{"id":654,"date":"2010-11-23T09:17:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T09:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/654-tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-ring-in-blender.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:00:27","slug":"tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-ring-in-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-ring-in-blender","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial: How To Create Your Own Ring in Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFor those of you who are initiated in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/\">Blender<\/a> and are interested in creating your own 3D printed jewelry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coroflot.com\/public\/individual_details.asp?individual_id=31917\" target=\"_blank\">Artur Tchoukanov<\/a> a video tutorial on how to create a simple ring from a bitmap. Blender is a free open source 3D modeling and animation software, available for all major operating systems under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/education-help\/faq\/gpl-for-artists\/\">GNU<\/a> General Public License. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/get-blender\/\">Download Blender<\/a> and follow the tutorial to create your own ring.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yasl_r2DNv4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" name=\"movie\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowFullScreen\"><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"><embed width=\"640\" height=\"385\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yasl_r2DNv4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And of course to keep up with the latest Blender info check out thew <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blendernation.com\/\">Blender Nation<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blenderguru.com\/\">Blender Guru<\/a> blogs for more tips, tutorials and inspiration..&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>If there is any other CAD software you would like to see tutorials on how to prepare for 3D printing, please let us know.&nbsp; In the meantime check out <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cadjunkie.com\/category\/tutorials\/\">Cad Junkie<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\">Lynda<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\/home\/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=740\">Lynda for Blender<\/a>) for more CAD tutorials.. 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