Blender for 3D Printing - Intro to Flexible Design (102)

Learn how to turn your photographs into 3d printed works of art, known as lithic panes, using Blender for more control.

Create 3D printable art from your photo by applying a texture image to a subdivided plane, using displacement and UV mapping in Blender within a flexible design.

Make a 3d photo printable by adding geometry and a base, optimize with a decimate modifier for performance, and merge parts with boolean tools ready for the slicer.

Export your Blender 3D photo for printing using the decimate modifier and steel format, then slice in Simplify3D with 100% infill, 0.2 mm layers and shells, and generate G-code.

Show off your 3D printed photographs with 100% infill to create a heavy base that reveals the image when light hits, and experiment with rings or connector devices via booleans.

Learn to design 3-D printable pottery with a lathe-inspired 3D technique, drawing pottery with a line, and set up projects for flexible design and on-the-fly prototyping.

Create a pottery model in Blender by importing a reference image, placing it in front view, and extruding vertices to shape, then merge at cursor and rename to pottery.

Explore the lathe technique in Blender for 3D printing by applying screw and subdivision modifiers, refining edges with loop cuts, and thickening the bottom for a printable pottery piece.

Scale the pottery to a printable size, apply scale to achieve true one millimeter thickness with a solidify modifier, ensure even thickness for reliable 3D printing, then export.

Apply and tweak Blender modifiers to create unique effects on pottery-like forms, then export multiple variants to a 3D print workflow using the 3D print toolbox and slicer.

Create 3D printed pottery you can finish in a few hours with smooth surfaces, usable as planters or pencil holders, and share designs on social media with a hashtag.

Design customizable three-dimensional printed rings that print quickly and are strong. Make your own customizable ring and use it as a conversation starter.

Measure the widest knuckle on your ring finger with calipers or a ruler in millimeters, note the measurement, and use it to design a fitting ring in the next video.

design a custom ring in blender by modeling a finger cylinder and a slightly larger ring, then subtract the finger with a boolean difference and bevel for a print-ready edge.

Learn to create and wrap custom text around a ring in Blender for 3D printing, using text objects, solidify thickness, and the curve modifier to position text along a ring.

Master a flexible design workflow in Blender for custom text rings, linking and parenting objects, duplicating collections, converting text to mesh, and boolean operations for 3d printing.

Export the Blender model for 3D printing to an SDL file, then import into Simplified 3D and set 20 percent infill, layer height, and a raft.

Design and print a customizable 3d ring with your text or shapes, then share your creation on social media with a hashtag so others can find it.