Learn how to Resize your Digital Design in Blender

To print out an object you need an STL file. You can create your own or download one from Thingiverse, or even scan one if you have a 3D scanner (WANT!)

Once you’ve got an STL file, you’ll need to get it to the right size. Watch the video to learn how. To do this you’ll need Blender, the open source 3D creative software. It’s great and it’s free!

I’ll be making more videos like this to walk you through the process of slicing the STL file with Skeinforge and sending the gcode from ReplicatorG to the MakerBot.

2 Comments »

  1. Allan Ecker Said,

    April 24, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

    Also works: Select the object, hit s, and mousemove ’till it’s big enough and click to stop. For reference, the grid plane in Blender (the one that’s visible in all views) is 60mm x 60mm.

  2. Roger Waggener Said,

    June 18, 2009 @ 1:06 pm

    You can also hit the s key and then just type in a numeric value.

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