http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/ 2026-04-14T22:02:13+00:00 http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/ http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2022-09-26T11:09:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:3d_modeling&rev=1664190554&do=diff 3D modeling * Meshmixer * Blender * Fusion360 Reference: Tapping Sizes and Clearance Holes Clearance examples: * Friction fit - UMS5: 0.157mm radial * Clearance hole - UMS5: 0.25mm radial text/html 2025-01-15T15:17:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:blender&rev=1736954272&do=diff 3D modeling - Blender 3D printing related * Split object in half to 3D-print hollow sides * Clean up 3D scan * Clean up Occipital 3D scan * Fill small holes: * Remove triangles when trying to select an edge loop * Remove vertices that are only connected to two edges Other * Baking a normal map * Rigging * decimate locally Resources * Short blender tips (Youtube channel) text/html 2020-01-22T09:28:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:fill_holes&rev=1579685300&do=diff Fill holes Go to menu 'Analysis' > Inspector. All holes and other errors will be indicated. Blue is easy to solve, red indicated problems might be more problematic to fix. Set the mode to 'Flat Fill' to simply close the holes Set the mode to 'Smooth Fill' to try following the geometry when filling the holes. text/html 2025-04-11T12:46:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:fusion360&rev=1744375582&do=diff Fusion 360 Designing for 3D printing * Dimension vertical holes 0.4mm bigger * Experiment with “Horizontal expansion” in Cura. Use negative values when the outer dimensions of parts are too big. * Clearance (guidance values. Need tuning for different machines, materials and temperatures). text/html 2020-01-22T08:19:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:join_two_meshes_by_closing_the_gap_between_them&rev=1579681188&do=diff Join two meshes by closing the gap between them Connect two meshes by closing the gap between them. These models (Goethe and Lion) have an open area which we will use to join them together. Scale and position the two objects so they line up as best as possible. (These positions and plane cuts could be improved) text/html 2020-01-22T15:20:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:join_two_meshes_by_smoothing_out_the_overlapping_parts&rev=1579706453&do=diff Join two meshes by smoothing out the overlapping parts Use a sculpting brush to smoothen out the overlapping area where two meshes meet. Plus: the area between the two objects can be controlled. Minus: surface detail is lost by the smoothing. video tutorial: text/html 2020-01-27T14:24:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:join_two_meshes_by_snapping_one_of_them_to_the_surface_of_the_other&rev=1580135094&do=diff Join two meshes by snapping one of them to the surface of the other Meshmixer has a special function that makes it very easy to add parts to the surface of another object. Prepare the object that you want to add to another surface. Here I work with a 3D-scanned sculpture of text/html 2020-03-25T14:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:meshmixer&rev=1585146323&do=diff 3D modeling tips 'n tricks for Meshmixer Clean up 3D scan ---------- Split 3D model Split 3D model ---------- Join two meshes by closing the gap between them Join two meshes by closing the gap between them. Join two meshes by smoothing out the overlapping parts Join two meshes by smoothing out the overlapping parts Join two meshes by snapping one of them to the surface of the other Join two meshes by snapping one of them to the surface of the other. ---------- Quick tips Select a f… text/html 2020-01-22T08:46:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:select_a_flat_surface&rev=1579682818&do=diff Select a flat surface How can I select the bottom face of this bunny? Go to Edit > Generate face groups. Adjust the sliders until there is a face group on the area you want to select. The face groups are indicated by the different colours. text/html 2020-02-17T15:41:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.formlab.schoolofarts.be/instructions/doku.php?id=3d_modeling:split_3d_model&rev=1581954076&do=diff Split 3D model Simple split Split your model along an infinite plane Edit > Plane Cut Change the cut type to Slice (keep both). Position the cut plane to your liking. The cut has happened, but the parts are not visible yet. Go to Edit > Separate Shells to ungroup the parts.