary and ASCII @8:12. Which one did you click on?

[@chriscurrie5238]

I want to print several tall slender items. I am trying to place them next to each other and create supports between them to make them more stable similar to your sword printed as a block. I can't find anywhere that shows how to create the interconnects between parts on the same build plate?

[@edwincole2000]

Thanks Great for the information. I'm trying to scale up a print. I found a hand but it 2 inches tall I want to make it 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, how can I do this on a bambu a1?

[@KelliAmandaHoward]

So I know those titles saying best settings for blank printer are a little clickbaity but for newbies they’re definitely helpful because it gives you a starting point these are settings I know work for someone and their printer not perfect now let me adjust from there to see what works best for me and mine

[@johny_K99]

Fast question, this plate, in slic3r its all 3d printer plate?

[@mavemaggulle6677]

3d builder dies the same things slic3r does, but it doesnt randomly scale you models to 70% and its faster. Also the orienting feature is way better than the "lay flat" in cura. Try it out if you want, its fun !

[@spinenjoyer805]

Thanks for the tip

[@cguevara9014]

Great video Great info Just wondering is there any way to plane cut and assemble like a puzzle without just flat cuts and glue?

[@eldiablo3124]

I just ordered a kinda small 3D printer and was like damn I can't print big stuff w this and it's kinda too late am I screwed? You're right I had no idea about this thank you.

[@DanielleFrenette-s8b]

How do you glue all the pieces together with flat edges like that while making it stable? I was thinking they would need to be similar to puzzle pieces or it would snap off easily? Tips please!

[@Abossow77]

He uses metal rods, as he shows towards the end of the video

[@ronm6585]

Thanks.

[@shadacusblackheart6044]

Thanks Frank this has helped me take a huge ass sword that was in three chunks and make even smaller chunks. This is going to take me cosplay habits to the next level 😈

[@doaknife9161]

Hey got a question for you how do you cut a 3D print after it's been printed like a skull mask and you want to cut the letter to all off so it moves

[@herllraiser6662]

Give loctite 406 a go that super glue is way better, i even glue tpu together without coming apart when flexed. I use it on airsoft knife blades .

[@AndroidOO3]

My Hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!