Fantastic video series Joe, excellent stuff. For those at 12:22 in the video it seems there's a couple of changes to the Add-ons names in latest Blender (2.83.2 at time of writing): 3D View: Modifier Tools is now "Interface: Modifier Tools", and Mesh: 3D Print now has a hyphen, i.e. "Mesh: 3D-Print Toolbox"
this is literally one of the rarest video on youtube that doesn't delete the default cube but everything else in blender tutorials :D usually the first job is deleting that cube :) thank you btw, this is really a helpful video!
@@3dpprofessor yeah :) i have been following it and that's really handy. i also made up a "default_3d_workshop.blend" file. so i am still using the original startup screen but when i follow your tutorials i will open that file.
You are a lifesaver - I was so mad when I saw that the new Blender update changed SO MUCH. I didn't want to spend hours relearning everything by experimenting and you've got me back up and 3D printing in 20 minutes. Amazing. Thank you!
I've been 3D printing for a while and now I'm entering the realm of 3D design... I can't tell you how relieved I am of someone teaching me about Blender, I've used it for a couple of thing but never knew how to modify it at such degree! Can't wait to learn more, love to be your student!
finally someone that speaks my language. thank you so much! i've been trying forever to setup blender for 3d printing and you just solved like 95% of my issues in one short video!
Oh man, this tutorial allready made my day! Such a calm, kind and possitve voice explaning everything so perfectly. I'm so happy for people like you, keep it up!
As a hobbyist 3D designer that's been using Autodesk Fusion 360 for a couple of years, I've got to say these videos are great for easing into the world of Blender 2.8. Kudos!
The pop ups with all your keystrokes make me so happy. Like more than you will ever know. How do more videos with shortcut/macro heavy workflows not have this?
First video into your series I'm taking. I usually don't leave comments but I just wanted to say I'm excited for the rest of them based off of this vid alone. I really like your style of teaching!
My kid is learning Blender at the school, and I just bought a 3D printer, and I was searching for a 3D modeling tool and just found your video! Thanks for make this awesome videos!!!
Great info and presentation style. I did spend a little time trying to clean the smudge off my screen though before realizing the smudge was on your screen! hahaha
Ive been working on learning Blender off Skill Share and I have been super overwhelmed. This video has helped so much. I have a starting point! Thank you, this was a clear and easy to follow video. The extra pop up command window was really nice for the Hot key commands.
Hey guys im not like a blender pro or anything but if you are selecting multiple pieces and accidentally click off of them just hold control and press Z. It will bring back what you just highlighted. Thank you for this i really needed it for my first 3d printer.
Thank you I am just getting into 3D Printing and I was looking for ways to well cut up models or combine them and yours is one of the videos that came up. Thanks in advanced, I am also going to give it a shot a creating my own little designs :)
Thx A LOT!:) BTW, I've been doing 3D since 3D Studio DOS r2 (way back in early 90's), then onto 3dsmax. In fact, I professionally wrote custom code for 3dsmax for many years. Along the way I peeked at Blender, but its UI was "less than ideal", so I deemed it not worth my time, especially considering I was (am) proficient in 3dsmax. I recognized its power, but "No thanks, UI". Well, Blender 2.8 has brought the UI into the 21st century:) So, I'm digging in now:) Plus, I'm heavily into 3D printing (in fact, I run the 3D Lab at my local makerspace). So, this video is really helpful. Thx, again:)
P.S. Also, thx for the boolean add-on tip, as I have a need for such on a current project. Now, I know booleans can be "problematic", but I'll be interested to see how they perform in Blender. Are there "other" boolean options (add-ons)? Thx.
Liked and subbed based on this video alone. I am @Jet_prints on twitter and Instagram, and wanted to learn how to do the boolean difference of the "Skull in the cube" print on my resin printer. I figured it out in MeshMixer, but it was agonizing. Someone recommended blender, but I had no where to start. I have watched a few videos, but none were as simple to follow and "basic" as yours. Thanks for keeping in mind some of us are hobbyists at best :)
Been modelling in blender for years, never made anything for myself to print (plenty of other people have converted my stuff for printing though, but still my first attempt on my own, yay), thanks so much for the tutorial.
Helpful tip if you are using OBS to record these videos: you can add more than one chroma key filter and slightly adjust the settings of every consecutive filter to get rid of the shadow from your green screen. I dont want to sound too critical but it is a bit distracting as it ends up near the center of your video ~ I was wiping at it thinking it was a smudge on my screen hahaha. Awesome tutorial!
Oh my, thanx TH-cam for your recommendation algorithm 😄 this is one of the best recommends, it seems like I'll finally get some juice out of blender thanks to you professor 😬
Thank you Professor! This was very easy to follow along, and you yourself are a seemingly passionate and up beat cat. I'm going down the Blender rabbit hole and I look forward to continuing with your content. Thank you again, sir.
Hi, I've just bought my first 3d printer and have learnt a lot from blender for the absolute beginner... thankyou for the time you spend teaching us. What I would love to know but can't find anywhere is to be able to create a crescent moon that is domed on the top... there is a tutorial showing what I need using autocad but I am just a hobbyist and want/need to stick with blender.
I would need a picture to better understand what a "Cressant moon that is domed on the top" would look like, but I can see 2 ways to do this. Method 1: When you get to Part 3 you'll learn about the subsurf modifier. Start with a cube, extrude and make a rough shape, then put a crease on the bottom, and subsurf and you may have what you want. Method 2: Take a sphere and boolean delete a cylnder from it. It all depends on exactly how you want it to look.
Joe, thank you very much! Your videos are well-paced, informative, and have delved into the "why" of each setting or function. As a graphic designer coming from the Adobe Suite, you are making my transition to CAD much simpler. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for putting these tutorials together. I'm a product designer and use a Mac. The 3D software I am most comfortable with no longer works with the latest Mac OS updates and need to switch to different software that is supported. I'm looking forward to further tutorials and thank you for all your reviews and tutorials!
Also, I've just subscribed through PayPal. You've contributed a lot to my understanding of 3D printing (along with so many others on TH-cam who I support through Patreon). Thanks again for all that you do.
Happy New Year and thanks for the tutorial! All set, will continue to follow along with your suggested settings until I'm ready to fly on my own :) Liked + Subscribed + Notification Bell = Gratitude
Thank you for this tutorial. It's the only one I found, which shows all steps from beginning to set it up for 3D printing. You have a new subscriber now. Kind regards from germany!
I have been molding models made with blender for over 3 years. even if I do not merge them through boolean the slicer manages to print everything quietly. on my own blender is super for 3D printing
Thank you SO much! This is exactly what I needed! I've used design programs before, but just could not figure out how to move around Blender (middle button was a big AHA! moment for me, I'm embarrassed to say! But setting this up right & saving defaults is *exactly* what I needed! I can't thank you enough!
Joe. Good video. I wanted to mention that not sure what microphone you're using, but it sounds amazing! This may be the best sounding video yet. Keep up the great work!!
I am so glad to hear that (unintentional pun intended). I did buy a new mic with the chibimal money. But, honestly, I can't tell the difference. I think my old man ears just are no good at this so I'm glad you're telling me that it's working.
I am a blender beginner but fairly computer literate and familiar with 3D printing. The mechanics and interface seemed to change from 2.8 to 2.81 and I got lost about 5 minutes in. Also, not having the mouse highlighted made it hard to try and figure out where to click especially when where to click changed in 2.81
@@DaSpineLessFish the shortcuts changed in 2.8. I just decided to get used to them. The only one I regret losing, and may put back, is alt+c convert object to mesh.
Loving this tutorial, just given me the confidence to dive into blender. Done a few bits in Fusion, tinkercad etc. But my main desktop is now a raspberry pi 4. Can you 3D print on the cheap? Just about... now with blender on the way I’m getting there. Shame it will only run Blender 2.79b as it won’t do OpenGL 3.3. But I know all the features / settings you have mentioned exist in the other versions. They’re just obscured in a menu. So now it’s hunt the option!!! But thanks for setting me off on the right path, or should that be plane?
I'm a blender very newbie. I try to follow your video but at the very beginning, my 'cube' and thus also my 'floor' are opaque. I don't see the grid on the upper face. Probably a detail but how can I make them transparent like in your video? Sorry for this probably stupid question.
Fantastic video series Joe, excellent stuff. For those at 12:22 in the video it seems there's a couple of changes to the Add-ons names in latest Blender (2.83.2 at time of writing): 3D View: Modifier Tools is now "Interface: Modifier Tools", and Mesh: 3D Print now has a hyphen, i.e. "Mesh: 3D-Print Toolbox"
Thank you! I was having a hard time finding the Modifier Tools.
Yes, this is an awesome video. I got tripped up on the "3D View: Modifier Tools" tools. Thanks!
I was so frustrated and I was like I can't be the only one, thank you!
@@Thrax312 same here.
I cant find "Mesh: 3D-Print Toolbox"
Edit never mind it was under the "official" tab.
this is literally one of the rarest video on youtube that doesn't delete the default cube but everything else in blender tutorials :D
usually the first job is deleting that cube :)
thank you btw, this is really a helpful video!
Believe it or not, my default scene, as you'll see in part 3, still has a cube in it, albeit the cube is changed in shape a bit and renamed.
@@3dpprofessor yeah :) i have been following it and that's really handy.
i also made up a "default_3d_workshop.blend" file. so i am still using the original startup screen but when i follow your tutorials i will open that file.
You are a lifesaver - I was so mad when I saw that the new Blender update changed SO MUCH. I didn't want to spend hours relearning everything by experimenting and you've got me back up and 3D printing in 20 minutes. Amazing. Thank you!
I've been 3D printing for a while and now I'm entering the realm of 3D design... I can't tell you how relieved I am of someone teaching me about Blender, I've used it for a couple of thing but never knew how to modify it at such degree! Can't wait to learn more, love to be your student!
finally someone that speaks my language. thank you so much!
i've been trying forever to setup blender for 3d printing and you just solved like 95% of my issues in one short video!
this is literally the best tutorial I have seen for any program. Verbal descriptions on point everything spoke clearly. THANK YOU!
Oh man, this tutorial allready made my day! Such a calm, kind and possitve voice explaning everything so perfectly. I'm so happy for people like you, keep it up!
Already knew a lot of this, but kept watching for how good of a teacher you are! Really easy to listen to and very clear, keep up the good work man !
If this was only the first results shown when search blender and 3d printing. It was by far the most helpful for beginners.
As a hobbyist 3D designer that's been using Autodesk Fusion 360 for a couple of years, I've got to say these videos are great for easing into the world of Blender 2.8. Kudos!
i was finally getting the UI down on 2.79 and just opened 2.8 for the first time and was lost. thank-you for this video.
It took me a little while to get used to, but now that I am I go back to 2.79 and I'm like "How did I ever live like this?!"
It's people like this that make the Blender community great. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
He is the best Salesman ever, I come to this video to learn how to do a 3D print from Blender and all I learn was how to do a clear cube
The pop ups with all your keystrokes make me so happy. Like more than you will ever know. How do more videos with shortcut/macro heavy workflows not have this?
love the calm and warming personality, also this is invaluable material for 3d print / 3d model noobs like me
First video into your series I'm taking. I usually don't leave comments but I just wanted to say I'm excited for the rest of them based off of this vid alone. I really like your style of teaching!
My kid is learning Blender at the school, and I just bought a 3D printer, and I was searching for a 3D modeling tool and just found your video! Thanks for make this awesome videos!!!
You, my good sir, deserve a million views. Thank you!
Great info and presentation style. I did spend a little time trying to clean the smudge off my screen though before realizing the smudge was on your screen! hahaha
Awesome, now I know which video to load next time I forget how to set up blender for 3d printing.
Verbal descriptions are very useful. thank you good sir
You do the best tutorials! You always explain why you do everything you do and you keep it simple. Thank you.
Oh thank you so much. I am new and it was driving me crazy last night, spent well over an hour trying to fix.
Ive been working on learning Blender off Skill Share and I have been super overwhelmed. This video has helped so much. I have a starting point!
Thank you, this was a clear and easy to follow video. The extra pop up command window was really nice for the Hot key commands.
lol the top lefthand corner of your greenscreen had me rubbing my monitor for 4 minutes straight before I realized what's with what lol
This is exactly what I need so I'm a new subscriber as of today, the day after Christmas 2020. I look forward to learning more from you.
Blender and 3d modeling. You are the first step for me. Thank you.
Hey guys im not like a blender pro or anything but if you are selecting multiple pieces and accidentally click off of them just hold control and press Z. It will bring back what you just highlighted. Thank you for this i really needed it for my first 3d printer.
Thank you I am just getting into 3D Printing and I was looking for ways to well cut up models or combine them and yours is one of the videos that came up. Thanks in advanced, I am also going to give it a shot a creating my own little designs :)
there are 2 producers i watch now,blender guru and the professor!
Thx A LOT!:)
BTW, I've been doing 3D since 3D Studio DOS r2 (way back in early 90's), then onto 3dsmax. In fact, I professionally wrote custom code for 3dsmax for many years. Along the way I peeked at Blender, but its UI was "less than ideal", so I deemed it not worth my time, especially considering I was (am) proficient in 3dsmax. I recognized its power, but "No thanks, UI".
Well, Blender 2.8 has brought the UI into the 21st century:) So, I'm digging in now:) Plus, I'm heavily into 3D printing (in fact, I run the 3D Lab at my local makerspace). So, this video is really helpful. Thx, again:)
P.S. Also, thx for the boolean add-on tip, as I have a need for such on a current project. Now, I know booleans can be "problematic", but I'll be interested to see how they perform in Blender. Are there "other" boolean options (add-ons)? Thx.
Liked and subbed based on this video alone. I am @Jet_prints on twitter and Instagram, and wanted to learn how to do the boolean difference of the "Skull in the cube" print on my resin printer. I figured it out in MeshMixer, but it was agonizing. Someone recommended blender, but I had no where to start. I have watched a few videos, but none were as simple to follow and "basic" as yours. Thanks for keeping in mind some of us are hobbyists at best :)
This is an amazing series. I used blender extensively years ago and I am glad I can refresh my skills I used to have.
Been modelling in blender for years, never made anything for myself to print (plenty of other people have converted my stuff for printing though, but still my first attempt on my own, yay), thanks so much for the tutorial.
Omigosh, this is exactly what I was looking for. My models kept being exported so tiny and I didn't know why. Thanks professor :-D
Your video series is invaluable for an absolute beginner such as myself, thank you!!!!!🙏
Helpful tip if you are using OBS to record these videos: you can add more than one chroma key filter and slightly adjust the settings of every consecutive filter to get rid of the shadow from your green screen. I dont want to sound too critical but it is a bit distracting as it ends up near the center of your video ~ I was wiping at it thinking it was a smudge on my screen hahaha. Awesome tutorial!
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you
This is a great and straight-forward approach to setting up Blender 2.8+. Great job! Very well done and easy to follow.
Totally new to this, and tinkercad was so easy, but so lacking. Thouroghly enjoying your lessons! Keep rocking !
Oh my, thanx TH-cam for your recommendation algorithm 😄 this is one of the best recommends, it seems like I'll finally get some juice out of blender thanks to you professor 😬
Thank you, Ive been trying to resolve the stl sizing issue for some time.
You are such a good teacher. I really appreciate your work.
You are absolutely a great teacher, thank you so much for this video.
Thank you Professor! This was very easy to follow along, and you yourself are a seemingly passionate and up beat cat.
I'm going down the Blender rabbit hole and I look forward to continuing with your content.
Thank you again, sir.
Ye, for sure, these videos are great, really helping me get a grip with Blender. Thank you!
Hi, I've just bought my first 3d printer and have learnt a lot from blender for the absolute beginner... thankyou for the time you spend teaching us. What I would love to know but can't find anywhere is to be able to create a crescent moon that is domed on the top... there is a tutorial showing what I need using autocad but I am just a hobbyist and want/need to stick with blender.
I would need a picture to better understand what a "Cressant moon that is domed on the top" would look like, but I can see 2 ways to do this.
Method 1: When you get to Part 3 you'll learn about the subsurf modifier. Start with a cube, extrude and make a rough shape, then put a crease on the bottom, and subsurf and you may have what you want.
Method 2: Take a sphere and boolean delete a cylnder from it.
It all depends on exactly how you want it to look.
best blender tutorial ive come accross yet. thank you for your service, im here for the ride.
Thank you for this Video! I'm using BforArtists so I just needed to look in a few different areas but it definitely helped me get started!
Thanks this is just what I needed. I had tried to sort it out myself but very much failed.
Joe, thank you very much! Your videos are well-paced, informative, and have delved into the "why" of each setting or function. As a graphic designer coming from the Adobe Suite, you are making my transition to CAD much simpler. Keep up the great work!
Powerful teaching here, Professor.
You need to keep doing this until the heat death of the universe. Patreon link? Good stuff man. Subscribed.
Thank you for putting these tutorials together. I'm a product designer and use a Mac. The 3D software I am most comfortable with no longer works with the latest Mac OS updates and need to switch to different software that is supported. I'm looking forward to further tutorials and thank you for all your reviews and tutorials!
Also, I've just subscribed through PayPal. You've contributed a lot to my understanding of 3D printing (along with so many others on TH-cam who I support through Patreon). Thanks again for all that you do.
@@pfontaine23 thank you so much.
Thanks a lot. Someone who goes straight to the point and help us solve the issue.
He's like the bob ross of blender
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The first word he spoke I pressed thumbsup.
I was thinking this as I followed along. Clear voice/diction...but calm.....
Happy models!
I LITERALLY THOUGHT THIS OH MY GOD
Thank you , very much! and congratulations by all your energy and clearness. You really make the way much more simple, looks impossible to do better.
Great stuff, I felt very confident following your instructions, thank you!
Thanks for these videos , loving blender now and I was having problems with size of objects and now due to this video problem solved.
Wow! Amazing, easy to follow and very well explained. You have helped me start my journey in retirement. Thank you so very much.
Happy New Year and thanks for the tutorial! All set, will continue to follow along with your suggested settings until I'm ready to fly on my own :) Liked + Subscribed + Notification Bell = Gratitude
I had to pause the video to commend you on the choice of tie! Looks great
Thank you for this tutorial. It's the only one I found, which shows all steps from beginning to set it up for 3D printing. You have a new subscriber now. Kind regards from germany!
Exactly what I needed. Really well done.
Thanks a lot!
Awesome video! Thanks for that!
Thanks for the video series. Very well done...
This is perfect, your voice is perfect
I have been molding models made with blender for over 3 years. even if I do not merge them through boolean the slicer manages to print everything quietly. on my own blender is super for 3D printing
Thank you so much for offering these series
I like the professional and kindly tones
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. It is one of the best on the internet.
Excellent video, felt like a lecture from my own professors.
One of the cook ones I hope.
Really well explained, almost an ASMR
This video was SUPER helpful ! Now I can make stuff with great accuracy on my 3D printer.
Thank you SO much! This is exactly what I needed! I've used design programs before, but just could not figure out how to move around Blender (middle button was a big AHA! moment for me, I'm embarrassed to say! But setting this up right & saving defaults is *exactly* what I needed! I can't thank you enough!
Apparently I need to book myself for an appointment twice a year, thanks again.
Just starting out, thank you, excellent video. I'm diving in!
Absolute must for 3D printing!!
Oh my god I love you, thank you for such a great comprehensive overview!
One of the best tutors out there!
These videos are amazing, thank you for this. Please more tutorials on creating Mini's!!! thank you
I turn the resolution scale up for you!, says the guy with the glasses ;). Thanks for the video!
awesome tutorial. i enjoy it. you speak very clear. thank you
Great tutorial! Thank you for taking the time to do this.
excited for this series, I've really been interested in buying a 3d printer but I really prefer using free & open source software
I just started 3d printing thank you so much for these videos they help so much
Joe. Good video. I wanted to mention that not sure what microphone you're using, but it sounds amazing! This may be the best sounding video yet. Keep up the great work!!
I am so glad to hear that (unintentional pun intended). I did buy a new mic with the chibimal money. But, honestly, I can't tell the difference. I think my old man ears just are no good at this so I'm glad you're telling me that it's working.
very clear and applicable, thanks
quite usefull info, esp about scaling and grid.
reccomend you play this video at 1.5 times the speed, youre welcome
you have a gift for teaching … thank you :)
Thanks alot. Figured it out. 👍
I am a blender beginner but fairly computer literate and familiar with 3D printing.
The mechanics and interface seemed to change from 2.8 to 2.81 and I got lost about 5 minutes in. Also, not having the mouse highlighted made it hard to try and figure out where to click especially when where to click changed in 2.81
2.81 broke boolean modifiers for me, so I have to wait for the next version.
3D Printing Professor they changed all the shortcuts I’m used to so I went all the way back to 2.79
@@DaSpineLessFish the shortcuts changed in 2.8. I just decided to get used to them. The only one I regret losing, and may put back, is alt+c convert object to mesh.
This is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!
awsome vid dude gonna keep watching these tutorials
Thanks, this is very helpful. Exactly what I was looking to know.
Yes!!! My fellow Blender 2.8 for 3D printing buddy! :) :) :)
This is a bit scarey! I'm making the jump from TinkerCad to Blender, so thanks for making things not quite as painful! :)
Loving this tutorial, just given me the confidence to dive into blender. Done a few bits in Fusion, tinkercad etc. But my main desktop is now a raspberry pi 4. Can you 3D print on the cheap? Just about... now with blender on the way I’m getting there. Shame it will only run Blender 2.79b as it won’t do OpenGL 3.3. But I know all the features / settings you have mentioned exist in the other versions. They’re just obscured in a menu. So now it’s hunt the option!!! But thanks for setting me off on the right path, or should that be plane?
I'm a blender very newbie. I try to follow your video but at the very beginning, my 'cube' and thus also my 'floor' are opaque. I don't see the grid on the upper face. Probably a detail but how can I make them transparent like in your video? Sorry for this probably stupid question.
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thx
You are really great at explaining this. Thank you.