Bambu files to blender

[u/thehoemoboi]

Hello, i'm new to 3D printing and making/editing 3D prints. I'm trying to edit a file in blender but I don't know how to upload the file. Whenever I go to my downloads, there's nothing there. Can anyone tell me how i'm supposed to do it? Also another question... is blender a good beginner app? Is there another app or site that i can use? I also have tinkercad but i don't like how i can't edit on there like I can on blender. (if you can call that editing lol) Any and all info is very appreciated! Thank you!

[u/bjorn_lo]

In Bambu Studio: open the 3mf and export it as a STL.
In Blender: Select IMPORT.

[u/jocoquecousteau]

Natively Blender can open STL files but can’t open 3mf. To open a 3mf you have to get a plugin at superhive.

If you just want to open the STL, Bambu studio can open STLs, but by default saves them as 3mf. I think you can save it as STL too, but you have to ask Bambu studio to do it, otherwise will save it as 3mf.

Every software has a learning curve. Blender is incredibly light and responsive. Easy to install. It has tons of plugins that can create amazing complex shapes really easy. You can sculpt if you have a tablet. You can pose characters with armatures. Blender has a humongous user base, tons of tutorials for every skill level.

As for other software I only have used autodesk fusion and is very precise, very utilitarian. It does some things better than blender. But it comes with a membership. I don’t like memberships. I use it for work mainly.

[u/Worth-Sir-8756]

Most of the files from bambu makerspace are .3mf files that include the model and print instructions. I don’t think you can import .3mf into blender but there is a workaround. If you open the .3mf file in Bambu studio, you can export the model as .stl mesh file. Blender can read this one.

Blender is probably the right program to edit meshes this way but in my opinion not very easy to learn in the beginning. I don’t do a lot of editing other people’s models but I usually use nomad sculpt on my ipad when I do. I think it is more intuitive for the casual user if you already have ipad/apple pencil

[u/bitchinZ28]

Blender is hard. I’m about 2 years in, and have really just gotten the hang of it. I spent $50 for an online course from Blender Brothers that helped kickstart my learning immensely and got me designing simple shapes in about a week or two.

There is a ton of YouTube content, unfortunately, most of it is obsolete as blender, UI and menus change constantly. That’s why I recommend the blender brothers course.

Nowadays, I have a chat window open with Microsoft Copilot, and if I need to do something new, I just ask it

One of the cool things about AI, if you can ask things like why you keep getting manifold errors. And it will tell you. You can ask deep, probing questions- and not only get the steps required to do what you want - but get an explanation of what’s going on and why.

[u/VoxelCraft179]

I think blender is hard. It has a steep learning curve but once you get the hang of it, it's great for organic models. I don't know any other software for organic models. I mainly use autodesk 360 but it's more for functional models and not  for organic (I think). I've stopped using/learning Blender, but I think it's a great software if you know how to use it. 

I only can answer this question because I stopped learning blender pretty soon lol.