Fix 3D Models in PrusaSlicer, Not Blender
A model that prints has to be a closed, manifold solid: every edge shared by exactly two faces, every face pointing outward, no faces crossing each other.…
Blender Tips
Blender Quick Tip: Set Up Units for 3D Printing
Slicers read STL files in millimeters. Blender's native unit is the meter. Switching the display to millimeters does not change that, so a 40 mm bracket…
Custom Planter Saucer with Blender Geometry Nodes
Every plant pot seems to come with a saucer that’s almost the right size — too small, too big, wrong color, or just plain ugly. I got tired of that, so I…
Blender Tip: Results Differ from the Tutorial?
When following a Blender tutorial, it can be frustrating when the results don’t match what the instructor is showing, despite typing in the exact values.…
Blender Tip: Reveal text from left to right
A “Build” modifier can be used when animating text in the Blender 3D viewport, but it has the drawback of “building” the text from right to left. I prefer…
Blender Quick Tip: Viewport Alpha
Blender Tip: Combine Links
In the Shader Editor of Blender, holding down the Shift key while right-clicking and dragging on a link between nodes combines all of the links that cross…
Blender Tip: Straight or Curved Node Links
By default, links in the Blender shader editor are straight lines, but did you know that you can change them to be curved like a noodle? This can help you…
Baking Photogrammetry Textures in Blender (OBJ)
I just spent the last hour in Blender trying to bake a diffuse texture from a model created with photogrammetry to a lo-poly model created in Blender. I…
Export OBJ Files with Textures from Blender
This one drove me crazy. When I would post my models that I created in Blender and exported as OBJ files, people would complain that the textures weren’t…
3D Models in Microsoft Office
My latest model of an Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguard chair was created in Blender and exported as a GLB file. The GLB files can be imported into…
Blender Tutorial: How to Model a Knurled Cylinder
Knobs have knurls. A knurl is that hatch pattern found on cylindrical surfaces. They are easy to create on a lathe and, believe it or not, it is easy to…
Resistor Collection
Wasting time is such a waste (duh). Once you have modeled an object, it is great to have a library of parts. The question is…how do you organize them in a…
Texture Painting
I was having a hell of a time this morning with Blender. I couldn’t get the Texture Painting to work. I searched online for a solution, but every answer…
Blender Tip: Mesh to curve
Here is a Blender 2.81 tip I had to re-learn today.
Blender Quick Tip – Photogrammetry Lighting
Photogrammetry scans already come with their own lighting. When using these scans in Blender, you can get a natural look and speed up Blender with a few clicks.
Blender Denoise Node: 95% Faster Cycles Renders
A new model has been posted on CGTrader . It’s a rocker switch with power on and off markings. It was modeled in Blender 2.80, but it was rendered in the…
Blender Quick Tip – Auto Merge
Update: 5/27/2022: They keep moving auto-merge. In Blender version 3.1.0 while in edit mode, the auto-merge has a convenient on-off toggle and link to the…
Blender Units for 3D Printing: STL Export Scale
Here are my go-to settings for Blender when I am modelling for a 3D Print
3D Facebook Images – Blender Tutorial
Facebook isn’t my favorite way to waste time, but this is cool
3D Modeling in Blender for 3D Printing
If you are familiar with modeling in Blender and are interested in 3D printing, then Sculpteo.com has an overview for you. It starts with the 3D Printing…