
Explore box modeling with a subdivision surface modifier to shape curvy 3d forms and print a cute elephant.
Learn to model toy cars that roll off the print bed using box modeling and modifiers, and apply tolerances to create gaps that let the wheels turn.
Master shading and body work in Blender by coloring the car, adjusting metalness and roughness, and modeling windows with inset, extrude, and boolean techniques for a printable result.
Add detailed features to a Blender car model for 3D printing by using booleans to carve headlights, grill, bumper, then refine with mirror and bevel modifiers.
Slice large models into parts for easier 3D printing in Blender 2.8, enabling prints in sections and becoming a 3D print designer.
Explore slice basics with the Bool tool in Blender to cut a cube with a sphere, producing two parts that fit snugly for 3D printing, using the ctrl+numPad backslash shortcut.
This course is about teaching you more complex techniques to begin opening up your creative side. We'll be teaching subsurface modeling & extrusion tools. You'll also be learning about tolerances in your design workflow by building a toy car. We'll even go over splicing objects so you can cut up larger designs for small 3D printers.
By introducing you to longer workflows and how to use more of Blender's awesome modifiers you'll be expanding your brain to design with precision in no time!
In these courses, you will learn more complex design techniques while making assembled cars, box animals, & slice large designs into multiple parts.
Box Animals with Subsurface Modeling
Let's learn more complex techniques to begin opening up your creative side. We'll be teaching subsurface modeling & extrusion tools to create cute, yet simple box-animal toys.
What You'll Learn: This course kicks off our Beginner 103 Series by introducing you to longer workflows and how to use more of Blender's awesome modifiers you'll be expanding your brain to design with precision in no time!
Goal: This course is about teaching you more complex techniques to begin opening up your creative side. We'll be teaching subsurface modeling & extrusion tools to create cute, yet simple box-animal toys.
Watch Time: 30+ min
Design Estimate: 1 hrs
Intro to Subsurface Modeling
Practice w/ Modifiers
Practice Toy Modeling
Access to Lesson & File Download
Access to the Designer's Discord
Assembled Designs
Let's learn the concept of 3D tolerances and how to use them to create a toy car that rolls right off the print bed. This complex technique can help open your creative side!
What You'll Learn: In this Beginner 103 Series course we're going to be introducing the concept of 3D tolerances and how to use them to create a toy car that rolls right off the print bed.
Goal: This course is about teaching you more complex techniques to begin opening up your creative side.
Watch Time: 1+ hrs
Design Estimate: 2 hrs
Intro to Product Design
Intro to Tolerances
Practice with Boolean
Access to Lesson & File Download
Access to the Designer's Discord
Slicing Objects
Lets learn how to slice up designs. This technique will help you with accomodating large prints for smaller print beds, puzzels, and other uses.
What You'll Learn: In this Beginner 103 Series course you'll be learning how to slice up designs. This technique will help you with accomodating large prints for smaller print beds, puzzels, and other uses.
Goal: Understanding how to think about tolerances when sectioning off objects with the intention of piecing them together in post-processing.
Watch Time: 2.15 hrs
Design Estimate: 4 hrs
Intro to Bool Tool Slice
Practice with Tolerances
Practice Print Production Planning
Access to Lesson & File Download
Access to the Designer's Discord
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