Watch on YouTube This method of just sculpting the whole thing is not what I’d call my usual way of working. In this case I’d probably work with a low resoluion mesh and add texturing with a displace modifier, so that the low poly mesh remains. But this sort of thing is still a functional way to work, especially for …
My sons were in their local cub scout troop’s rain gutter regatta and afterwards I wanted them to have a cool place to store their boats so I made this. A rain gutter regatta stand available to download for free on thingiverse. In truth those pictures are hue shifted because I printed them for my sons in red, because I have …
For my book (yes, got it in early) I had to explore MakerWare for the first time, for the sake of completeness. Before I’ve never really had any incentive to switch over and I still don’t. I do like like that MakerWare allows you to plate multiple objects easily and I’m currently trying to see if it’s slicer does a better job …
Zheng, famous for his 3D printed artillery game, has been printing custom tokens for Magic: the Gathering. He took the latest one and did a series about the process of making it. He does his modeling in Maya but the general techiniques should be applicable to whatever 3D modeling program you’re blending… er, using, don’t know why I said blending …
Before I settled on Blender for all my modeling needs I experimented with many different programs including Sketchup. It was owned by Google when I started playing with it, now its owned by Trimble. Some people seem to like it, but it never really worked for me mostly because getting STLs out of it was more trouble than it was worth. But …
I wasn’t so sure about 123D Design before, but this bath plug tutorial on 3DGeni.us makes it look as easy to use as TinkerCAD, with even better features, and still free (as opposed to $120 a year). When I get some time I’m gonna try making a chess set in it and see if I can start recommending 123D Design. Plus the …
Can you 3D model? Then put down that controller, turn off the TV, open your Here’s a couple of sites you can register for to turn your free time into money. Desall.com has the idea of holding regular design contests. If you don’t think you’re a very good designer but want to get better these sort of contests are the perfect …
http://zheng3.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/repairing-a-toy-with-3d-printing/ I thought I’d direct your attention to another tutorial on how to design a part for 3D printing to match a real life object. I like the way he, instead of printing the whole part, just made the parts that needed repair. He also uses different tools than I do.
I’ve come up with a new technique for modeling real life objects in 3D, a refinement of my previous technique. It won’t work for all objects and may not be perfect yet, but I’ve put together an illustrated guide that will help you use this technique in the future. First you need a thing you want to make. In my …
So you have a doodad that broke and you want to 3D print a replacement. But how can you be sure that the new part will be a good replacement? Here’s the method I used to make a replacement part for my kid’s drawer that uses only free software and the hardware you probably already have. Put the part on …
