How To: Shoulder Joints in Nomad on iPad for 3D Printing

After playing around with making an action figure, I thought people would appreciate a tutorial on how to make these joints in Nomad Sculpt on the iPad. This is purely in Nomad, and specifically for FDM printing (filament based 3d printers).
The files for this will be on my patreon I guess? Does anyone want the files for this video? Maybe.
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Resources I mentioned:
@SouthernGFX nomad tutorials: / southerngfx
Hasbro explaining joints in Zbrush for injection molding: • Hasbro Toys - Star War...
and here's the full action figure of Old Man Ninja Turtle: www.printables.com/model/2410...
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[@Zylouke]

Caleb, again THANK YOU SO MUCH I couldnt find any tutorials on youtube regarding a hinge and you were the only one who could help me so thank you 😁

[@CalebKraftmakes]

you're welcome!

[@zsmall]

Tio for anyone that sees this comment. When splitting the shoulder joint use the rectangle split tool instead of the line and make it the size of the middle section you want. Doing this will make sure it's straight and also automatically join the two outsides of the joint together.

[@LexiLake]

Thank you so much, this video single handedly made my toy modeling class final project possible

[@CalebKraftmakes]

oh wow, great!

[@b.d.y.k.1081]

Just found this, your genius has not gone unnoticed, salute.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

haha, thanks

[@sierraecho884]

I could never design on an iPad, I already died inside a little watching you do it.

[@GlyphAnim]

this has been something i've been looking for for about a week now, tysm i have just started getting into 3d printing and all of this has been super useful info thanks a ton

[@jaju7174]

I needed this video so bad. Thank you so much please make more 🙏🙏🙏

[@CalebKraftmakes]

hmm, I'm no pro. not sure what else to even cover!

[@garrettglass8854]

Awesome. I am struggling with this program since I got it as a brain break from blender. I really wish nomad sculpt had some of blenders features. One way i am having to find some of the precision I've been missing is to use that snap view box. When aligning the cylinder through the ball i would have looked from top view and centered them and then looked from right view and centered and then looked from front front view and centered. In any order just making sure orthographic view is active. As a person with disabilities it's nice to learn of your work. Thanks for doing that for disabled people.

[@sadieross-johnson2800]

Brilliant tutorial, many thanks

[@zsmall]

Thanks for this video! I was wanting to learn to model my own action figures and thanks to your I can do it in Nomad which is even better because I can do it anywhere.

[@ellegold1039]

Thank you so much for your time

[@firemyst9064]

Thanks for the clean video, and the links about more on joints! I thought about making my own action figures last year but didnt bother to search the net on types of joints and interlocking designs. Again, great video!

[@ERJKILLER]

Ótimo vídeo! Obrigado por partilhar! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alkalostrytoart1024]

madlad actually eyeball the entire process lol. This is very cool though. Can't wait to try it on my own. Have been experimenting best way to create joint for a little bit. Thanks for sharing dude.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

I eyeball everything!

[@nahomseyoum]

I don't usually comment on tutorial vids but this one was very helpful for my project im making now, I can apply the same principle in zbrush which is my primary software. looking forward for other type of joints for making action figure toys. Thank you for the great tutorial🙏🏾. Subscribed!

[@shamarmilton8626]

This is awesome, I’m trying my hand at nomad.

[@chaoticneutral6282]

Thank you really helpful

[@zeb.3d]

When i am trying to get precise fits, I use the gizmo settings. if you open up and pin the gizmo settings options, you can scale the different axis of the geometry inside the matrix settings. You can either punch in an exact number with your keyboard or with the apple pencil slide it left to right or right to left. For me, this is a much easier way to get precise fits. Hopefully, that helps.

[@eidany0son]

Awesome man! Thank you for explaning this in such a detailed way :) Im gonna trying to replicate it in 3Ds Max!

[@zazzenfuk]

Loved this video! Looking through your other vids, I'm jealous of your goats

[@GuzForster]

Thanks so much for making this tutorial! Seems to be a bit of a painful process in Nomad, gonna try the same technique in Blender with the Boxcutter addon

[@whackonaut]

thanks for the informative video, caleb! I am trying to sculpt my own line of action figures, this is very helpful! This looks really simple, but I was wondering, do the rods in the joints fall out easily?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

aw, you're welcome!

[@tbxtaicho]

Awesome man thanks for the help

[@CalebKraftmakes]

you're welcome!

[@balgrimesart564]

Thx for the tutorial, but I don't get what is the purpose of the hole at the end

[@TheGreatArloMan]

Good video

[@zekemittner2388]

This is going to help me I’m hoping to start making 3d printed action figures so this tutorial is great could you do the other joints tutorials too

[@zekemittner2388]

Like maybe the elbows and knees

[@palermo777]

I've been going back and forth converting low poly meshes to solids, adding this kind of joint geometry in a CAD program and finishing the resulting part with further detail in nomad.

[@josia3788]

Which cad are you using? I am using fusion 360 and when I try to convert the mesh, my pc explodes. Also, I am using the free license and it does not have the prismatic option, only faceted. The only thing that helped me a bit was reducing the faces, but it is still complicated. Thank you

[@palermo777]

@@josia3788 I am doing it using FreeCAD, not more than 10.000 faces for simplified organic shapes that I then add further detail to in mesh based software after adding the CAD alterations, so a lot of back and forth. I must say it is far from an optimal workflow but I'm sure I'll find better ways!

[@jfhiramia606]

can i ask what called , the pin rod you put in the whole?

[@willclark3921]

So. I’ve just finished a designer toy mock up in nomad. I was in the process of looking for a resin printer… I’ve now see this. What a amazing video. Do you think I could get my design made with a resin printer.. make silicon moulds and then cast these joints? My concern that resin would be too rigid for it.. I’m asking as I’m wondering if it’s worth going for a filament printer instead. I’ve wanted to do this for years. Finally learnt how to use Nomad. And now I’ve seen this vid, I’m now a little confused on which direction to take 😂. Thank you so much for the idea.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

there's not an easy answer to that. With this design, the resin will be too brittle to snap together. I tried it. Maybe if you added a .2mm gap it would be better, I have not tested that. If you printed in a semi flexible material it might be better as well. This specific method is for a filamnent based printer just because lots of people have them. Unfortunately if you are looking to make a professional prototype, filament based printers won't be great for you as they'll require a bunch of sanding to get rid of the layers.

[@willclark3921]

@@CalebKraftmakes thank you for the quick response Caleb, I was really only hoping to do a small production of maybe 40 to add to my Etsy. But I imagine it would really hit it off if it had joints. It’s only as I had semi settled on a resin printer. I just don’t want to have to print each figure for a customer. I was really hoping to make moulds so I could do a couple at a time. I guess I will have to see if there is something semi flexible I could pour into a silicone mould that would retain its strength. Thank you though Caleb, you’ve given me a couple of ideas to play around with for now. I’ve subbed and liked the video. Thank you so much

[@whackonaut]

@@willclark3921 I have had success printing masters for keshi toys on a DLP printer. The key is to make sure you're buying DLP or SLA resin that is castable, otherwise there's a really nasty chemical reaction between the mold making silicone and the resin, it gets really slimy and never cures between the master and the mold, and it ruins both. TheCrafsman has a good video on it!

[@whatyoudo9773]

its cool you can pull this off but so much easier to be precise in Fusion 360 or similar CAD prog

[@CalebKraftmakes]

I use fusion for all kinds of stuff, but have you tried sculpting a person in fusion?

[@whatyoudo9773]

@@CalebKraftmakes you would not want to try to sculpt too much in fusion, very buggie program for that.

[@pingunah]

Thank you! I bought an ipad for 3D modeling (among other things, but in a less artistic way), but shapr3D is juts too expensive if you use Brazilian Real currency... Nomad is way cheaper and now I know that I can do such "engineering" structures to print!

[@carlosorozco3368]

Did you really use a piece of filament as the pivot pin for the real figure or was a trim of metal wire?

[@yoo_money]

Hi, may I know that what material do u use to fix the small hole?

[@Zylouke]

Hello Caleb, very nice and informative video, can I use any other software to create this.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

yes, sculptris, sculptgl, zbrush core, forger, pretty much any sculpting software.

[@Zylouke]

@@CalebKraftmakes thanks

[@artmosphereID]

can you do that with model printed with resin?

[@mezlelove]

Would these joints work for elbows, knees, wrists, ankles and so on?

[@wholebitmedia]

Wasn't there an addon that created different hinge and ball joints automatically with booleans for 3dprinting

[@CalebKraftmakes]

I dunno! that would be cool though

[@readdaily5680]

Elbow too?

[@PlayerA9925]

Hello, could you tell me which app you use to make models for 3D printing? I haven't found any for cell phones so far.

[@andresrodriguez2343]

Nomad sculpting on tablets an phones

[@PlayerA9925]

@@andresrodriguez2343 I found it, but I will use tinkercad

[@Best-Big-brother_on-earth]

Can you do that with your own drawings turn them into 3D models on there

[@geraldmiller6727]

Every time I use the split tool the object is hollow. How do you make it solid.

[@zinetx]

Jesus thank god for Blender.

[@nickholl]

is this printed using PLA?

[@budgetclipperreviews3209]

Do you think a fl super racer could print toys with movable joints

[@CalebKraftmakes]

any fdm printer should be able to, it just depends on how well it is printing.

[@kirk711]

Do you think the same would work for a life-sized mannequin?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

yes but you would need to make some tweaks. if you scaled this up exactly, the arms would be pretty floppy because of the weight

[@baljazz]

What tablet are you using?

[@sia_josephine]

iPad

[@CalebKraftmakes]

ipad pro with nomad sculpt

[@nicoronaldogoat]

Is this possible to do on a different program like HalotBox or ChituBox?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

those are slicers, nomad is digital sculpting software. Very different uses for the software, not really comparable.

[@nicoronaldogoat]

@@CalebKraftmakesokay so is it possible to use this program on MacBook, because I don’t own a iPad

[@CalebKraftmakes]

@@nicoronaldogoat this is ipad only, but for Mac there are software that do this. They are more complicated but more powerful. Look up Zbrush, Mudbox, Sculptris(free), SculptGL(free, web based) and even blender

[@dingdongdaddy589]

Look like He-Man joints. Remember them?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

yuup

[@mosesakinfaderin3856]

You talk too fast

[@sia_josephine]

You can push the gear and change the playback speed and reduce it.