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--- projet_cjp_660:blender_workflow_for_color_printing [2020/02/21 06:23] – created formlab
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 ====== Blender workflow for color printing ======
-  * In Blender:
+===== In Blender: =====
-    * Do your generic 3D print prep work
-    * UV-Unwrap the object.
+  * Do your generic 3D print prep work
-      * It's best to use a manual unwrapping method (mark edges) as the smart UV unwrap leaves visible marks on the texture. <wrap hi>(Although this might be solved when increasing the gap between islands)</wrap>
+  * UV-Unwrap the object.
-      * Make sure to have large gaps between islands <wrap hi>(can a safe minimum be calculated?)</wrap>
+    * It's best to use a manual unwrapping method (mark edges) as the smart UV unwrap leaves visible marks on the texture. <wrap hi>(Although this might be solved when increasing the gap between islands)</wrap>
-    * Open the texture and lay out the UV (or use Cycles to bake the 3D view to the texture)
+    * Make sure to have large gaps between islands <wrap hi>(can a safe minimum be calculated?)</wrap>
-      * A texture of 2048x2048px should work fine for medium sized objects. Alpha enabled, 32 bit float unchecked.
+  * Open the texture and lay out the UV (or use Cycles to bake the 3D view to the texture)
-    * Save as a PNG file, so it's external to the project.
+    * A texture of 2048x2048px should work fine for medium sized objects. Alpha enabled, 32 bit float unchecked.
-    * connect your texture to the **Principaled BSDF shader**, and the shader to the material surface output. This might look bad, but otherwise the texture is not linked in the exported .mtl file.
+  * Save as a PNG file, so it's external to the project.
-      * https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/149081/mtl-file-after-exporting-comes-without-texture-map-map-kd
+  * connect your texture to the **Principaled BSDF shader**, and the shader to the material surface output. This might look bad, but otherwise the texture is not linked in the exported .mtl file.
-    * Export as OBJ & set Path type: copy (blender copies texture file to destination folder)
+    * https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/149081/mtl-file-after-exporting-comes-without-texture-map-map-kd
-  * In 3D Sprint:
+  * Export as OBJ & set Path type: copy (blender copies texture file to destination folder)
-    * Open the OBJ file (the texture file will be automatically loaded)
-    * Optionally make hollow, put in holes and perform pre-print checks
+===== In 3D Sprint: =====
-    * Export 3D model as VRML (.wrl) file. (The texture file will be exported as well)
-  * In 3DPrint:
+  * Open the OBJ file (the texture file will be automatically loaded)
-    * open the exported .wrl file and check if the texture is present.
+  * Optionally make hollow, put in holes and perform pre-print checks
-    * place on the build platform and start printing
+  * Export 3D model as VRML (.wrl) file. (The texture file will be exported as well)
+===== In 3DPrint: =====
+  * open the exported .wrl file and check if the texture is present.
+  * place on the build platform and start printing