Part 1: Intro to Chitubox and supporting minis like a pro, the first in a line of videos to come!

[@tonybeaumont8289]

3 years on and this video is still helping people (including myself)! Thank you!

[@SPD3DPrinting]

Thanks for the videos, I am going back to the archives and watching them moving forward to improve my skills and knowledge. Have a great day!

[@Halliden88]

I just got my first ever 3D printer and this mini series of information / tutorials has been a fantastically condensed crash course to help a complete beginner. Thank you so much for using your time to make these videos to help us all :D

[@merlin3921]

Totally agree!

[@leemarsh3569]

Having followed this series of videos, I now do my own supports and I am having consistently good results. Thanks for sharing

[@marklafferty5319]

Just starting with a resin printer - have a couple of fdm printers for a couple of years. This was very helpful - Thanks!

[@bryanwebb174]

This series just demystified a whole lot of things for me. Great videos. Keep it up.

[@bkkang3907]

This series of videos are the most helpful supporter making tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you for making tutorial. 3D Printing god bless you.

[@Optikification]

Ordered an Elegoo Mars pro 2 as my 1st resin printer and was told to follow you ;-) Been using an ender 3 for about a year and got a ender 2 pro for minis but just have to try resin.

[@Zen_Modeling]

The Exact Learning Curve I'm currently at...Well done Thanks!!! OK Part II Lets go........

[@jayjaycromwell]

Thank you so much for the video's as a nooby to the hobby it was great getting a printer for me and my son, but having only 1 in say 10 printing properly having these videos have made it almost a 10/10 in prints. I cannot thank you enough.

[@3dprintingpro212]

You're welcome and thank you! I made the channel to help people like you and your son so I'm very happy to hear when it works!

[@skizzlep]

The software management/manipulation is the most daunting part of my consideration for buying a small resin 3D printer. These simple, straightforward tutorial vids are a godsend and help bolster confidence. Thank you.

[@chriswebber8529]

Great video; total newbie to this and this is great. Thanks

[@ChrisDAndrea]

Your Videos changed my whole process. I can't thank you enough for the results I am getting now.

[@kwikdoe4198]

first timer im gonna watch your videos !!!!

[@diadexxus]

I am a newbie to 3d Printing, so this is helping a TON. A friend told me about this software and this first video is great.

[@Canoodling]

This guy is a must watch for anyone getting a photon.

[@MJ-sq4do]

Awesome - big steps ahead watching this. !!! Tanks

[@richarnaud7794]

Thanks for making these vids! Much appreciated!

[@hurricanezaza]

wow this is your first video?! nice man

[@ApriliaRSV4F]

Hi, I have been looking at getting a resin 3d printer. Because of the number of options out there now, I figured I should just decide on which one I will get and see what software it uses and just research on what is relevant to that. I found your video a great help. Downloaded Chitubox and a free model so I had something to play with while following your video. Found it brilliant, no rubbish, just straight to it useful information. Thanks a lot.

[@rinosanchez2150]

I just starting resin printing a little while now, and I really love your videos, even these early ones. Your explanations are clear and easy to understand, even the underlying physics. You don’t just explain the mechanics, but also the thought process behind it. Thanks for making these videos!

[@heychadwick]

Thank you very much for making these videos. I'm waiting for my Photon to arrive and trying to learn before it gets here. I find your style straight forward and entertaining enough to not be boring. You handle the basics for an idiot like me. I also plan on printing minis only, which makes me feel better about things. I know these videos take time and effort and often goes underappreciated. I, for one, really do appreciate you making these videos for shlubs like me. It really does make it less intimidating as the editing part seems the worst.

[@3dprintingpro212]

Thanks for the kind words! Would love if people could support me and my Kickstarter coming soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/1281971555/pit-fighter-blood-on-the-sands

[@Kiddeth]

First off dude, thank you so very much for taking your time to do these videos. I just got my first 3d resin printer today and im messing with the program and i realized ihave forgotten everything about 3d printing and everything i did know is probably years outa date. second I will have a lot of questions, but im just going to watch your videos first. Again thank you.

[@Ezzebda]

YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!!

[@helenwright6840]

Just what I've been searching for so I can dust off the printer and use it!

[@BobO-vh3xx]

I am not one to comment on videos usually, but I had to say "THANK YOU" for this series! My first 3 miniatures all came out of the machine beautifully and I credit your tutorials for that. Can't wait to make more!!

[@darwinmounsey376]

Just starting and can't wait to watch the rest of them thanks for this my dide!

[@godwishyoutube]

thanks man. its what i was looking for. just got into this and you teach very good. subbed and rang the bell.

[@VideoCesar07]

These videos should be mandatory viewing for anyone getting into resin printing. I have been doing FDM for a few years so I have a good grasp on when and where to use supports but resin printing, especially upside down, is a whole other animal. Watching the whole playlist.

[@can5projects563]

new subscriber here your explanation totally awesome ty

[@leviathanen3d]

Im here to learn this 3 years later, thanks

[@ivanmandelik6210]

Fantastic

[@abainbridge89]

Excellent video, some few funny bits, subbed :) ready to learn some more before setting up my printer at the end of the month

[@AnotherAdam]

Thank you for these.

[@Jaylenrich1987]

I also found it to be annoying that you had to re-click the axis button every time to rotate but if you double left click the object, it brings the rotate options up. Just a quick tip to add!

[@kaiminamoto]

Good to know! 😊

[@InterstellarModeler]

thank you for this. Am just starting out and these are going to be very helpful. Appreciate you taking the time to post these tutorials.

[@cdfairchild]

Great video @3DPrintingPro! Do users need the pro version to do the things you're showing in this series?

[@SerpentineOwl]

Thanks so much. I've been waiting for this since you mentioned it on Facebook.

[@steveschaefer5835]

Thank you, and your first video did not suck horribly. It was rather good. How do you load your printer information into Chitubox, so the build plate is the correct size? Thanks again

[@DennisGentry]

Nice video. For the first 8 minutes, I kept wishing you would rotate the big model to get rid of the red!

[@nikkireborn5923]

Thank you for the info. Your efforts are appreciated.

[@misterjaye3177]

You're awesome and are helping me no end but I have some advice to give back. You said in one of your videos you can't flip a mini with supports along an axis (for making left/right handed minis etc) in Chitubox. You can. Once you've printed one out and the supports are looking good. Save the file as a .stl with the supports in place. Then you can flip along the axis :) Hope this nugget of help gets to you :D Once again - you're awesome

[@Unalek]

Hello, Double left-clicking an entity brings up the rotate menus. quick little shortcuts make all the difference

[@kingarthurthe5th]

Just leaving this here for if anyone encounters the same issue. If there's a small gap in your model where there is nothing for that entire layer, or for a couple layers. Island detection does not see it as an unsupported island so it doesn't give you an error. Basically, if it's a big model, make sure to scroll through the layers to avoid an expensive fail.

[@chucklamb3496]

Awesome settings, thanks!

[@johnmccaskill1562]

Grab em by the Umber Hulk!🤣

[@irollones1915]

Great intro! I ran into an issue where I am printing a big mini in multiple pieces but the last piece slightly too tall. Is there a way to cut off the top that is sticking out and print later after I have printed the bottom half that does fit?

[@theJoPanda]

Your content is SO helpful into starting the adventure with a bit of confidence (and hopeful fun lol). Do you plan on doing Lychee Slicer content soon? I understand tips work on both platforms. Having a Mono the printer was suggested online to go with Lychee. Thanks

[@modelracecar]

Great intro vid for Chitu noobs, thanks buddy.

[@johnbruggeman9196]

thank you for this

[@trt6698]

HI, thanks for your video. It's very helpful for beginner like me. I've started my first 3D printer and turn out it also print the frame with Elegoo logo and website. Is there the way to remove it? Thanks for your advice.

[@siegerane]

Starting 3D printing. Wish me luck guys!

[@velcro74]

Do you have a fix for Prints looking melted on the support side of the miniature? All my mini's that I have printed look great on the front side but the supported side always comes out smooth with not as much detail as the front?

[@sirdrakey]

Great informational Video! Thank you!

[@darkwolfx333]

That beholder is friggen amazing. Was this on MyMiniFactory too? I am trying to find the artist who made those figures as his style is so distinct.

[@3dprintingpro212]

Artisan Guild

[@cattaraugustonawanda4426]

Would like to see a video providing a slow step by step description of how to set up ChiTubox to output file for Longer Orange 10 printer. Also wouold be nice if you used the community section so we could ask questions.

[@RH3D]

question about that model in particular - is there any reason the head is seperate from the body other than the fact thats just how the model came? - was there any practical reason that the artist chose to separate them? thanks

[@adamscaramella5160]

Love the videos...they have really helped me get some good print. But I'm curious what resin are you using? I ask because with one resin, I'm not getting as much resolution in my prints, so when I swapped to another...the resolution is better, but the recommendation of the .02 MM connection diameter was way too thin. (Basically ended up printing just the supports and had to dial up to .15)

[@lelemmily]

It'd be great if you could put this series into a playlist! It would make it easier to watch them :)

[@3dprintingpro212]

good idea I'm so new at this I didn't know I could lol

[@fabricebokobza6335]

Hello love your video btw. So just started to 3D print bought myself a Orange 30 from Longer. I use Chitubox as my software to place support. When I save a model it seems that I open it again the support are now part of the model and I can't eddit them. I am new there must be saving option that I don't know. Thanks in advance for your help

[@3dprintingpro212]

if you save it as an .stl file that will happen, if you save as a chitubox file you can edit it later

[@fabricebokobza6335]

3DPrintingPro thanks

[@jasonalvaerz1987]

cool

[@nsrstudio7301]

How about the setting layer for mars 2pro..

[@NakedBatBoy]

"Grabs it like President Trump grabs... some stuff." That was unexpected... Haha! Chitubox looks like a neat program.

[@mikesmith1181]

unexpected AND unnecessary

[@TriptonStudios]

Hey Greg is there an easy way to figure out how things will be orientated when printing ? I always want them facing out but somehow they always face backward what does the arrow on the build plate in chitubox represent ? The right side of plate ?

[@dapperdave42]

I think it just indicates the "front" (which is what you get when you click the front view shortcut button in the top right).

[@TriptonStudios]

That’s what I thought but mine is in the left side of the plate and that’s the small X distance so the arrow on mine is on left side like in Greg’s vid

[@jessekeller3824]

You can double-click to get your rotation circles back..

[@3dprintingpro212]

yep, for all my knowledge at the time I made this I didn't know that lol

[@animoshho]

to add STL files i have found dragging the file onto the open Chitubox window will bring it in

[@Oldmanmatt]

Thanks for your work! Im trying to get used to the switch from FDM printing for the past 3-4 years to SLA. The slicer is definitely a stumbling block! I didnt see your raft settings in any of these videos - did i miss it? I saw your TOP settings for Light, Medium and Heavy, but never Raft settings or middle and bottom settings. Do you just use default?

[@3dprintingpro212]

No raft ever when I print resin. Middle and bottom settings I don't change often...

[@Oldmanmatt]

@@3dprintingpro212 Thank you SO much for the fast reply!! Since I'm just learning Chitubox - when i go to support (Missles icon!) and click Light, and then click RAFT, the shape is NONE, does that means the other options of Area Ratio, Thickness, Height and slope dont matter? I assume so :) I had a few failures where the support didnt stick, and i cant tell if it's my poor use of them, or i need to relevel my Elegoo Mars after each print.

[@Daborak]

At some point could you do a video on how you remove the bases from models before printing. I think id prefer your method of printing them separately but i have yet to figure out how to do it

[@lego1168]

what kind of printer do you use, in this video?

[@Jappmannen]

How do I zoom in/out? I do not have a mouse with a scroll wheel, only the touchpad on my laptop.

[@Ezzebda]

Might want to invest in a tiny cheap mouse for this. makes controls easier than a trackpad. scroll wheel works for me. can't find a way to zoom in out fast without it

[@mqmadrid]

Hello friend! I really aprecciate your videos, I've been watching, you have good advice. I made my first 3d print with phrozen, it started wonderfully but then it was a disaster, the resin began to peel off the base on one side (it was set in chitubox autosupports tilting everything, "+ all button") It began to bend and I had to stop the impression so as not to lose resin since with more weight it could take off completely. I wanted to ask you that advice, how do you make sure you avoid this problem? Is it a bad idea to use a flat base before the supports? Another thing, when I use chitubox, the calculation of supports takes a long time, I see in your videos, that these appear in a very short time. Phrozen Transform Profile by the way is (from user manual): Resolution: x: 3840px y: 2160px Size: x: 288mm y: 162mm z: 400mm Layer: Height 0.05 mm How much resin do you use at first time?, manual says not to fill more 1/2 of the tank, but when you think that will be not enough, should pause o fill on the fly??? thanks, thera are lot of question, hope you can help me, sorry about my english hope you could understand.

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

Why does my ChituBox change vertical scale of prints in a non-linear way (each next layer thinner)? It happens with flat objects, not with tall ones. When slicing the model, everything is OK.

[@DjRoan_only_top_kizz]

Wat about if I want to resize both pieces at the same time. There's a way to select both pieces and resize them? Thanks

[@KitbashCustoms]

You highlight both in the right menu with the “select all” button and it’ll resize both at the same time

[@EastwoodFabrication]

I am printing a lot of parts that are not detailed like minis. More like squares, rectangular etc. Is it best to print them on supports, but vertical? I cant find any tutorials on how to print these types of items

[@longnguyenhoang8313]

Hi mate, I saw some people using meshmixer to generate support, then using the Chitubox for printing. From your experience, does Meshmixer generate a decent support? I like spending 1 hours of supporting a model rather than 30 minutes of sanding it.

[@1985cactus]

Why is the blue box always the same size? Some printers have a bigger printing area and can print bigger objects, some have smaller

[@3dprintingpro212]

if you add your printer it will show the correct size for your printer

[@1985cactus]

@@3dprintingpro212 Thank you

[@schilzsco]

Hello, I have watched your Totorials and have bought a shiny Anycubic Photon. I test print printed the cube but one of the banners inside failed. Then I tried a mini print which completely failed 2 times and I have just reprinted the test print... which completely failed, and wondered if you had any advise?

[@nickrobinson7702]

Hi Scot. The main reason prints fail with AnyCubic Photon's is that the build plate is not levelled correctly. The instructions with the Photon suck and do not work. I ended up with puddles of cured resin the resin tray the first few prints, pain in the proverbial to remove until I found adding filling the resin tray with isopropyl alcohol worked a treat to get them out. Anyway, you need to first level the build plate then home it. Two steps, not one. The first step you bring the build plate to home, raise a few millimetres, loosen the platform grub screw (to allow rotation), then side in a sheet of paper, lower and then use the 0.1mm adjustments to get the paper so that you can pull it out but if you push it, it scrunches up. Once happy, put one hand spread across the build plate, square it up and tighten the grub screw whilst pressing down firmly on the build plate. Your plate should now be level. Now raise the platform again, slide in the paper and then lower it back down, adjusting using 0.1mm increments until the paper can be pulled out but not pushed in. Back out and hit the Z=0 icon to set your Z home. Good luck!

[@dragonld123]

If I place some models and a part of a model isnt red but sits on the blue borders I have to remove it or its ok?

[@syrkresvlos8831]

Nice video, can you add link for patreon where you get models from.

[@fabricebokobza6335]

Hello again , another problem that I have is that there is an area on my resin bed where the print stiks. I had a failed print were it stick I remove the piece carefully not damaging the resin bed and try to print my only succefull print in multiple copy. 4/5 print work well but the failed whas on the area where it stick previously do you know how I van fix this

[@75keg75]

2:21 “yellow” I’m seeing green.... might be worth doing a colour blind test....👍

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Hi friend! I spent days in chitubox doing all of your tutorials on my models. And chitubox keeps crashing every minute or so. I now hit save after every 2 or 3 supports so I don't loose too much of my work. But now on the latest crash it totally emptied a file I was working on for two days. Ive been reading up on it and loads of people have this problem. Can you maybe tell the people of chitubox to step their game up. you are like the n01 tutorial gawd for their software. They might listen to you. Im running it on a very powerful windows 10 machine and I have the latest version running.

[@3dprintingpro212]

I wish they would listen to me..I know they've seen my videos, I'm not sure if it has any effect on them...

[@MurderHoboRPG]

@@3dprintingpro212 they would fix it in a heartbeat if you made a video about it crashing hahaha. Doesnt it crash with you since the update?

[@kamerionsmith4551]

I dont have a permanent fix but a temporary one is to select the part you want to manipulate on the right hand side BEFORE you put any supports on it. ive noticed the crashing doesnt happen then. you should still save constantly while doing it in case you make a mistake

[@zilimarstrongblade7964]

Can you share your profile settings / resin details for Chitubox please? Thanks for the vids.

[@3dprintingpro212]

I use Elegoo Grey, .05mm height at 12 seconds exposure, with 6 bottom layers at 65 seconds, for a bit finer figure I use .04mm height with 10 second exposure, 6 bottom layers at 60 seconds.

[@jjort]

any idea why I cant see the layer number on the slider?.... all I can see is the actual height

[@InfoSecDaddy]

Thank you

[@chucklamb3496]

I just watched a video from 3DPrintFarm “How to get near perfect prints on your 3D printer” showing Chitubox and a program that works with it called Photon File Validator ver 2.0 awesome!

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Now chitubox is utterly broken. Do you have tips on Chitubox alternatives that are worth the time?

[@lisaboudreau5390]

Where can I find those illithid files? (from the pictures in the beginning) I love them so much! Please let me know!

[@ryanreeson9783]

Myminifactory

[@synclab7564]

Where are these aquatic female models from"?

[@juanmanuelbp4437]

Please you have the links to the patrons?

[@sethhanson5771]

What version of Chitubox are you running?

[@3dprintingpro212]

Version 1.5

[@vinoview123]

where are these minis from 0:46

[@kyleratcliffe6790]

Can u send me the lik to download the hive colossus plz

[@justinwu1741]

Hi, i watched your video and i learn a lot, can i translate your video into mandarin and post on youtube? I will type your channel in my video and post all your videos link , also i will not use for commercial purpose.

[@3dprintingpro212]

Yes you can :)

[@jrsilverdragon]

Where do we find that model

[@walt_man]

Could I get just the Umbra Hulk? I will back on Patreon of course.

[@3dprintingpro212]

I think they sell individual files on Myminifactory.com

[@walt_man]

@@3dprintingpro212 I bought my anycubic after watching your videos! Anycubic send him the monies lol. Did they however send me crappy solid opaque white resin. Was hoping for transparent green, will get some Elegoo grey and keep watching.

[@aaronbono4688]

2 Years later it still will not undo a delete... sigh.

[@jzghostrider66]

Glad I found your video's BEFORE I get started, but can we keep politics out of this. Thanks.

[@monoham1]

how do you use chitubox and lychee without paying or signing in? i would be okay to pay but not to sign in. thats too much privatcy invasion for me

[@connorbramel7368]

Trump comment was hilarious LOL