total NEWBIE needs a push in the right direction

[Cary Jacobson]

Yo you all.  what I trying to do is design items for example a piece of jewelry using Blender.  From there send the file to be cut on a 4 axis cnc machine.  I don’t even know what that process of drawing in Blender is called, 3D modeling ??  Is there anyone that can point me in the direction I want to ??  sincerely thank you, Cary

[Omar Domenech]

Hello. Yes that would be 3D modeling, you have to learn how to model in 3D if you want to make things for 3D printing. Here’s a list of courses starting from the very basics and then ramping up:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/blender-3-basics-intro-to-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/fundamentals-of-3d-mesh-modeling-in-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/rev-model-a-low-poly-muscle-car

https://cgcookie.com/courses/blender-mesh-modeling-bootcamp

https://cgcookie.com/courses/let-s-build-a-snowman-in-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/press-start-your-simple-first-blender-project

https://cgcookie.com/courses/cubicity-creating-and-utilizing-asset-libraries-with-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/sessions-minimalism

https://cgcookie.com/courses/modeling-texturing-and-shading-a-treasure-chest-in-blender-2-8

https://cgcookie.com/courses/creating-a-stylized-3d-forest-environment-with-blender-2-9

https://cgcookie.com/courses/pothead-create-a-hard-surface-character-in-blender

https://cgcookie.com/courses/astray

[Martin Bergwerf]

Hi Cary @Cmjake007 ,

As to get a general idea, you might also want to watch Dafne’s presentation at the Blender Conference in 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiq8vePQIeU&list=PLa1F2ddGya_8Wzpajwu1EtiS8E1Exm82S&index=33

[Cary Jacobson]

thank you both so very much !!  will follow your leads and any thing else you may feel helpful to me.

[Cary Jacobson]

hi-

every video I’ve watched, they all talk about 3D printer.  As far as drawing in 3D molding it’s the same ?  I’ll just be exporting the file to a cnc machine, not a 3D printer, yes ??

[Omar Domenech]

So if you’re not printing on a 3D printer, if you’re cutting in one of those machines, then you probably don’t even need 3D or Blender, mostly a vector program like Adobe Illustrator can do the trick I guess. 

[Cary Jacobson]

hmmm…………..,   would say adobe illustrator be faster for me to learn ??  thank you Omar

[Cary Jacobson]

hi all !!  is there anyway I can put a pic in blender so I can basically trace from it ??  thank you

[Martin Bergwerf]

SHIFT+A > Image.

(You can try, depends on the image if it works good, Object > Convert > Trace Image to Grease Pencil)

[Cary Jacobson]

Martin-

I don’t understand what you mean ??

[Omar Domenech]

He means that after you add you image, you can try to let Blender trace it for you. In the menu up top, go to Object, then Convert and then Trace Imagine to Grease Pencil. 

[Cary Jacobson]

hello ya’ll,  anyone be willing to do a zoom.com meeting with me on this ??  It’s just not comin to me yet.  thanks Cary

[Cary Jacobson]

K,  got a pic in, thanks.  In the future, would anyone be willing to do a zoom.com meeting with me on blender ??

[Omar Domenech]

CG Cookie did that a while back, Office Hours it was called, but it got canceled. Your best bet would be to try the Discord channel, there people sometimes hop into calls. 

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