In this course I’m going to give you a run-through on how to take a high-resolution model from Blender, with lots of small details, and then 3D print it on a Form 1+.

By curing a thin layer at a time, it’s able to slowly build up a physical form from slices. The Form 1+ is a stereolithographic machine, meaning it uses a UV light-source to cure liquid resin into a solid. One of the more prominent, and might I say, high-quality machines that has come available is the Form 1+ from Formlabs. The machines are more accessible, cheaper, and easier to use than ever before. Welcome to 3D printing In recent years the consumer level, and prosumer 3D printers market has simply exploded. But nothing I created was actually tangible. Like eight hours per day when I was age 13, type of consumed. I grew up working with my hands, doing everything from home construction to wood working (mostly to make bows and arrows, honestly), and so when I discovered modeling I became absolutely consumed.

Sure, I could print renders out on paper, but creating beautiful imagery wasn’t what I really enjoyed. At that time everything I created existed almost exclusively in the computer.

Digital modeling has come a long ways since I started creating meshes with Blender in 2003.

Learn blender for 3d printing