3D Printing/Modelers here?

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I’m interested in learning more about 3D printing, especially for Catholic Saint statues/ other devotional items. Does anyone have any background in that field?
 
How well do you know it? What’s the learning curve like?
 
Picking a printer is a little troublesome, be sure to read reviews. As for modeling, there are a few things to keep in mind, mainly that everything you build needs supports, it can’t print on air. Most printers can print from one support point to another as long as they’re not too far away, but you need to model everything so that it grows from the ground up.

The thing that trips up most new people is that the object must be a single, solid surface. This means that there can’t be any surfaces within the model, and no gaps in the surface.

There are a lot of tutorials online. If you’re familiar with 3D modeling then it should be pretty easy to adjust to. If you’re not, then it’ll be a pretty difficult road to get to go modeling for 3D printing.
 
I"m starting from scratch with 3d modeling.

Any program recommendations?
 
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Well, the only free one I’m aware of is Blender. It’s a nightmare to learn, but pretty powerful.

Sketchup is alright, and we’ve had some success with it for printing buildings, but it’s not good for modeling complex forms.
 
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