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Plasticity 3D Crash Course Resources

Download all the resources & project files to go with Plasticity 3D Crash Course playlist.

If you feel that I have earned your support for my work feel free to put in any amount you think I deserve in the Name a fair price input.

With that said, these files are free just put a 0 in the input. Sharing this course and taking a look through my other youtube videos is always appreciated.

Please Note: Plasticity is VERY much still in development and things might not work or go funny at times. If you can consistently repeat the bug feel free to let nick know via the feedback form at www.Plasticity3D.com or via the Plasticity discord.

If you are looking for the shortcut sheet you will find it HERE.

Plasticity Shortcut Sheets

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Made to go with the free crash course HERE.

Shortcut sheets to go with Plasticity 0.5.41 the current "stable" build as of 9/Apr/2022.
These sheets will be periodically updated every now and then and i'll do my best to keep up with the most recent stable build.

Please Note: Plasticity is VERY much still in development and things might not work or go funny at times. If you can consistently repeat the bug feel free to let nick know via the feedback form at www.Plasticity3D.com or via the Plasticity discord.

To let more about Plasticity head over to www.Plasticity3d.com or www.youtube.com/MakerTales

Precision Gears Lite [ Addon ]

TLDR read the bold text.

This is the Free feature reduced version of Precision Gears a blender addon developed to bring an array of mathematically accurate involute gears to the precision world of Blender. Not only that, it's all incapsulated inside the closest thing to a faux "parametric" system, giving you the ability to change your gears on the fly.

Minimum version: Blender 2.92

- PLEASE NOTE -

This is a "beta" release some pretty big & exciting changes will be coming to the paid addon in the next coming months. Plus a whole bunch of videos and a wiki eventually. For the time being, if you find any consistent bugs that you are able to replicate or have any future development ideas I would love to hear from you. The best place is in the maker tales discord in the Precision Gears channel link: HERE. Alternatively, you can fill in this form: Here not reviewed as often.

I'm currently developing the gear "presets" if you have any ideas of how I should standardize these I would love to know your thoughts.

To get all the features that are listed below head on other to the full version of the addon linked: HERE.

Gears & Features currently available:
Those marked with a (*) are included in this lite version.

Gears

• Spur Gear *
• Helical Gear
• Herringbone Gear
• Rack Gear
• Internal Gear
• Internal Herringbone Gear
• Internal Helical Gear
• Bevel Gear
• Spiral Bevel Gear
• Worm Gear

Features

• Center Extrusions
• Set Screws
• Cross Bore *
• Round Subtract Bore (Set Screw) *
• Round Additice Bore (Key) *
• Polygon Bore ( Triangel / Hex ect.) *
• Bore Previews *
• Preset Creation
• Global Scaling *

Soon to come:

• Gears to keep material assignments when changing parameters *
• Internal gears outside perimeters perfectly round
• Cross bore. XY parameters should be the total length of bore extrusion *
• Gear face chamfering/bevelling from tip (Spur, Internal, Helical, Herringbone, Rack)
• Tooth crowning (Spur, Internal)
• Tooth flank tip relief (Spur, Internal, Helical, Herringbone, Rack)
• Tooth undercut (Spur, Helical, Herringbone)
• Rounded tooth tips/reliefs (Spur, Internal, Helical, Herringbone, Rack)
• Tooth flank base relief (Rack)
  

FreeCAD Direct Modeling File Backup

A quick little backup save file of the direct modeling project to use in the going parametric video: https://youtu.be/30vqqQWZ_go

p.s. Rember that this is for the real thunder branch and it WILL NOT WORK in the normal version of freeCAD

5 High-Res Photogrammetry Image Sets

A collection of photogrammetry image sets taken by me to help you get a running start with photogrammetry. Feel free to use them however you like. Attribution is not required but is greatly appreciated. Used in this video: https://youtu.be/TiSGfKm5cFQ

-- For those that donate thank you SO MUCH! --
It really helps Maker Tales make more for everyone.

Chain saw sculptures by Garry Shand: https://bit.ly/3kP3tAM

FreeCAD Simple Little Box Technical Drawing

The technical drawing to help you design your own simple little box in Free CAD by following this video: https://youtu.be/AntQAnDFKC8

Glowforge Exhaust Fan Screw Guides (.STL File)

One of the Glowforges biggest downside's is the inability to be able the clean the exhaust fan.

Using the technic shown in this video I made: https://youtu.be/d1Bk0Aw_b1g

You'll be able to remove, clean and reinstall your Glowforge Basic / Glowforge Plus exhaust fan with ease!

*Unfortunately this does NOT apply to Glowforge Pro Users*

For those that don't have a 3D printer, here is where you can buy the Glowforge Exhaust Screw Guides. https://etsy.me/3iHSA43

Please watch the youtube video above in full before attempting this.

Disclaimer: The technique used to remove and reinstall the exsaught fan is NOT Glowforge approved. I take no liability for your actions and you proceed at your own risk.

Go refer to the Glowforge website to find the "official" Glowforge exhaust fan cleaning guidelines: https://bit.ly/2X1D7Bo

Perpendicular Curve

A very small addon inspired by The "Curve Array Pro" Addon
Find out more about the Curve Array Pro here: https://gum.co/curve-array-pro

This addon does one thing. Make a curve from mesh and tilt the curve that is made to match the average tilt of the mesh it comes from.

To see it in action head over to here: https://youtu.be/MBvT6RiSEj0

Bolt Factory | Removing 50mm Limit | MT Edit

Just a small edit for the free addon that comes with blender of Bolt factory. Usually, the addon has a limit of 50mm. However, this edited version changes this from 50mm to 1000mm. You can see this edited version in action here: https://youtu.be/OS3Qgu6EMWg

.SVG Workflow Example Files

Here you can download all the files used in this video: https://youtu.be/lcnG9s50tDw

Mirroring Example

The mirroring example file used in this video: https://youtu.be/671x7gX2Fs4

Bevel Example

The boolean example file used in this video: https://youtu.be/kZHhkDjSrXo

Boolean Example

The boolean example file used in this video: https://youtu.be/8seF3w1wVaU

3 Mini Technical Drawing Practice Pack

A small pack consisting of 3 "technical" drawing for you to be able to put your blender precision modelling skills to the test. To go along with the pack be sure to use the video if you get stuck on how to achieve these results.

1 - Desk organizer.

2 - Challange Model.

3 - Headphone Desk Hook.

Blender solution video:
https://youtu.be/lE7d7bnMuNM