How to Solidify a Model in Blender for 3D Printing

This shows how you can solidify an object in blender to 3D print it.

[@isaackershnerART]

have you found any better methods? I have been struggling with solidification on complex models for a long time now :(

[@plastiksurgeon9129]

I find that you have to make the offset at zero, with no negative in front of the number. Setting a negative value can make those ridges pop up where you don’t want ‘em. The problem is, it can fatten up the body a bit too much, so you have to strike a balance where the body is thick enough, but not “bloated”.

[@moisescarmona5718]

Great! Thanks you sharing! your video is just what i need! Actually I'm working an Alfa Romeo Giulia 1962 model and this is the first time I use blender for it.

[@vladhq]

i enjoyed this video lol. fixing my model wish me luck

[@croccustom]

Wish I could see more videos about this problem. I built an object to scale. So to keep the scale I gave it a negative setting to solidify it. But by doing so it created some areas correctly and others seem to give it a positive setting meaning in some areas it thickened it to the inside and others to the outside. This caused huge problems with the mesh. I do have some sharp angles in the object that maybe causing it to clash on itself.

[@Leander98]

This would be a "Normals" problem. See if you can Recalculate Normals to outside or inside.

[@croccustom]

@@Leander98 it seems with some more research that I had to change my mode to 'complex' since I have more than 2 connecting faces. This gave a much better result but still have issues.

[@franciscog5261]

Thanks!

[@eddiexx]

HI! isn't it so that you could export it thin into say Chitubox and there hollow it to the desired wall thickness and avoid any problems like the ones you are showing? Cheers

[@ShinjiBabel]

thanks, didnt know you could do this on all objects even if they are not thick solid

[@dooman4611]

every object I import from blender to 3Dsimplifier has problems, there are no supports ;-;

[@talonabuser1072]

Bro trying to solidify a model of venom because they chopped my boi into bits

[@JJ-vp3bd]

did you find a fix?