If you are having trouble with the Control-Shift- Minus not working do this : Go to Edit>Preferences>Input> and then click the box at the top that reads 'Emulate Numpad'. This should help.
For those out there without a numpad, the "shift+ctrl+minus" shortcut to perform a "difference" in the bool tool actually refers to "numpad -" in the settings. If you hit ctrl+shift+b you can open up the bool tool window itself and select the diff operation without the shortcut. I'll edit my comment if I find where to rebind hotkeys
Perfect! Just what I needed. Very efficient and easy to follow. So much better than all those other videos on youtube using a cube to copy parts of the model.
This is so great! I’ve been wanting to do this for so long but I’ve always settled for meshmixer plane cuts. Downloaded blender and this was without a doubt the most beginner friendly tutorial, even taking the time to explain key bindings you’re using etc. 10/10!
As someone who is trying to teach my self modelling for the exclusive purpose of 3d printing - this will com in SUPER handy down the line. Thanks for this!
This video has been INCREDIBLY helpful. Thank you for posting this as it took this amateur about 2 hours and a failure to figure out what you fit into about 10 minutes.
This was excellent! Thank you so much! This was the perfect video I’ve been looking for cut and keying. I’ve used MeshMixer but it has limitations. Continue with Blender tutorials, I’ve been looking for some simple sculpting videos.
This is an absolute life saver. I've been printing some huge Tyranid style figures for my son and a few parts came out perfectly with perhaps a single flaw here and there! Rather than print the whole piece agaiun I can now just get the single bit I need.... Incredible, thank you so much, saves me time and resin.
This worked like a charm slicing a model way too big for my print to make. thank you! Also, depending on the complexity of the seam you can also duplicate existing boundaries on the mesh,, use grid fill, and finally follow the same process to get even more organic shapes as result
I am a beginner in both 3D printing and Blender and this video helped solve so many problems I was having! Great method, explanation, and demonstration even for a total novice.
I've found this video totally by accident after asking on a helmet printing video how to people add holes / registration marks for easier connection (my printing bed is small. so i have to print 8 diff pieces instead of 1 full helmet) and man you are the G Thanks for your video!
thankyou! literally downloaded Blender last week , id love to see something in how to manipulate these sculpts with ball joints, making them a posable figure.
This was super helpful! From my experience with printing it helps to scale up the negative socket ever so slightly. My first time I didn't do it and the positive peg would not fit into the negative.
That's what I do too, usually about 0.1-0.25 mm, but it varies depending on how much desired tightness/looseness, corners, etc. Another bit of advice, is to accurately measure and calibrate your extruding rate. If you're over-extruding, the part will surely be larger than anticipated. Over-extrusion can also be caused by wet filament, so keep the filament dry. (Some materials absorb moisture from the air.)
Honestly I thought cutting a giant area OBJ for making a Gamecube diorama was going to be impossible, but with this I finally know how to cut out the piece I want to use, thank you so much lol
This is perfect! As one side note for Newbie 3D printers like me, you have to know your printers tolerances and get them compensated or adjust for. My Creality Neo Max prints with about + 0.20 - 0.23mm variance from measured model. So, I have to adjust either the settings or my model if I need accurate fits.
even if your printer is dialed in...EXACT fits aren't a good idea. Over the years they never fit. a tolerance of one nozzle width is good (at least .4mm) that tiny bit of play allows for expansion and exact fits by slighting moving the inserted piece to align better.
For those of you having problems with the Shift+Ctrl+Minus, I had to close out the application and re open it being the first time I added the boolian addon. Also use the minus key on the number pad.
I subscribed for this video alone. Great tutorial! If I may make a suggestion. I would make the cube key hole first in the body, then I would reduce the size of the cube key and then I would make the union between the key and the arm. This is because it'll leave a hole a little bit bigger that the actual key and when 3D printed it would allow for some variation in size, or dimension inaccuracy, inherent to all 3d printers. Cheers!
Thanks man. I couldn't find the 3D Print tab, and eventually found out I had to press "N" lol. Hopefully I'll get the hang of doing this as I want to make large scale prints.
5:46 "We kinda f... messed up the front a little" Awesome, video. Never knew how this was made. I'll try to replicate it on Cinema4D as I'm more familiarized with it
This was very helpful thnx! I need to cut up some Ironman files I bought to add some extra features and i wanted it to cut true a seem so this is perfect
Great video and very helpful! Could this be used to do custom models? For example, I want to do a work team building project where I scan heads of people and put them on action figures for painting. Could something like this be done with Blender using the techniques you demo'd? Thanks!
Thanks for the tutorial! How would you go about cleaning the surfaces that come out of the boolean operation? I’m finding that there is no easy way to smooth or remesh them without messing up the model.
very nice helped me alot to understand it...i have one question , i understand if the print size is too small it makes sense to have multiple pieces but why do most vinyl toy designers do this even on small modelss? can it be it has to do with painting?
Nice tutorial but I’d do this differently. I’d add a single vert rather than a plane and snap it to the arm seam then extrude and snap more vertices all the way round the shoulder till a ring was formed. Then fill it and alt+s scale on normals up a little and then solidify it. This way of working causes the front to go out of position when you move the back vertices.
Noob question - I'm trying to separate out a head on a model with a tall collar, and this seems like a good idea for that. I found how to enable Add Mesh: Extra Objects in the add ons menu, but I'm not finding how to fill it to do the rest of your suggestion. How do I fill in the random loose collection of verts going around this neck?
If you are having trouble with the Control-Shift- Minus not working do this : Go to Edit>Preferences>Input> and then click the box at the top that reads 'Emulate Numpad'. This should help.
thank you so much!!
ty
that saved me so much headache! Thank you
beautiful
Thank you so much❤
For those out there without a numpad, the "shift+ctrl+minus" shortcut to perform a "difference" in the bool tool actually refers to "numpad -" in the settings. If you hit ctrl+shift+b you can open up the bool tool window itself and select the diff operation without the shortcut. I'll edit my comment if I find where to rebind hotkeys
Thank you!
thanks!!!
still doesn't work
@@pumpkinpioneer2280 Try ti use older versiom of Blender 2.83.2
@@pumpkinpioneer2280 I was able to do it on 3.0.0, did you install bool tool and 3d print?
Perfect! Just what I needed. Very efficient and easy to follow. So much better than all those other videos on youtube using a cube to copy parts of the model.
This is so great!
I’ve been wanting to do this for so long but I’ve always settled for meshmixer plane cuts.
Downloaded blender and this was without a doubt the most beginner friendly tutorial, even taking the time to explain key bindings you’re using etc.
10/10!
I've watched a ton of videos on trying to cut things and i learned so much info and im actually able to continue with my projects! Thank you so much!
this was super useful and easy to follow. I'm starting with blender, taking my time, but channels like this get the "fear" away to keep on learning.
For anyone using Mac ,
It is shift + Ctrl + B
Then difference
THANK YOU!
😁👍
for me it completely deletes the other part :(
Absolutely love this tutorial mate
A refreshing change to see such a clear explanation, thank you
As someone who is trying to teach my self modelling for the exclusive purpose of 3d printing - this will com in SUPER handy down the line. Thanks for this!
Exactly what I needed, thanks! Easy to follow, not too fast and well explained.
This video has been INCREDIBLY helpful. Thank you for posting this as it took this amateur about 2 hours and a failure to figure out what you fit into about 10 minutes.
This solved a lot of problems that I've been struggling with. Thanks for an awesome tutorial
You have singlehandedly been the solution to my issue I was having for days now on Blender. Thank you for making this video.
This was excellent! Thank you so much! This was the perfect video I’ve been looking for cut and keying. I’ve used MeshMixer but it has limitations. Continue with Blender tutorials, I’ve been looking for some simple sculpting videos.
This is an absolute life saver. I've been printing some huge Tyranid style figures for my son and a few parts came out perfectly with perhaps a single flaw here and there! Rather than print the whole piece agaiun I can now just get the single bit I need.... Incredible, thank you so much, saves me time and resin.
i swear these type of videos are GOLD!
This worked like a charm slicing a model way too big for my print to make. thank you! Also, depending on the complexity of the seam you can also duplicate existing boundaries on the mesh,, use grid fill, and finally follow the same process to get even more organic shapes as result
Omg great tutorial! I have been trying to figure out how to do this, simple enough for a beginner thank you so much!!
Finally a tutorial that explains how to do this in a way I can understand THANK YOU
I am a beginner in both 3D printing and Blender and this video helped solve so many problems I was having! Great method, explanation, and demonstration even for a total novice.
very usefull, I've been looking all over the youtube for cutting with connectors tutorial. Thanks A LOT!
I've found this video totally by accident after asking on a helmet printing video how to people add holes / registration marks for easier connection (my printing bed is small. so i have to print 8 diff pieces instead of 1 full helmet) and man you are the G
Thanks for your video!
It's been a year and still this tutorial helped, thanks a lot, friend!
nice tutorial, would certainly love to see more like this
This saved me millions of years. Thank you!
This was great. I would love more Blender vids!
wow dude, I really loved this tutorial!!! I was looking how to do this for a long time and YT just recommend me to watch this video
Loved the plane cutting!
This was such a great help cutting models that meshmixer just cant cut. thank you for the information
Very helpful. I have been wanting to learn how to do this for a long time!
Glad it was helpful!
thankyou! literally downloaded Blender last week , id love to see something in how to manipulate these sculpts with ball joints, making them a posable figure.
Excellent video you were saying things in a very good way to help me fully understand the process. I may seek you for more insight and advice!
you my hero ! i look 3 or 4 other video but your the only one who explaine well for some one new to blender !
Best video I´ve seen on cutting, Thank you
This was super helpful! From my experience with printing it helps to scale up the negative socket ever so slightly. My first time I didn't do it and the positive peg would not fit into the negative.
That's what I do too, usually about 0.1-0.25 mm, but it varies depending on how much desired tightness/looseness, corners, etc.
Another bit of advice, is to accurately measure and calibrate your extruding rate. If you're over-extruding, the part will surely be larger than anticipated.
Over-extrusion can also be caused by wet filament, so keep the filament dry. (Some materials absorb moisture from the air.)
Honestly I thought cutting a giant area OBJ for making a Gamecube diorama was going to be impossible, but with this I finally know how to cut out the piece I want to use, thank you so much lol
Great video! Very informative and straight to the point.
thanks, I hate videos that are longer than they have to be.
This video is going to be saved in my quick access bar for all time.
Life saver. Been having a heck of a time with meshmixer
Thanks for the tutorial. Finally I just find what i looked after!
Best tutorial for doing this! Thank you
an I missed this kind of tutorials lol. Great work here, thanks!!!
Beautiful tutorial. Thanks!
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a bunch
This is perfect!
As one side note for Newbie 3D printers like me, you have to know your printers tolerances and get them compensated or adjust for.
My Creality Neo Max prints with about + 0.20 - 0.23mm variance from measured model. So, I have to adjust either the settings or my model if I need accurate fits.
even if your printer is dialed in...EXACT fits aren't a good idea. Over the years they never fit. a tolerance of one nozzle width is good (at least .4mm) that tiny bit of play allows for expansion and exact fits by slighting moving the inserted piece to align better.
Straight forward, great tutorial
This saved me so much time, Life saver ty
Just what i was looking for, helped a lot, thank you very much :)
Great video. This is what I was looking for.
This is extremely helpful thank you
Excellent nice and straight forward, very helpful.😁
Very nice. The cubes you add inside the model - they are called "keys". (molding terminology).
For those of you having problems with the Shift+Ctrl+Minus, I had to close out the application and re open it being the first time I added the boolian addon. Also use the minus key on the number pad.
im using a laptop and dont have number pad, will it work if i only use the boolean add on?
THANK you!
@@easy_3d shit man I got the same issue
it worket for me.....tnank you man
@@easy_3d try the top comment's emulating keypad maybe?
Excellent 😎👍 just the information I was looking for.
Boom! Subscribed! Thank you for the tutorial!!!
Nice! Think this will be tonight's job trying this out!
THANK YOU! for this very informative video! It helped me alot cause im noob blender user still :D thank you again!
This was perfect! Thank you!
loved this! helped SO much
the greates tutorial of all time !!!
really really good! Thx very much, exactly what i needed!!!!
Amazing tutorial man.
I WOULD WATCH EVERY BLENDER VIDEO YOU MAKE
I subscribed for this video alone. Great tutorial! If I may make a suggestion. I would make the cube key hole first in the body, then I would reduce the size of the cube key and then I would make the union between the key and the arm. This is because it'll leave a hole a little bit bigger that the actual key and when 3D printed it would allow for some variation in size, or dimension inaccuracy, inherent to all 3d printers. Cheers!
GREAT video. Thank you so much!
Thanks man. I couldn't find the 3D Print tab, and eventually found out I had to press "N" lol. Hopefully I'll get the hang of doing this as I want to make large scale prints.
thank you, couldn't figure it out either
Thank you! could not figure it out on my own!
5:46 "We kinda f... messed up the front a little"
Awesome, video. Never knew how this was made. I'll try to replicate it on Cinema4D as I'm more familiarized with it
thank you for this helpful tutorial
Exactly what I needed!!! THANKS, dude!!! :D
good work king, love you
this was really useful continue
That was very useful! Thank you
This was very helpful thnx! I need to cut up some Ironman files I bought to add some extra features and i wanted it to cut true a seem so this is perfect
Thank you this is a great tutorial.
thank you for sharing this with us!!!
Maan this is the thing that i want to saw and I hope this will help me very much, thank you.
Yhis helped me so much :D thanks!! Youre a gem
Thanks for the tutorial! FYI, the plural of vertex is verticess.
thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb
Thank you so much! :D
I am very happy about this.
You gained a Subscriber. 🙂
Very nice, thank you for sharing!
Top stuff man, good video. Just what I needed to know. Should be getting my first 3D printer soon. Going to the Bambo lad p1p 😎
Godlike Tutorial THANK YOU
Very useful. Thanks for the vid.
thank you verymuch. excellent tutorial.
thank you for this tutorial!
Thank you for a great video
Thank you for this! Super cool video! A+++
Great video and very helpful! Could this be used to do custom models? For example, I want to do a work team building project where I scan heads of people and put them on action figures for painting. Could something like this be done with Blender using the techniques you demo'd? Thanks!
Shift+ctrl+B for newest version of Blender, select Slice.
Thanks, this is perfect!
Shift control minus does not work for me on my Mac :( what is the alternative for this
very very very useful, thank you very much!
Thanks for the tutorial! How would you go about cleaning the surfaces that come out of the boolean operation? I’m finding that there is no easy way to smooth or remesh them without messing up the model.
very nice helped me alot to understand it...i have one question , i understand if the print size is too small it makes sense to have multiple pieces but why do most vinyl toy designers do this even on small modelss? can it be it has to do with painting?
Nice tutorial but I’d do this differently. I’d add a single vert rather than a plane and snap it to the arm seam then extrude and snap more vertices all the way round the shoulder till a ring was formed. Then fill it and alt+s scale on normals up a little and then solidify it. This way of working causes the front to go out of position when you move the back vertices.
Noob question - I'm trying to separate out a head on a model with a tall collar, and this seems like a good idea for that. I found how to enable Add Mesh: Extra Objects in the add ons menu, but I'm not finding how to fill it to do the rest of your suggestion. How do I fill in the random loose collection of verts going around this neck?
Brilliant. Many thanks.
Really useful, thanks.