How to Turn an SVG into a 3D Print!

[@SaiLentKnight]

Thank you for making another easy to follow tutorial. I feel like alot of other creator videos show the steps/clicks too quickly, but your pacing is Just Right!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks man!! I’m really try to make it easy to follow.

[@neowesa]

I have the same problem with some other creators, I slow down the video speed or speed it up accordingly.

[@georgesmith2827]

I missed the first bit in Inkscape. Loaded a file then could not get to step 2. I am 79 and Inkscape has me beaten. Please can you tell me how you managed to get rid of the sizing box. ​@@ItsMeaDMaDe

[@Calzune]

Finally a good inkscape tutorial! thanks!

[@chewyfromelcentro]

Thank you! That last part with showing how to break it into parts is a lifesaver! Subscribed!

[@totc506]

I’ve been looking for a video like this for ages!!!! All questions answered in one vid. Brilliant. 🎉

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

@@totc506 that’s so great I’m glad I could help you.

[@CozyCraftyVibes]

Thank you for this! I am a newbie and have been looking for this exact tutorial. I have a ton of svg’s and would love to 3D print them.

[@darlenesmith6424]

Excellent tutorial as always. I'm going to scan through your other videos as I am trying to figure out how to take an SVG for sewing patterns and add dovetail joints and make templates to use when cutting out the pattern.

[@gigicarabano]

The answer to my prayers!!! Thank you so much!! I love the way you explain things.

[@cameroni178]

You do such a great job. Your videos are always so solid and the effort you put in is awesome.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.

[@Fluffy_Flare]

GREAT WORK MATE! YOU'RE THE BEST AND NOW I CAN 3d PRINT

[@DingoPaints]

Excellent video. Your easy to understand. Great!

[@mattylad8035]

Great video but when I imported an SVG image it is just 1 object, not individual things that I can change colour of. What to do now?

[@peteranderlund1557]

Same did u get a solution?

[@uberjedisniper]

The file was likely a jpg/png converted to an SVG, not an original vector file saved as an SVG. It's like saving a word doc as a PDF (where you can still select the text) vs saving a photo of a word doc as a PDF (where you cannot). Solution: find another download of your image or create the image in Adobe Illustrator/Inkscape and save as SVG.

[@davespray6644]

Thank you! Very easy to follow and Inkscape tutorial was brilliant!

[@kimberlysullivan816]

Thank you for this great video, it was very informative...I had gotten an Ankermake M5 3D printer before Xmas 2023 and then after Xmas I purchased a Bambu Lab A1. I love the Bambu A1 because I can print in different colors and the videos that you make along with me just playing around with Bambu Studio have taught me stuff I didn't know and stuff I kind of know got me to understand it better so my printing and knowledge has gotten better. I love the Bambu printer, I like the Ankermake M5 printer but it gives me trouble each time trying to feed the filament in. It didn't at first but maybe after 10 prints it constantly gets stuck and I have to keep taking it apart. I had purchased a new all-metal hotend for it so maybe that will help and too there is filament stuck in it that can't get it out, so we'll see how that goes. I should be looking to change that out within the next couple weeks. But thanks for your videos. They are awesome! If you have a video or if you can make one about making your own pre-sets according to the generic filaments and to different projects, so if you select a certain project, the presets would be available for the pre sets you make concerning different company and color filament and type....instead of selecting generic and have to reset it all the time....

[@Gamer-kd9ou]

Excellent video! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@duaneflynn847]

New to this space. Don't know how I found your channel. Thank You for the great tutorials.

[@alphamaletony8899]

1st time I hear the term SVG and inkcape...pretty cool and you said magic words...all free programs..ty

[@j.rabbitcrafts]

Thank you. I appreciate all your videos.

[@rcray2221]

All of your videos are the best! Thanks

[@kitethetwinblade]

One tip - You can skip the split to objects step entirely if you switch to 'objects' mode - it imports the group as an assembly, and each part of an assembly can still be colored separately. Also, you can choose colors by pressing the numpad corresponding to the filament slot!

[@Xploit66]

The numpad thing is great advice. That will save me some annoyance.

[@Tony-M]

Man, I really want to make this project, but I can't find an SVG with an actual stroke outline vs just being a background shape layered behind everything sadly. Where did you find this file?

[@shpryc]

I tried to put svgs to bambu studio without thinkercad, but studio does poor job of reading them. Your method is simplest and the best, thans a lot!

[@rcmadiax]

Love tutorials like this. Judging by the view numbers vs your other videos - I’d say others do too.

[@C2_3D]

Dude thank you for this video!! Incredibly helpful to someone new to 3D printing awaiting my A1 to be delivered

[@d1bobbyg]

Thanks mate and looking forward to your course! Happy New Year!

[@KalimombuMBanga]

Awesome work. Thank you. Iv been looking for this tutorial for a while now!

[@TBooneFisher6931]

EXCELLENT videos & channel. THANKS

[@traxendregames7880]

Can you show a way to make a svg from a jpeg or png I have done please? I have try on illustrator but can’t print it

[@mbelgedhezZ]

I'm watching tutorial and the penguin is my work 😂

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Awesome I bought it on a stock site. It made a sweet ornament. 😁

[@SgtMajor82]

Could you please do a video on using colored layers where the base layer is 2mm and the layer above us 2mm on top or added to the first layer without the second layer being printed throughout the first layer. Just 2 layers on top of the other and different colors. I find this can be a difficult thing to achieve in bambu lab. Always getting warnings and both layers sticking to the bed instead of one on top of the other.

[@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater]

I’ve used this SVG method to take photos and convert them to black & white so they’re simple and then import into an existing project as a modifier part like 1mm thick and use them to create a two-color inlay on an project. I made a 12-deck playing card box in black PLA and inlayed the dead man’s hand (aces and eights) on the lid with a skull and cross bones in copper silk PLA. Looks cool af. All that to describe another use for images in projects. Someone more creative than I am could do some slick things with this.

[@colinfielder6695]

Well that's all hey! Great video, ì like the flat side too!

[@benkeller3]

Great tutorial.

[@neowesa]

Me and my buddy made a drinking game watching your videos, have to drink every time you say "HONESTLY" lol... Thanks for the content, and the buzz.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

🤣😂🤣 Ha Ha! Honestly I don’t know why I say it so much… next game how many times I say actually…

[@stephanoid69]

omgosh i have so many svg files lol this is wonderful. when i can learn my bambu when it comes ill be decorating my home!!! ty

[@richarddumas5457]

Great video. Where did you get that svg file. I looked and could not find that one to follow along with you?

[@bettydaltonnewbold2019]

Good video. Thanks very much for your help!

[@als1023]

Fascinating, great video ! Downloading Inkscape ,, new tool new fun !

[@ILMAGICOEMY]

Thank u. that's what i need!!!!!

[@GutsyGibbon]

Thanks, neat video. FYI, course announcement at the end is in there twice.

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

🫢 oh no thanks for the look out. doesn't matter how many times you watch it sometimes things slip through the cracks sometimes…

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Your videos are too good to not subscribe

[@lucio_costa]

Sweet video, my doughter love it, can you share the pinguin stl??? Thank you.

[@lllpearlslll]

Thank you ! Could you please do a tutorial on how to get the exact look with printers that can print with one filament only? how to determine the tolerance between separated pieces to fit perfectly .

[@BoomBoomsWoodshop]

I followed your example but the exported files don't have anything in them. I went back a couple times and can't figure out what I'm missing. I am watching this whole series and have subscribed . I appreciate it, I've learned a ton from you, this is the only thing that hasn't worked so far.

[@gillan_937]

Thank you :) This is very helpful for me !!!

[@Racerr258]

Do you have a video on what type of computer is needed to start 3d printing? Im trying to get into the hobby your videos are awesome and extremely understandable!

[@CyrisCloete]

I'm currently building a desktop app that will convert any image to an SVG for you so you can use it with 3D printing. It also has fine-tuning and advanced controls.

[@NutzinHutz3D]

Informative and entertaining

[@jkepps]

Excellent video!

[@robertarmstrong2323]

very very helpful to 3d printing noob

[@iftibashir]

Why not import the svg into something like fusion and extrude the parts, then import into Bambu studio. I’d much quicker than the method in the video?

[@randystevens2710]

A Great Video, Thank You

[@MaskedMarble]

Thanks for this. I was using online png to svg converters, and then the resulting svg was too much for tinkercad to load. I like being able to export layers separately. Makes sense. Could probably just skip the Tinkercad and go to Bambu slicer... But... what do you do when you are working with an image file, and not an svg file? How do you separate it into layers?

[@AXMPaperModelsTutorialsandMore]

Any chance on making a video for printers without an AMS feature? I have an Ender-3 and will love to learn how to do this multicolor printing with one extruder. Thanks for the video.

[@ritchiegrissett6796]

I've imported several SVG files and they only have one, maybe two layers. So when i click on the image i can't select individual colors. Am i missing a setting or something? Love the videos especially the series on Bambu studios

[@directorski]

Thank you for the video. Any tips on stopping the text or graphics in a print printed through from popping out with slightest pressure? PLA matte, 0.2 5 layers. 1mm thick.

[@jebarnhart1515]

Is this available for download? I love it, great job!

[@Amisteve]

Hi - would be awesome if you could make a video to hueforge and slicer settings to get the best prints possible

[@LiLiJughead]

Since i can't afford a Bambu I do my multi color prints piece by piece and press fit or glue them together. I can only dream of the day i can get a Bambu

[@EnchantedWoodDesignz]

How do you make something curved and not flat..I haven't been able to find any tutorials on this.

[@brappineau4161]

I feel like importing SVG into fusion, extruding separate bodies (my 2mm layer height increments) into an object (this allows you to set a limit for color changes for things like coasters), exporting 3mf file and finally printing dace down is way easier and better results.

[@TheFeist77]

I would also like a video or link to one that teaches me how to design or take an existing design and add a space for metal ring so key chains will last longer.

[@oddengineer]

Really appreciate the video however i have one question as to how you line all the different layers back up in tinkercad when i import the layers they land exactly center to the plane not to the image it's self and to try and line in back to its self is not exact like when it was in inkscape

[@matthewetner1769]

Great tutorial, thank you. Why does tinkercad keep saying "tinkercad could not find any supported elements in this svg?" I'm just trying to export simple text to put on an object in tinkercad.

[@turnswood]

Hi...great video. I would have liked to find the exact penguin you used so I could follow the steps...exactly. I found some that were close but there was a charge. The real thing I was looking for is one that had the "stroke" around it. The one I used was a thin black line but, was not separate like in your example. Any chance you could share a link to the file you used? Thanks...tw Later....By the way, I figured it out. I snipped a jpg of your penguin and then converted it to and outline svg, broke it apart and then colored it back. Worked fine....thanks

[@craftingwithjean5599]

Are there filaments which would be food safe? I saw it being made into a cookie cutter while you were creating the ornament. Thank you for the tutorial. Glad to learn more.

[@LivingLambeaux]

Hey Chris, great tutorial bud! One question, I'm following along but am running into some issues. I'm trying to do the Jurassic Park logo, but the yellow stroke around the outside of the logo isn't just an outline like this penguin is, rather it's the entire logo. So when I export into Tinkercad and eventually Bambu nothing is seperate, it's all together

[@jacobthemann00]

When I bring in the different exported images into tinker, they don't center up, even with "center on artboard" selected. It looks like tinker thinks my file is only as big as the "cropped" version of what I exported. If that makes sense. So, to use the penguin example, if I were to import only a hat layer, it would be importing a landscaped cropped image of a hat. not a portrait image that is mostly white space with a hat at the top. so the hat would end up in the very center, and would cover the penguin's face. Then I end up re-adjusting everything. Is there a setting in inkscape I'm missing that isn't exporting the full image or something? Otherwise, everything works great, I'm just meticulously readjusting all the layers in tinkercad after import...

[@Up2Trbl]

Is there a quick/easy way to make the back side single color? I'm making a logo keychain and the logo is obviously backwards on the back side.

[@combatpenguin530]

Any chance you could post what site has the penguin svg used in the video?

[@FlameMasterG]

great video, when i select the colors than path, union it never joins all the colors it still leaves them individual on the side under layers and objects.....figured it out, everything was in an individual group and i had to ungroup them first

[@BhaktiYoga1234]

Thanks!

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

No thank you! I hope this helped you!!

[@TrishMeyer99]

Thank you for this. As a graphic designer who just bought a Bambu Labs printer, I'm looking for tutorials to go from Adobe Illustrator > 3D. I'm creating simple one-color objects with text on top. It seems like this general workflow you've outlined gives me some clues to how to approach it. I'm learning Fusion 360 - should I just go from Illustrator SVG > Fusion > Bambu Studio?

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

Hey! So if you know illustrator you’re going to be fine. You are correct you can just export your svg from illustrator and send it to fusion or even tinkercad.

[@TrishMeyer99]

@@ItsMeaDMaDe Thanks. Loving your Bambu stuff!

[@yazankosi727]

thank you bro🤩

[@abusam1]

Thank you Chris, I traced a png mono color image with center line tracing (edge detection was better results but I had double lines) on inkscape, I was thinking to apply a gradient color on the stroke so that I have a peak color in the center width of the stroke (don't know how) so that when imported to tinkercad will raise according to color gradient. your result had a flat black stroke, I am trying to have a contour just like converting maps with mountains. is it possible?

[@lwhiltonhead]

Terrific information/guidance. Can you advise in the event you don't have a Bambu printer? Is this even a possibility (obvious newbie to this process). MTIA

[@enlightenement]

Hi first time here could you tell me if it is possible to color just the top layer in all the colors instead of coloring all the way through

[@ganemonster]

Will the length, height and width of the object set in Autodesk be automatically saved for 3D printing?

[@BigSteelThrill]

May I ask, you have a .svg and just drop it into OrcaSlicer, you can raise it and it will print and add walls and bottom as well. Will that possibly print bad?

[@personwomanmancameratelevision]

His way is longer and convoluted. Older slicers did not handle SVG files(so his techniques are throwbacks to that era) so you typically would need another CAD program to modify them. Bambu studio and Orca handle SVG files natively and you can do everything in slicer. It will print fine in slicer.

[@maksandersen]

thank you for ar very good tutorial :) I have a problem, i followed your tutorial step by step but when i try to import to tinkercad i get this error: "imported shape is larger than tinkercads workspace limit" the size of the svg is 18225x360000 so something is wrong, maybe export settings in inkscape? i dont know what to do? please help me :)

[@saucyblossom]

Mine had the same issue. I had to just import it centered on the art rather than the artboard and manually align them. I was still able to successfully color & print, though! Just a bit more tedious.

[@cusnTNC]

man i spend hours to find this think, now listen : open your project on inkscape then select all of them and press ctrl+c to copy, after that go and open new page and set it size under 1000x1000, but be careful page must be max 1000x1000, then paste your work to this page with ctrl+v, from then you wont get any error message. please like comment and to make help other people who gets this issue.

[@cusnTNC]

@@saucyblossom you lose your origin with this way, just open new page and keep it under 1000x1000 :)

[@bsr3280]

How do I pick which color in the AMS if I just want the hole thing one color. It just wants to print from A1 no mater what I do.

[@fabriziofart]

nice costume

[@jaredlipsitz5862]

What do you do if imported converted svg file has only one path?

[@remconet]

I would've loved if you also showed us how to not print all the way through, to save on a ton of time and filament.

[@arthurtorricer4544]

please make a course I would join your classes.. Q1... what if I want to draw my design and not use SVG .. 2. I have Bambu A1 mini and X1c.. I have 4 AmS . Can I use other software other than Tinker Cad. like Shapr3d or Blender etc?

[@kitkat0981]

im trying to do the import to tinkercad and anything i try to import tinker cad wont import it because it's bigger then 1000m3. how did you fix this when importing?

[@kitkat0981]

Also, if I scale down to the max 1000 of either length or hight, it says it imported but nothing shows up.

[@raysmith6776]

Down loaded the penguin to try to delete a colour, I can’t pick a single colour to delete. Any help would be welcome

[@cindywhite9754]

Can you use Illustrator instead of Inkscape? also: LOVE this vid!

[@healeydave]

@ItsMeaDMaDe I presume you're aware the newsletter is no longer working?

[@jorgemason7872]

Can't believe he didn't say "it's a penwin win"

[@zsakosbimbo4383]

Many THXXX 👏👏

[@MichaelPetito]

You can change the colors of the parts easily from the object graph view in Bambu instead of splitting them to objects.

[@robstrom1247]

How can you take a logo or other .jpeg and incorporate it into a 3D model?

[@marknewsom1377]

what is the name of the penguin file your using?

[@PalpatineExOrder66]

mine shoots off to the left corner and show dimension error. When I go 1000 mm is cuts off part of the image idk what going on

[@matthewjohnson3260]

Awesome Video. I have a question: As you noted, the color in your example goes all the way through. I'm trying to do something similar, but I want the back to be black like the raised part, so the parts in color (white, red, and orange in your example) are above that level. When I bring the files into Bambu Studio, it places all of the parts flush with the print bed, and I can't find how to elevate the color parts. I tried the Move tool to increase the World Coordinates on the Z axis, but it won't keep them elevated and instantly repositions them to be on the bed. Help?

[@fav54blueall72]

You can change the color also on bambulab slicer

[@eckos2310]

Thank you for this video! It helps me out a lot. The only problem is let’s take for an example if I was going to do the exact same Penguin how would I do that with the Ender 3 S1 Pro? I was also trying to do a sign for my house. Do you know like the house numbers for your home but I couldn’t get it.

[@Enjoymentboy]

It might not be exactly what you're thinking of but I've done a few "text on top" prints like light switch covers and signs. I use the filament change script in Cura. I set it to change the filament at the first layer the text will start at and let it run. It's been s but off a challenge because some printers don't work with the M0 or M600 commands. An ender thought I suspect should work fine.

[@DennisCrawfordJr]

You could print in peices and glue together

[@JayHuemann]

Again, thanks for the video. I have tried to download and use inkscape on my Mac before. After downloading and trying to open, I get a message about extensions that I can't figure out how to get past. I will have to try to run it in Windows. Seems like it should not be this hard. I am sure I am missing something.

[@kellyjean4981]

Shoot, I had the same issue. I googled it and there was a super simple fix, but I can’t remember what that was… it might have been to just accept… do a search for what the warning is that pops up, Cause mine works perfectly now

[@lsg1Entertainment]

HELP ME YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE** the E gear on my longer lk5 pro moves but the bearing stops causing filament to stop being pushed, I've switched the bearing and upgraded to dual gear nothing works

[@ItsMeaDMaDe]

I’m sorry about your issue. It might be your thermistor or heat coil. Is it heating up? If that’s not it I don’t know what you could do if you have already replaced the bearings. You may have to tear apart your extruder to see if anything is in there that is blocking the path.

[@lsg1Entertainment]

@@ItsMeaDMaDe thank you

[@dragonconley44]

Why not just open it in Bambu slicer and use the paint option?