3D Print Toolbox—utilities for 3D printing
- Location:
3D View → Sidebar
- Original Author: Campbell Barton
Installation
Available as an extension.
Description
Blender can be used to create meshes for 3D printing.
Meshes exported from Blender are usually imported into a piece of software that
takes the mesh and "slices" it into paths that the 3D printer can execute.
An example of such Slicer
software is Cura.
In order to correctly slice a mesh, it needs to be "watertight",
meaning that the surface is closed everywhere. Additionally,
there should be no edges or faces sticking out.
3D Print Toolbox helps you analyze problems in your mesh that could cause slicing issues.
It can be found in 3D View → Sidebar, when a mesh is selected.
Features
- Analyze
- Clean Up
- Edit
- Export
- Exports selected objects in specified format to project directory.