If you want that each square of the grid represents a mm, put the scale to 0.001. To fix this press N to display the Transform Properties Panel (if it’s not already there) and scroll down to the Display section.

Change the units to Imperial or Metric. We will use millimeters, hence we choose Metric with a Scale of 0.001.īecause of the previous step, the default grid became so big that you cannot even see it. Go the Units panel, in the Scene settings. These are the steps:īlender by default uses Blender units, but if we want to have an exact idea of how big will be the model that we are going to print, we need to uses real-world units. Within the many, you can use it to create and prepare models for 3D printing and other digital manufacturing techniques, like CNC milling.

Blender doesn’t come ready for 3D printing, but setting it up is quite straightforward, in this article we will see how.īlender is an amazing open source project, the amount of projects you can realize with it is astonishing.

Blender 3d printing tutorial