Overview
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Get your models ready for 3D printing with ZBrush. Learn how to size objects correctly, save on material costs, and make sure colors print true.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- What you should know before watching
- Deciding on hollow or solid 3D prints
- Reducing polygon count with Decimation Master
- Managing Polygroups and SubTools
- Measuring distances in ZBrush
- Sizing an object
- Dealing with scale offset
- Measuring minimum thicknesses
- Fixing parts that are too thin
- Cutting models into smaller pieces
- Using the 3D Print Exporter
- Cutting a hole in the model
- Creating wall thickness with Panel Loops
- Fixing problems with Panel Loops
- Maximizing polygonal detail
- Using Dynamesh for shelling
- Making a subtraction object
- Hollowing models with Create Shell
- Preparing the model for UV layout
- Laying out UVs with UVmaster
- Exporting for color 3D printing
- Where to go from here
