Blender 3D Printing by Example

Getting started

When you first open Blender, your brand new project always starts with three objects—a camera, a lamp, and a default cube. Cameras and lamps are more applicable to modeling for animations and videos than they are for 3D printing, but there is no harm in leaving them in your project. The default cube, however, is not going to be necessary for our pendant and will just clutter up the screen:

Three default objects for every Blender project—a camera, a cube, and a lamp

The first thing you'll want to do is delete the unnecessary cube with the following steps:

1. Right-click the cube to select it. You will see the cube highlighted ...