3D Print Your Own Designs for Free with Tinkercad
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- How does 3D printing work?! I needed a holder for my dry erase markers, so I decided to walk you through the entire 3D printing process start to finish with this simple design.
Here’s a link to the files used if you’d like to tinker with them or print them yourself!
bit.ly/2AYCBpd
Also, I apologize for the water spot on my shirt. It’s super distracting and I didn’t notice until it was too late. Let's just call it "character".
Episode 52: Design Your Own 3D Prints from Scratch!
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What are some ideas you guys have for practical 3D prints?
Answers:
The filament (yep, correct term) comes in rolls that are $20-$30 each, but last for quite a while. You can select whichever colors and material you’d like for your project. The size of the printer does limit the project size, but it’s also possible to print in pieces and assemble a larger final product. And finally, the time depends on size/quality. Higher quality takes longer. This project took about 3.5 hours, the longest one I’ve done was closer to 40 hours.
And thanks for the suggestions, I’m trying really hard to search for practical/economical prints!
When the print sets, is it always hard plastic or are there different textures that it can print?
Most printers use plastic filaments, but there are different types of plastic (PLA, ABS, PETG). They have different strengths and printing requirements.
So would you say what you can make is endless? Because, practical, like you mentioned in another video of the film maker who 3D printed the skeletons of his puppets, you could create posing dolls for arts. How sturdy are the finished product? You could make tools, decor (which you have), organizers. Wow... I think it is endless! This is so cool - I've never thought of 3D printing but now I'm really interested.
It really does come down to personal creativity and ability. It’s an awesome marriage of art and science, which is why I like it so much.
Then there are printers that can print multiple materials at the same time, which is a MASSIVE game changer.
I am exploring 3D technology and the ways it might help me with a project that's been in the back of my mind for some time. Tom did a great job describing how he designed and built the marker box using the Tinkercad software which I believe would be perfect if I get a printer. Thanks!
I’m so glad to hear it! I recently got a Prusa Mini, and it’s got to be the easiest/best overall printer I’ve used to far.
Loved these explanations, thank you!
Thank you, I'm new to this 3D printing lark, and I have actually learnt something tonight!!
I’m glad it was helpful!
Tom
I'm getting 3D printer in the next 2 weeks, your video is great and a very helpful tool for me to make decisions.
Thanks you for what you do.
Cool! Good luck with your new printer!
The music is bangin! Specially the intro. Thanks for showing tinkercad, I need to design a very basic thing which fusion360 is too confusing for a beginner. After your video tinker card is my choice now.
Tinker as is great! Definitely less intimidating 👍
Thank you even it was short you actual showed the basics.
Glad it helped!
Really good quick summary. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I think we can make aesthetically pleasing utilitarian prints of we prime and then paint them to look like wood or metal, or to match other characteristics of our living space.
3D printing is cool and this video is Sharespark approved 😎
Hi Tom, great video. It was very interesting. You make me wish I had a 3D printer.
Thanks Valerie! There are some pretty inexpensive but great printers out there..
I’m slowly printing shelf brackets to make a hexagon book shelf, but I wanted a wood grain look, so I had to design that. Took a while, but I think it’ll work well.
This is awesome! Have you tried printing with wood filament? I tried a project a while ago that involved sanding and staining wood filament, it came out pretty neat.
The Enthusiasm Project didn’t know that existed lol
It’s pretty interesting, totally smells like wood when you sand it!
Pretty cool
Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing this informational video with the community. I subbed.😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
Thanks Chuck! I'm happy it was helpful!
thank you it was so helpful for me.....😀😀
Glad it helped!
Thanks, this was very helpful.
You’re welcome!
Dear Tom,
how many grids are 1 cm in Tinkercad?
Thanks in advance for the answer.
You’re very thorough. I zoned out about 3 minutes in and kinda fell asleep with my eyes open for a while. I learned a lot.
What kind of 3d printer are you using? Because the end result looks pretty smooth!
This was the Prusa MK2s, so it's a bit out of date now- but the newer ones are even better!
I want to print multi-color on my 3D printer. Is there a way with TinkerCAD to take an STL and isolate parts of it so you can assign colors?
I wish I had a great answer for you, but I've never played with multi color printing myself. 🤷🏻♂️
How long did it take to print? I know it's kind of a small object, but when the printer was printing in the beginning, it looked like it took like 5 mins just to print the base.
I don't remember exactly, but I would say about 4 hours.
Just bought a prusa mini+ and was tired of searching thingiverse for stl’s… now I can finally print my own designs and not have to look for someone else to do it. Thanks!
Awesome! Hope you have lots of fun with it. The Mini is an excellent printer 👍
thank you, i did like that and when in cura and i put preview then it is printing from up, not starting from the base.
Hmm, that sounds like something got funky in the gcode somehow 🤔
First to comment!! Awesome video as usual! Loved the editing! I wish I had a 3D printer so I could make cool stuff... oh wait 😉
You should make some unique designs!
In order to safe your projects created in Tinkercad and then print them on your 3d printer is it necessary to pay for a subscription with Tinkercad or can you just use the free version?
Tinkercad is totally free 👍
Good 👍 Job Bro 😎
I am confused? I have an ender 3 pro 3d printer and a windows pc. Which programs should use?
You can use whichever you'd like. Tinkercad is mainly for making the designs and then you can find the slicing software that best suits your needs (I think Ender might even have their own...) 👍
Great video!
Thank you!
how do you move your camera view to focus on something else?
In Tinkercad? Usually by right clicking and dragging the mouse.
Can I connect my tronxy p802e printer to Tinkercad I hand sketched things like keychain designs
You can save a .stl file form Tinkercad and then prepare it in whichever slicer you're using for your TronXY printer. I do have a video on printing hand drawn stuff: czcams.com/video/El3q7--HUss/video.html
Oh you already had started with the Let’s Print idea! Why’d you let me think it was a new idea I came up with? Haha.
Haha, I didn’t think of an original series, and I DEFINITELY didn’t frame it as “let’s print”, so I still owe you credit for that one.
What 3D printer do you recommend for thinkercad
It works great with anything, but I really love the Prusa Mini.
good
How do you put the project from thinkercad to the 3d printing program?
I usually export it as a .stl file and then open it in my slicer.
Is there any alternative to Slic3r for iPad that you’d recommend?
I’ve never used a slider on the iPad before, but maybe someone here has an idea. Tinkercad on the iPad is pretty nice though.
@@tombuck tinkercad works well but you can’t use it to actually give instructions to a printer
I’m a newbie to this and I’m using a creaality printer, I’m using tinkercad and creality slicer and when I go to save the gcode file to my sd card I keep getting could not save error I’ve even tried other slicers, I’m using a Mac computer any ideas would be great lol
I haven't used Creality Slicer myself, but maybe someone else will see this and offer some input!
@@tombuck it does it no matter what slicer program I use and I tried 2 different cards 🤦♂️
@@tombuck figured it out, it was the lock switch on the side of the card thanks for the quick response though
thank you
You're welcome!
Why does my Qidi printer not accept files I export from TinkerCad? Says “format unknown” 🤔 any ideas?
Usually you’ll need to put the tinkercad files into a slicer to create the actual file for your printer to read. I haven’t used the Qidi printer though, so I can’t say for sure.
Hi. Can you recommend a relatively cheap 3D printer for a 10 year old that may last him a few years? Thx
There are some nice ones out there that aren’t too tough to learn. The Monoprice Minis are great, and if you have the budget, the Prusa Mini is an absolute dream.
If I were to make a picnic or a waste basket in Tinkercad, could it be possible to print them no matter the size?
It would depend on the size of your printer. If it’s too big for the printer, you could print it in sections and then put them together.
@@tombuck I’m thought so. Thanks! 🤝
The music is BAD ASS btw
Thanks for the useful short BS free tutorial
You’re welcome!
Do you happen to know if you can create complex shapes with Tinkercad?
Yep! Your imagination really is the limit. Unfortunately for me, my skills top out at a rectangular box. 😁
@@tombuck haha thanks! Fortunately for me, the complex shape already exists, I “simply” have to figure out how to make the computer understand what I’m seeing
Does it print as paper
Not sure what you mean, but it prints layer by layer
Can you show me how to make a box with a lid...
My design skills are pretty basic, but if you check out a channel like CHEP 3D, you’ll probably get some good ideas.
Hi can I legally sell my designs I made on Tinker cad without a patent?
I don't see any reason why not- they're your designs!
is it easy to 3d print
It depends. Things have gotten MUCH easier in the past few years (even since I made this video). Once you learn the basics and have a decent printer, getting started is pretty simple. Designing your own prints or printing complex projects takes a bit more patience though.
But why didnt you add a link in the description to the modeling website i really need it.
Oops, you’re right I left that one out. It’s tinkercad.com
The Enthusiasm Project thanks
You could have just made the solid bigger in every dimension then you would have saved some time
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Exactly.
Want to make a toy?
Yes. Yes I do.
Tinkercad is my religion. Just look up my name
Such a great application!
Why make a plastic box? Cut nice cardboard, join the pieces with Elmer's glue. Customize those surfaces with all kinds of surface treatments. You end up with a good looking box that is biodegradable. Plastic boxes only create more plastic detritus in the printing process and when your plastic box breaks in the future you have more plastic to throw in the trash. The world is choking on plastic yet the petrochemical industry wants bigger profits.