If your mesh has small or thin features, those might break off during the 3D printing process or afterward.

The balance. Suzanne’s large head volume needs to be taken into account when creating support.

So before you 3d print, consider these two things: Added two subdivisions with the subdivision modifier, extruded a middle part, and added some edge loops, also inside the caps, to make the features a bit sharper. Enter Edit Mode and manipulate the cylinder vertices as you wish, moving vertices, adding edge loops, and extruding faces. Press Shift + A ➔ Mesh ➔ Cylinder to add a cylinder to the 3D cursor position. Orbit the viewport to view Suzanne’s chin, then Shift + right-click on the bottom of her chin to place Blender’s 3D cursor there. So let’s create support, so the head can keep the same orientation as in the 3D viewport. In the case of Suzanne, you could put her on a table with a tilted head, but it might still roll to the side.

But once 3D-printed, an object will fall over if there is insufficient balance. In virtual 3D everything floats by default. Hover your pointer over the Subdivision modifier and press Control + A to apply the subdivisions to the monkey head. This will smooth out Suzanne’s surface, so we’ve got proper polygon detail for 3D printing.

While the head is selected, press Control + 3 to add a Subdivision modifier with three subdivision iterations. The default monkey head has a very coarse amount of polygons. Let’s delete all default scene elements, and add a Suzanne (Monkey) head to Blender. This effect can’t be translated to a 3D-printed object, so you’ll need to ensure that an object has sufficient polygon detail to avoid visible facets, unless you’re aiming for a stylized execution. In virtual 3D space, low polygon detail can be obscured using a shader, giving a 3D object’s surface the illusion of smoothness in renderings.

The final step: exporting your model for 3D printĬheck 1: Does the Blender 3Dmesh have enough polygon detail?.

Option 2: Do you want your 3d printed object to be hollow?.

Option 1: Do you want to paint your 3d model?.

Check 4: Are the object's dimensions correct?.

Check 1: Does the mesh have enough polygon detail?.

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