Blender: Preparing for 3D Printing
This video tutorial goes over some steps and considerations for preparing an asset for 3D printing from Blender
0:00 Overview
0:31 Making your mesh manifold
1:17 Adding thickness
1:54 Applying modifiers
2:47 Adjusting the mesh (adding more polygons)
3:56 Reducing polygons
5:05 3D Print toolbox extension
6:35 Export STL
6:51 Import into slicing software
8:44 Physical constraints in 3D printing
11:51 Accurate print scaling in Blender