SketchUp saves this file to a hidden folder, to prevent you from messing with the templates. If you want to use this template as the default each time you use SketchUp, check that box. When the file looks like the template you want, choose File / Save as Template from the main menu.
(The View menu has some of these display options as well.) The Styles window is where you’d make these changes. If you want to change edge properties, default face colors, or show or hide axes, now’s the time to do all that. Click the “Makerbot” scene so that the printer is showing. And there are two scenes – one for showing the printer, one for hiding it.īefore you save, make sure what you want displayed is displayed. The file from Part 1 contained an imported model of a 3D printer (though you could just as easily create a simple box representing your print bed). In this post, I’ll show how to save this file as a template, and how to start a new file using this template. In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to set up the SketchUp file that will be saved as a 3D printing template.
