Fully agreed! Printing a toy is fun, printing a part to fix something feels good, seeing a problem and creating your own solution and making it a reality is game changing! Thanks for the tips!
my wife gave me grief relentlessly about the money i spent on my first printer. then she saw it in action. i have used tinkercad to make shelves, clamps, a hose connector for the pool, curtain rod ends, and all sorts of useful stuff. my wife has changed her tune, in fact yesterday she saw an add for flexible TPU filament and told me i need to get some. designing my own models allows me to make useful items, and helped me to justify the purchase to my wife.... lol
Like my hero Bigweld always said "see a need, fill a need!" Yes I'm quoting a 10-15 year old animated movie, but Robin Williams was a national treasure and I'll take any chance I can get to remember him
I've NEVER designed anything and have horrible drawing skills, but with your video I've just created my first part in TinkerCad and it's prototyping in the 3d printer now!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
I wonder if there are many others like me, who came to 3D printing from a different angle... with only hobby-grade engineering experience, I fell in love with CAD software. I experimented with every application I could get my hands on, and designed everything I could think of, knowing I had no way of turning my designs into real objects. 3D printing was a game changer; now I could see my ideas in the flesh. I have never printed the test that came with my printer. I have admired peoples work in Thingiverse, and used it for inspiration, but almost all my prints are of my own designs... and that is immensely satisfying. Thanks for another helpful video.
I think it must be a mix. There are so many great designs out there, not printing them for a gift or a decoration is a mistake :) Obviously the printer must have some dead time when you are designing things, I bet you could print some toys in that time.
@@evgiz0r : You are right, of course. I must be selfish... the time I spent finding things and printing them would be time away from doing things for ME! That would never do! :o) The truth is I enjoy thinking up ideas and creating them in CAD. The actual printing is usually just proving my ideas have validity. The bulk of the printing I do is brackets, jigs, adapters, mounts, knobs etc. and I get satisfaction from seeing them in use from day to day.
I came to 3D printing from a different angle... In 2005 before 3D printing existed, I took engineering in community college, which only qualified me for metal machining jobs... but I like having 10 fingers, so I worked in computers instead. Fast forward to this year, and I realize that 3D printing uses the exact same skill set I learned for CNC. With modern machines that can print functional parts and are so cheap, I couldn't help but get one! It sure beats trying to find an old knee mill and hook it up in my garage.
9:29 You can also use "hole" boxes (grouped with the main object) to delete the majority of the design, leaving only the area want to test, export the STL to test print, then step backwards to undo and get your hard work back. Very handy for more complex designs. Alternatively, if it's simply just a matter of reducing height to make a test piece, you can also just lower it beneath the floor in Cura, as anything below the floor won't be printed.
Excellent channel and great video ! Three other useful tips for real world parts: 1. Buy a digital micrometer to measure the real world part you are interfacing with. 2. Before starting the CAD, draw a picture with a pencil and paper, preferably in an isometric view. Add critical dimensions, the interfacing part and other key features. Will greatly help with the CAD since you can already ‘see’ the part in your mind 3. Check if someone has already made something similar on thingiverse or myminifactory. You may be able to remix this design for your application rather than designing from scratch. Well done on the channel !
I’ll be honest, the beginning and trying to draw what I have in my mind has got to be one of the hardest parts for me. This is especially true when I am trying to design parts for an already preexisting device and I’m trying to gage distances.
Another cracking video Michael. I don't need to learnt the basics anymore, but you strike a perfect balance. There is nothing that's not needed. You've addressed the essential concepts and said what's important completely yet concisely. No ego, no hype, no nonsense - just high quality content. Thanks!
If I have learned anything in this 'hobby', it's that I haven't learned ANYTHING. There is always so much more to learn and you make it interesting and informative, thanks, Michael. (Who says you can't teach an old dog [me] new tricks!)
The dimensioning tool (looks like an L in the top right) allows you to position things very accurately. Also changing the sensitivity in the bottom right can help when using the keyboard to position objects.
I’ve only started printing for about 5 months now and some of my most rewarding moments have been jumping into tinkercad for a few minutes and printing a part I made to use for various situations.
Thank you very much. My family could never afford a 3D printer but my uncle works overseas so he bought us a 3D printer. It's an Ender 3. I want to learn how to make my own designs and want to learn the basics. I am currently using TinkerCAD. I hope I can successfully make a print. I will update this comment once I have made one already. Wish me luck!
3rd tip is very good not even for beginners! The last about test prints is the most important. I've used this method as well - saves time, nerves and plastic :) My own tip (for DIY fans and makers mostly): be careful with improving (or replacing) everything. Sometimes you can't save money but make it worse. It's not often but can happen with everybody. The example: yesterday I've decided to design a replacement of a silicon cap for my Vidima's water tap box. I've had a completely new piece in a stash and I've used it to measure the part to be replaced. On the 2nd designing attempt I've got a good (less height) part probably and tested it on the fresh tap box. It's "kind of" worked :) Maybe it didn't leaked. Then I've tested it on the old tap box: the height was not enough (leaked a lot). So I've decided to try the 1st design (just 0.5mm higher) on the old tap box. I've almost tighten the tap box to it's working position (almost touching or touching the fauset body) and I've thought "well, it's not enough... let me try to tighten it further"... Guess what did happened next? ;) The tap box is a brass metal, the cap is PETG plastic... Write here if you've didn't guessed right :)
ah mate you're literally the reason I'm still enjoying my Ender 3. Appreciate the effort you put into this - I wouldnt've figured out most of this stuff without your videos. Cheers!
i did not know you could double click a grouped item and it ungroups them like that all this time i been manually ungrouping my stuff just to regroup after a small change, super handy tip thank you
Thanks! I've been using 3d printers for about 1.5 years and made some items using Sketchup (already knew how to use it for woodworking) and I'm gonna have to try out Tinkercad.
Thank you so much for the set of tips. 8:50 At looking at the Be Patient and Iterate tip, I saw an extra piece that may be worth considering.. It may be possible that after the first attempt, you could alter the test so that it has some sort of measurement built into it - which could have helped dial it in faster.
Great video Mike! One additional tip I always give my students is FILLETS when ever possible. Like on that magnet mount you made, where the round piece and the square piece come together will be one of the weakest points of that print, a fillet in the corners will double the strength of the part.
Makes a huge difference! After watching a video from Angus (Makers Muse), I tend to use chamfers more than fillets. Fillets are technically stronger, but chamfers work better for 3D printed parts because of the limitations imposed by layered construction.
Thanks for the tip about printing a slice or partial version of an object that needs to fit with a real world object. I don't know why that hadn't occurred to me, but it's super helpful! I've been having trouble getting a couple of my printed pieces to fit together. Each part takes about 4 hours to print so new iterations to fix sizing has been incredibly time consuming. But I'm going to take a slice of one of the pieces which should print in significantly less time and help me get the right fit faster. Can't wait to try it!
Good onya bloke..👍 i was on the cusp of forkin' out a whack of cash for sketchup & had no idea about this program.. you've saved me a motza, very much appreciated.. subbed..✌
What a great video..one of your most useful for those new to design.. concise, easy to follow and saves your viewers hours of learning the hard way.. thank you
this video is essential watching for designers who use 3d printers! another awesome video educating the public about 3DP. tinkercad is epic, if you havnt tried it i highly recomend giving it a go!
Superb tips that will be invaluable to beginners. Agreed, it is immensely satisfying to solve real world issues. Currently printing stands for a local shops display cabinet that I designed myself. There are many other things that I've designed and printed to solve issues and just make everything a little easier.
Michael this is great as I want to make a screw cover for one of the handles on my landcruiser and the part is out of stock in many online places and Toyota, so I thought if I could replicate it and print it myself then it would be easier.. I just have to learn how to use these cad programs...
How timely!! I'm designing my first part: a nose protector for a old lathe in Tinker cad. I'm on my 5th iteration now, and it's getting closer. I found that an internal thread was a brain teaser. I think I've got it now tho. Iteration 6 is about to start!! That short height to check tolerance is one I figured on my own. These tips are appreciated! Thanks!
Bro this video is amazing . I have a part i want to build and i have been intimidated about how to design it but this made understanding so easy thank you
Excellent work and thank you for the effort Michael. You do great work and I for one amongst many appreciate all of your professionalism and simplicity, thanks again. You have greatly aided my understanding of 3D Printing which I have just taken up at Christmas just gone and helped me to advance to a level that has surprised me many times in the last 5 months. At 57 I am very, very pleased and grateful, thanks mate, good on ya, 11x👍🏻
I need some info on how to design two pieces, one fitting inside the other. I need to know how smaller needs to be the piece sliding into the bigger one.
Big thumbs up! Hated cad back in the old day when we had to code pixels..., Tried something newer and we didn't get along as it made all bits separate!! So walked away..tried tinkercad, job done! We'll see how well tomorrow morning when real world print is made...did I get it wrong....or right
Just wanna say I’ve learned lots from you now I gots my owns nu printer Cr 10s pro v1 and updated to bl touch 3.1 and the newest tiny machine and 5 Noctua fans upgrade and I’m happy u teach on Utube
Subbed. I like the way you teach. I'm a newbie, so being clear in your verbiage is appreciated, which you do. Thanks. Question if I may. I am to purchase a second-hand Basic Ender 3 3D printer. My goal is to print two halves of a sphere and then wrap, small gauged, electrical wire from its' apex to the equator ridge. From your vid I see ridges in the finished product. These ridges may be able to facilitate holding the electrical wire as Im winding the coil. So, what is the spacing measurement between each layer, from apex to apex and the overall depth between each layer? And, would any printer layer this in a concentric spiral pattern?
I'm trying to find a video to help with creating a design based on a real world part (e.g. that is broken) to 3D print a replacement. If you know of a video, or if you can make one, I would be interested in the best tips for getting accurate measurements for doing this. I think I once saw something about a way to scan an object to make a plan for 3D printing, but any types of ways to do this, or tips for best results would be great.
Here is one using manual measuring: ua-cam.com/video/Rrji1BZGD30/v-deo.html Here is one using 3D scanners on an obscure part: ua-cam.com/video/n-qqaW-yjis/v-deo.html This playlist has several videos measuring and making real world parts: ua-cam.com/video/XHzOzxCQ7MU/v-deo.html
Loved this summary of issues. With respect to strength of items does have anyone have any ideas of how to make a strong hinge pin. Mine done in in PLA is a cylindrical base with a central cylinder from it centre. However it just breaks on the pin the moment any weight is put through it. Is it just an anfill issue or is there a way of printing it with the lines going along the length of the central pin without infinite support material?
I was searching for a video to give me a proper understanding on how to design a 3d print. Coincidently, I was already using tinker cad and being self taught and doing this for a couple years now this was a great refresher and confirmed a ton of tips for me. Also learned some new ones! Thank you so much for this video. I do have 1 question however, I find the measurements in tinkercad to not be entirely accurate. For example, I've created a round bushing that needed to be 6mm. Although it printed much smaller. I beleive my print was set to 100% in the slicer. Any one else have this issue? Or know of some further tips to help me out? Thanks!
To clarify it was only 1-2mm too small. Maybe I'm just expecting too much accuracy. But still curious how precise I can get to real world measurements.
great video, I have seen tall vases and want to try making one but don't know what shapes to use, some have spiral effect, can you help me to expand my design capability thanks
Yet another great video Michael. After watching your videos for over 6 months I have taken the plunge and go a 3D Printer. I love printing the flexible animal from thingiverse. Can you do a demo of how one of these is made?
Thank you again! Really appreciate your willingness to help beginners like myself. Tried downloading some files for ender 3 from thingverse but kept getting Certificate Trust List a problem with windows 7 apparently so I will have to wait until I can overcome this to print your suggested upgrades, frustrating! Cheers Steve
what if you use the dinosaurs curved claw while it's standing up straight? Could it print the claws or anything hanging off the palm/bone? Probably not though huh? It's the most important piece of what I'm building.
I need to add a single thread in a hole that circles 3/4 away around the hole from the bottom, to 1/2 of the the height of the hole. Should be easy enough to loop a ridge from point to point, but does this software support that sort of command? The rest of the part is just basic shapes.
Blender is a completely free and fully featured 3D software. The 2.79 build has a 3D printing add-on for analyzing and fixing models for printing. It's not all that simple to start out with is the downside because all features are available and can overload a new person. There are TONS of tutorials (I currently have 200+ channels) on youtube to teach you to use it, though. Since I've learned the software I just can't help myself to animate it and/or add particle effects when I have the time. :P
It depends upon what someone is making. Blender allows complex, organic modeling. But, some objects are better modeled using CAD software. The trick is knowing which to use. In general, CAD is better suited for engineered parts while Blender is better suited for artistic parts. When you get a part that is a mixture of both, exporting a CAD model to Blender may still be easier than modeling the part fully in one application or the other. Lastly, the print simulation that he shows here is FAR superior to the 3D print addon in Blender. I wonder if it works on imported geometry that could be made in Blender.
Hi, I have a quick question if you don't mind. I was wondering if I could import an image of something. Let's say the outline of a giraffe's face cropped out on photoshop! Could I then take the image and make that 3d? not create a full giraffe's head, just the giraffe's face but with say a quarter of an inch thick. So if I stuck it on my wall it would stick out a little bit? (just an example lol!)
Tip 6 - if you're having difficulty printing a part - slow the print speed down to 50% and see if it makes a difference. Also note if you speed up the print speed beyond 150% the strength is greatly reduced unless you thicken the walls using your slicer.
Hey Michael! Do you have some sort of curriculum for beginning 3D printing with kids? My first printer is in the male and I’d love to get my 6 year old into it just for fun at home. We can learn together! Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Hey mate I’m fairly new subscriber to you as I’ve only just started looking into getting a 3D printer (when I can afford one). I recognised the rock pyramid in this video as being the one near ballendean! I’m a Tenterfield boy, where u from? Would love to chat with ya sometime
Fully agreed! Printing a toy is fun, printing a part to fix something feels good, seeing a problem and creating your own solution and making it a reality is game changing! Thanks for the tips!
my wife gave me grief relentlessly about the money i spent on my first printer. then she saw it in action. i have used tinkercad to make shelves, clamps, a hose connector for the pool, curtain rod ends, and all sorts of useful stuff. my wife has changed her tune, in fact yesterday she saw an add for flexible TPU filament and told me i need to get some. designing my own models allows me to make useful items, and helped me to justify the purchase to my wife.... lol
Like my hero Bigweld always said "see a need, fill a need!"
Yes I'm quoting a 10-15 year old animated movie, but Robin Williams was a national treasure and I'll take any chance I can get to remember him
I've NEVER designed anything and have horrible drawing skills, but with your video I've just created my first part in TinkerCad and it's prototyping in the 3d printer now!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
I wonder if there are many others like me, who came to 3D printing from a different angle... with only hobby-grade engineering experience, I fell in love with CAD software. I experimented with every application I could get my hands on, and designed everything I could think of, knowing I had no way of turning my designs into real objects. 3D printing was a game changer; now I could see my ideas in the flesh. I have never printed the test that came with my printer. I have admired peoples work in Thingiverse, and used it for inspiration, but almost all my prints are of my own designs... and that is immensely satisfying.
Thanks for another helpful video.
this is what the 3dp space needs! more designers. anyone can print a premade file. the most beautiful and eye-catching designs are always originals!
I think it must be a mix. There are so many great designs out there, not printing them for a gift or a decoration is a mistake :) Obviously the printer must have some dead time when you are designing things, I bet you could print some toys in that time.
@@evgiz0r : You are right, of course. I must be selfish... the time I spent finding things and printing them would be time away from doing things for ME! That would never do! :o)
The truth is I enjoy thinking up ideas and creating them in CAD. The actual printing is usually just proving my ideas have validity. The bulk of the printing I do is brackets, jigs, adapters, mounts, knobs etc. and I get satisfaction from seeing them in use from day to day.
I came to 3D printing from a different angle... In 2005 before 3D printing existed, I took engineering in community college, which only qualified me for metal machining jobs... but I like having 10 fingers, so I worked in computers instead. Fast forward to this year, and I realize that 3D printing uses the exact same skill set I learned for CNC. With modern machines that can print functional parts and are so cheap, I couldn't help but get one! It sure beats trying to find an old knee mill and hook it up in my garage.
9:29 You can also use "hole" boxes (grouped with the main object) to delete the majority of the design, leaving only the area want to test, export the STL to test print, then step backwards to undo and get your hard work back. Very handy for more complex designs.
Alternatively, if it's simply just a matter of reducing height to make a test piece, you can also just lower it beneath the floor in Cura, as anything below the floor won't be printed.
Great tips.
Using the block to demonstrate is such a good idea. Great job!
yeah, it's great! Even little kids will get the mechanics.
Excellent channel and great video ! Three other useful tips for real world parts:
1. Buy a digital micrometer to measure the real world part you are interfacing with.
2. Before starting the CAD, draw a picture with a pencil and paper, preferably in an isometric view. Add critical dimensions, the interfacing part and other key features. Will greatly help with the CAD since you can already ‘see’ the part in your mind
3. Check if someone has already made something similar on thingiverse or myminifactory. You may be able to remix this design for your application rather than designing from scratch.
Well done on the channel !
I’ll be honest, the beginning and trying to draw what I have in my mind has got to be one of the hardest parts for me. This is especially true when I am trying to design parts for an already preexisting device and I’m trying to gage distances.
Another cracking video Michael. I don't need to learnt the basics anymore, but you strike a perfect balance. There is nothing that's not needed. You've addressed the essential concepts and said what's important completely yet concisely. No ego, no hype, no nonsense - just high quality content. Thanks!
The double click in TinkerCad was new to me. Thanks! :-)
Me too! Been using Tinkercad for years, but glad I watched this video for that tip!
New to me as well. I will definitely be using this from now on.
what does it do?
This is one of the best UA-cam instructionals ever. Clear, concise, great demonstration pieces. . . .really amazing.
I'm very new to designing my own prints and this was extremely helpful, I know it's an old video but it's still helping us new guys!
If I have learned anything in this 'hobby', it's that I haven't learned ANYTHING. There is always so much more to learn and you make it interesting and informative, thanks, Michael. (Who says you can't teach an old dog [me] new tricks!)
The dimensioning tool (looks like an L in the top right) allows you to position things very accurately. Also changing the sensitivity in the bottom right can help when using the keyboard to position objects.
I’ve only started printing for about 5 months now and some of my most rewarding moments have been jumping into tinkercad for a few minutes and printing a part I made to use for various situations.
Thank you very much. My family could never afford a 3D printer but my uncle works overseas so he bought us a 3D printer. It's an Ender 3. I want to learn how to make my own designs and want to learn the basics. I am currently using TinkerCAD. I hope I can successfully make a print. I will update this comment once I have made one already. Wish me luck!
3rd tip is very good not even for beginners! The last about test prints is the most important. I've used this method as well - saves time, nerves and plastic :)
My own tip (for DIY fans and makers mostly): be careful with improving (or replacing) everything. Sometimes you can't save money but make it worse. It's not often but can happen with everybody.
The example: yesterday I've decided to design a replacement of a silicon cap for my Vidima's water tap box. I've had a completely new piece in a stash and I've used it to measure the part to be replaced. On the 2nd designing attempt I've got a good (less height) part probably and tested it on the fresh tap box. It's "kind of" worked :) Maybe it didn't leaked. Then I've tested it on the old tap box: the height was not enough (leaked a lot). So I've decided to try the 1st design (just 0.5mm higher) on the old tap box. I've almost tighten the tap box to it's working position (almost touching or touching the fauset body) and I've thought "well, it's not enough... let me try to tighten it further"... Guess what did happened next? ;) The tap box is a brass metal, the cap is PETG plastic...
Write here if you've didn't guessed right :)
ah mate you're literally the reason I'm still enjoying my Ender 3. Appreciate the effort you put into this - I wouldnt've figured out most of this stuff without your videos. Cheers!
Actually really useful tips. Many times I see tips videos are always the same tips, but I can confidentially say that today I learnt something
i did not know you could double click a grouped item and it ungroups them like that all this time i been manually ungrouping my stuff just to regroup after a small change, super handy tip thank you
If I could like this video daily I would! you had me nodding in agreement in every tip! and perfect explanations! I'm jealous of your students
Thanks! I've been using 3d printers for about 1.5 years and made some items using Sketchup (already knew how to use it for woodworking) and I'm gonna have to try out Tinkercad.
Thank you so much for the set of tips.
8:50 At looking at the Be Patient and Iterate tip, I saw an extra piece that may be worth considering.. It may be possible that after the first attempt, you could alter the test so that it has some sort of measurement built into it - which could have helped dial it in faster.
Great video Mike! One additional tip I always give my students is FILLETS when ever possible. Like on that magnet mount you made, where the round piece and the square piece come together will be one of the weakest points of that print, a fillet in the corners will double the strength of the part.
Makes a huge difference! After watching a video from Angus (Makers Muse), I tend to use chamfers more than fillets. Fillets are technically stronger, but chamfers work better for 3D printed parts because of the limitations imposed by layered construction.
Fillets and Chamfers are THE things tinkercad is missing. I really hope they can add them some day
@@CatofManyFaces they can be done with circles and squares, just not as easy as a fillet/camfer button.
I will try that double clicking a grouped part… I did not know that. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip about printing a slice or partial version of an object that needs to fit with a real world object. I don't know why that hadn't occurred to me, but it's super helpful! I've been having trouble getting a couple of my printed pieces to fit together. Each part takes about 4 hours to print so new iterations to fix sizing has been incredibly time consuming. But I'm going to take a slice of one of the pieces which should print in significantly less time and help me get the right fit faster. Can't wait to try it!
Good onya bloke..👍 i was on the cusp of forkin' out a whack of cash for sketchup & had no idea about this program.. you've saved me a motza, very much appreciated.. subbed..✌
Thanks for the great tips, Michael. I didn't know about the double click to modify a part in Tinkercad so you have made my job a lot easier. Cheers :)
Glad to help
Double click tip was a great one - I didn’t know that one! Thank you.
Thank you so much. Did exactly what you intended. Got me over the line of trying.
What a great video..one of your most useful for those new to design.. concise, easy to follow and saves your viewers hours of learning the hard way.. thank you
Great all I needed to do some simple save the dates for my upcoming wedding to save some cost in less than 10 mints thank you so much
Downloaded tinkercad today, my first printer arrives tomorrow thanks for the lessons!
Love this video this is where im stuck in the 3d printing world
This was Extremely helpful, thanks so very much!
this video is essential watching for designers who use 3d printers! another awesome video educating the public about 3DP. tinkercad is epic, if you havnt tried it i highly recomend giving it a go!
love the video. Do you have a video on making slots. I have a 1/4" hole that I want to make into a slot with a radius at the end.
That is big limitation in Tinkercad. Perhaps try another CAD program instead? ua-cam.com/video/XHzOzxCQ7MU/v-deo.html
I always learn something new every time i watch your tutorials, thank you
Excellent video. I am still trying to learn TinkerCAD. I know, it just takes time. I need to keep at it.
Awesome tips and tricks. Thanks for sharing.
Superb tips that will be invaluable to beginners. Agreed, it is immensely satisfying to solve real world issues. Currently printing stands for a local shops display cabinet that I designed myself. There are many other things that I've designed and printed to solve issues and just make everything a little easier.
Thank you so much. Been looking for a video to 3D model. Subscribed.
Michael this is great as I want to make a screw cover for one of the handles on my landcruiser and the part is out of stock in many online places and Toyota, so I thought if I could replicate it and print it myself then it would be easier.. I just have to learn how to use these cad programs...
How timely!! I'm designing my first part: a nose protector for a old lathe in Tinker cad. I'm on my 5th iteration now, and it's getting closer. I found that an internal thread was a brain teaser. I think I've got it now tho. Iteration 6 is about to start!! That short height to check tolerance is one I figured on my own. These tips are appreciated! Thanks!
Bro this video is amazing . I have a part i want to build and i have been intimidated about how to design it but this made understanding so easy thank you
Excellent work and thank you for the effort Michael. You do great work and I for one amongst many appreciate all of your professionalism and simplicity, thanks again. You have greatly aided my understanding of 3D Printing which I have just taken up at Christmas just gone and helped me to advance to a level that has surprised me many times in the last 5 months. At 57 I am very, very pleased and grateful, thanks mate, good on ya, 11x👍🏻
Excellent video, I am totally new and will use these tips
Excellent. I was just about to try design for the first time and this has helped a lot!!
the double click is what i needed thank you !
Excellent tips. Thank you!
Do a tutorial do Fusion 360
Wow, this is just what I needed. I really appreciate it.
I need some info on how to design two pieces, one fitting inside the other. I need to know how smaller needs to be the piece sliding into the bigger one.
Great overview
Thanks for sharing👍😀
Great video from a design and academic perspective. Very good.
Big thumbs up!
Hated cad back in the old day when we had to code pixels..., Tried something newer and we didn't get along as it made all bits separate!!
So walked away..tried tinkercad, job done!
We'll see how well tomorrow morning when real world print is made...did I get it wrong....or right
Great video for a newbie like me. Thanks.
The first thing I usually mention in Tinkercad is dragging the ruler onto the workspace since many designs require specific dimensions.
I've never really used the ruler. I need to explore it more.
Didnt know the double click thing. Thank you 😊
Great Video, Thank you for clearly explaining and showing us the way!
Just wanna say I’ve learned lots from you now I gots my owns nu printer Cr 10s pro v1 and updated to bl touch 3.1 and the newest tiny machine and 5 Noctua fans upgrade and I’m happy u teach on Utube
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
Very useful video! Thank you so much
Subbed. I like the way you teach.
I'm a newbie, so being clear in your verbiage is appreciated, which you do. Thanks. Question if I may. I am to purchase a second-hand Basic Ender 3 3D printer. My goal is to print two halves of a sphere and then wrap, small gauged, electrical wire from its' apex to the equator ridge. From your vid I see ridges in the finished product. These ridges may be able to facilitate holding the electrical wire as Im winding the coil. So, what is the spacing measurement between each layer, from apex to apex and the overall depth between each layer? And, would any printer layer this in a concentric spiral pattern?
This is great advice mate, thank you
I'm trying to find a video to help with creating a design based on a real world part (e.g. that is broken) to 3D print a replacement. If you know of a video, or if you can make one, I would be interested in the best tips for getting accurate measurements for doing this. I think I once saw something about a way to scan an object to make a plan for 3D printing, but any types of ways to do this, or tips for best results would be great.
Here is one using manual measuring: ua-cam.com/video/Rrji1BZGD30/v-deo.html
Here is one using 3D scanners on an obscure part: ua-cam.com/video/n-qqaW-yjis/v-deo.html
This playlist has several videos measuring and making real world parts: ua-cam.com/video/XHzOzxCQ7MU/v-deo.html
Super. Thanks for the useful tips
@8:30 ... text ignored by the slicer ... would it be ignored by the printer as well? solution please?
Loved this summary of issues. With respect to strength of items does have anyone have any ideas of how to make a strong hinge pin. Mine done in in PLA is a cylindrical base with a central cylinder from it centre. However it just breaks on the pin the moment any weight is put through it. Is it just an anfill issue or is there a way of printing it with the lines going along the length of the central pin without infinite support material?
I was searching for a video to give me a proper understanding on how to design a 3d print. Coincidently, I was already using tinker cad and being self taught and doing this for a couple years now this was a great refresher and confirmed a ton of tips for me. Also learned some new ones! Thank you so much for this video. I do have 1 question however, I find the measurements in tinkercad to not be entirely accurate. For example, I've created a round bushing that needed to be 6mm. Although it printed much smaller. I beleive my print was set to 100% in the slicer. Any one else have this issue? Or know of some further tips to help me out? Thanks!
To clarify it was only 1-2mm too small. Maybe I'm just expecting too much accuracy. But still curious how precise I can get to real world measurements.
Thank you for the suggestions
4:40 you cut the bottom but you gruped the item first? what did you do to cut the box under the balls with?, cant see it!
You sir, are the man. Thank you!
great video, I have seen tall vases and want to try making one but don't know what shapes to use, some have spiral effect, can you help me to expand my design capability thanks
I might get into 3D printing :)
Did u
Yet another great video Michael. After watching your videos for over 6 months I have taken the plunge and go a 3D Printer. I love printing the flexible animal from thingiverse. Can you do a demo of how one of these is made?
Just what I was looking for, thanks.
Great video!
Thanks, very informative
good tips. thanks bud
Thank you again! Really appreciate your willingness to help beginners like myself. Tried downloading some files for ender 3 from thingverse but kept getting Certificate Trust List a problem with windows 7 apparently so I will have to wait until I can overcome this to print your suggested upgrades, frustrating! Cheers Steve
Great info, thank you.
Very good video.
I only have the option to hit that like button once. If I could hit it more I would!
Thanks for making the video
Thanks for the video!
Is there's a short command to center the object in the middle ?
Great video ,thanks 👍
this is great, thank you!
what if you use the dinosaurs curved claw while it's standing up straight? Could it print the claws or anything hanging off the palm/bone?
Probably not though huh? It's the most important piece of what I'm building.
Great educational content. Thank yoy.
I need to add a single thread in a hole that circles 3/4 away around the hole from the bottom, to 1/2 of the the height of the hole. Should be easy enough to loop a ridge from point to point, but does this software support that sort of command? The rest of the part is just basic shapes.
Blender is a completely free and fully featured 3D software. The 2.79 build has a 3D printing add-on for analyzing and fixing models for printing. It's not all that simple to start out with is the downside because all features are available and can overload a new person. There are TONS of tutorials (I currently have 200+ channels) on youtube to teach you to use it, though.
Since I've learned the software I just can't help myself to animate it and/or add particle effects when I have the time. :P
It depends upon what someone is making. Blender allows complex, organic modeling. But, some objects are better modeled using CAD software. The trick is knowing which to use. In general, CAD is better suited for engineered parts while Blender is better suited for artistic parts. When you get a part that is a mixture of both, exporting a CAD model to Blender may still be easier than modeling the part fully in one application or the other.
Lastly, the print simulation that he shows here is FAR superior to the 3D print addon in Blender. I wonder if it works on imported geometry that could be made in Blender.
Thnx for sharing & take care 🤓😉😘
Wow thanks man.
Hi, I have a quick question if you don't mind. I was wondering if I could import an image of something. Let's say the outline of a giraffe's face cropped out on photoshop! Could I then take the image and make that 3d? not create a full giraffe's head, just the giraffe's face but with say a quarter of an inch thick. So if I stuck it on my wall it would stick out a little bit? (just an example lol!)
Tip 6 - if you're having difficulty printing a part - slow the print speed down to 50% and see if it makes a difference. Also note if you speed up the print speed beyond 150% the strength is greatly reduced unless you thicken the walls using your slicer.
Great video.
Hey Michael! Do you have some sort of curriculum for beginning 3D printing with kids? My first printer is in the male and I’d love to get my 6 year old into it just for fun at home. We can learn together! Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Great info thanks 👍
The way the arm dropped cracked me up 😂
Thank you for sharing!!
Hey mate I’m fairly new subscriber to you as I’ve only just started looking into getting a 3D printer (when I can afford one). I recognised the rock pyramid in this video as being the one near ballendean! I’m a Tenterfield boy, where u from? Would love to chat with ya sometime