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  • Published 16 Sep 2021

help for a beginner

Hii! i've been trying to do a 3d printed proyect of some led letters, But I don't know how to do it on blender, the tutorial shows how to do it in fusion 360 but it doesn't work for me and it's been so hard for me to do it with the right measures and proportion in blender if someone could help me explaining me how to do it I'ld be so grateful, I know you guys are really nice in this community . this is the link of the letters I'm trying to do youtube.com/watch

thanks <3

sofi
16 Sep 2021

1 Comment

loaferslodge

The most important bit is to set the correct scale

In the "Scene properties" you need to set the unit system to Metric, Unit scale to 0.001 and Length to Centimeters.

That way you can sculpt the letters and be certain that the measure you see on screen will also be the size in the stl-file.

Make sure the objects are manifold. Export as stl.

If you run on Windows 10 you can then import your stl into 3D Builder to check that the model is manifold. When you click on the model in 3D Builder, you get the option to repair, if the model is not manifold. 3D Builder does a pretty good job. Save again as stl and import into your slicer.