Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Which 3D printer should I purchase?

PhilC opened this issue on Sep 16, 2013 · 17 posts


Joe@HFG posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 3:04 PM

Probably not. Like I said... WELD CITY.

Game models are notoriously created to "LOOK" right, but often have geometry that just can't work IRL. I don't think I've ever seen a water tight Game model.

If there are separate eyes, for instance, it's ok for the game rigging to float them in the head.

For 3D Print you would have to somehow boolean them into a fixed position, and you would want to remove any part that was inside the model. You're probably better off deleting the eyeball and creating geometry between the eye lids. Then, depending on how big you are printing the mesh, you would want to model how thick the skin was, and create fill inside the print so it doesn’t collapse as it prints, but also doesn't waist your plastic. Just like you need a special bueaty model for cinema renders vs game models, you would also need a custom model for 3D printing.

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