Blender. How to cut and key a model for 3d printing

The previous video on this subject used the bool tool addon and although it is a slightly easier method, booltool does not work reliably for this in Blender 2.93 and above. It does work but a lot depends on your geometry and what type of cut you want to do. This method does not use booltool and therefore slightly more complicated but not worryingly so.

0:00 Annoying but short intro
0:06 Plane cuts
6:52 Organic cuts

[benjaminbrigance]

Thank you for doing this...Not having to spend days trying how somebody did a specific function on screen is SO helpful.

[gremlinchet]

I wish I'd seen this video this morning instead of now at 1 am when i'm supposed to be sleeping. Cutting my model this way would have saved me so much time!

Definitely faving this video for future reference though. Just now learning blender for some projects im really excited about and this video made one the things i was most intimidated by so easy seeming. Thank you!

[MrStuffdude]

Thank you for this, Ive been looking for days at all the Blender tutorials trying to figure it out only to find older instances of the program that no longer function as shown, this updated video showed me exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[raccoonadventures]

Thank you for this tutorial. I was going bonkers trying to fit something on my smaller 3D printer. Your tutorial was immensely helpful.

[yokiyota]

Thank you so much! I have been on You Tube searching for hours on how to do this and I came across this video which showed exactly what I needed. Thanks

[Silentnight]

Awesome, thanks. I was trying to figure out how to take a solid model and basically add a lid by cutting the top off. Works perfect

[martinkolombo]

Thank you, this was very helpful. Clearly explained and no nonsense around.

[ltcameron]

Brilliant tutorial. I have struggled with this for ages. you made it so easy - thank you.

[BobHop]

Many thanks for this video! Slicing objects with a solidified plane is easy and so is keying with a cube, but I couldn't think by myself of a more practical way of doing things (I'm new to Blender). Your tutorial helped a lot. By the way, I noticed that when you toggle face-snap before moving the "cube-gone-vertex" object, you actually don't need to add the shrinkwrap modifier to it.

[czajla]

Thank you. I am a cery beginner in blender and your video is one of the greatest of blender tutorials I came across. Just the essentials and in easy way, you say what you do

[davidlees]

cheers helped a lot .first time using software . must have watched the 6 mins over and over for hours lol . im slow . but it was hollow on one side no matter what i did, untill i used the l and p on all the parts . not just one side and it worked .. cheers for video, i wouldnt have even tryed to use software .untill watched this

[kahmkent]

This was exactly what I needed. Very clear and easy to follow. Keep up the good work! Thank you.

[IDOT_]

amazing, boosted my already high opinion of British people and if you're not British I'm sorry but i respect you so much, tysm

[red_eyed_sophist]

U are my hero! I waste 2 days for trying find right information about keys! Thank u very much! :D

[matthewrice]

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you very much!

[DaddyPoppe]

Thank you so much for your detailed tutorial

[zsivvfm]

thank you for sharing!!, very useful tutorial for me. I never use single vert with guide on face . hope that I will success on my coming model build.

[cwtjones]

Thank you for sharing this very useful method.

[OnurTirpan]

First time in blender, the instructing person does an good job but me not knowing the shortcuts he is using on his keyboard failed me bad.

[ahmadabuazzeh]

Great video and very clear instructions! solved my problem