I’ve never used a 3d printer before but want to get one. I have a bit experience in blender but not too much. My question is: How do you model for a 3d print? For example, if I want to print a hollow cylinder, I go into blender, create cylinder and delete the side faces. If I print this, the walls will be pretty thin. Do I have to make them bigger manually? and if I do so (extrude and scale) does my slicer (cura) automatically fill in the solid part?

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Google for TinkerCad to see an amazingly easy modeling tool. Put shapes together, and set some of the shapes to be a hole (negative shape).

    It’s incredibly easy to make useful things.

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      1 year ago

      I just made a Dremel safety jig in tinkercad for work. Fairly simple to work with and it’ll get the job done for sure, but editing parts later can be a bit of a pain