Modeling for 3D Printing

Interested in creating your own 3D models for 3D printing? Let Tyson walk you through the basics and get you the skills you need to create perfect printable models in SketchUp!

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[philipculver]

Haven’t even started printing yet and this was super helpful. Thank you!

[gusbert]

Making sure that a solid is "solid" is called making it manifold and watertight. Sometimes with complex solids which are not "solid", when I use Solid Inspector to help or fix issues, it says "Everything is shiny" but SU Entity Info still does not show a volume. If this happens, I ungroup and regroup the object and that usually fixes things. Since I have been using my own 3D printer I have never used supports! I avoid them by splitting objects in SketchUp (and adding alignment holes/pegs where necessary) and orienting the solids appropriately. Never had any issues.

[jezbysculpts]

this was such an awesome video thank you so much! I am trying to create a little candy cup for my desk and model efficiently so that there are little issues with my print! Im excited~

[RBRCH]

Some good tips and tricks in this video! Thank you 👍🏼

[rogeriozan]

Nice make more content about 3D Printing :)

[beeman]

it prefer metric because is more precise

[AntonioArango-rv]

thank u new to this. and the vid was very informative

[ahmad-murery]

Nice tips Tyson,
I'm not into 3D printing but regarding the radius issue, maybe we can reconstruct that curve using flat steps where the step width = nozzle diameter and the step height = slice height
it's a tedious work I know, and I hope there is a better and quicker way to print that curve.
Thanks!