| My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #63926] Tue, 12 March 2013 20:36 UTC |
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Hello! So I created a model in Sculptris that was not able to be printed, I am still waiting to see if there are other materials I could print it in...
I am wondering what program I would use to hallow out a design? Or what other programs I should be design in? I really like the shaping I get with Sculptris and free form it has. I just need some help figuring this out. Thank you for your help and support! This community has been great!
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #63937 is a reply to message #63926 ] Tue, 12 March 2013 22:24 UTC |
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you can use pretty much any program that support boolean operations...
Only limit is your imagination.
http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=13879&start=0&
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 Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #63938 is a reply to message #63937 ] Tue, 12 March 2013 22:36 UTC |
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Is there a program with this and freeware?
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #63984 is a reply to message #63926 ] Wed, 13 March 2013 12:52 UTC |
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I also use blender. I'm actually contemplating a more complete sculptris to Blender to SW tutorial.
When I hollow I use solidify
[Updated on: Wed, 13 March 2013 12:53 UTC]
The Mad Moder
michael@shapeways.com
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #64001 is a reply to message #63938 ] Wed, 13 March 2013 16:24 UTC |
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Oh, so you already made a thread for this, good. 
The program you want, if you liked Sculptris, is Zbrush. In fact, Zbrush has a special command for doing this hollowing out process. It's the world's best and most used digital sculpting software. It's about $600 US though and super hard to learn.
For free, in addition to what's been mentioned, you could use Meshmixer. See this video.
As side note, I just tried the Blender Solidify command and that works great! Thanks for sharing that, I didn't know about that. 
Let us 3D print the universe. Oh wait! Maybe we already have! 
James
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #64215 is a reply to message #64001 ] Fri, 15 March 2013 21:35 UTC |
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Ive heard about sculptris, whats the difference between that and Zbrush 4r4?
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #64336 is a reply to message #63984 ] Mon, 18 March 2013 15:59 UTC |
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| Youknowwho4eva wrote on Wed, 13 March 2013 12:52 |
I also use blender. I'm actually contemplating a more complete sculptris to Blender to SW tutorial.
When I hollow I use solidify
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You need to check the results of solidify, I've tried using it for small model aircraft and the results were unpredictable. I now duplicate the main shape and then scale it.
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| Re: My Model Could not be printed because it needs to be hallow... Need help with programs [message #64378 is a reply to message #63984 ] Mon, 18 March 2013 21:00 UTC |
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| Youknowwho4eva wrote on Wed, 13 March 2013 12:52 |
I also use blender. I'm actually contemplating a more complete sculptris to Blender to SW tutorial.
When I hollow I use solidify
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Let me know when you do, might be nice material for a post on BlenderNation
Cheers,
Bart
Community Manager Europe | Shapeways
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