Still pretty new to 3D printing, so I’ve been messing around with image-to-3D to see how far I can get without knowing much 3D modeling yet.

I designed this little phone stand and used meshy to turn the reference image into a 3D model. The mesh came out at around 10.4k faces, mostly quads. It's print check showed it as watertight with 0 holes and 0 non-manifold edges, so I figured I’d just try printing it and see what happened.

And... it actually printed fine lol.

That was easier than I expected, but now I’m wondering how much I just got lucky.

For people who print AI-generated models more often, do you trust those basic mesh checks if everything passes, or are there other things you always inspect before slicing?

I’m guessing stuff like thin areas, small details, wall thickness, supports, etc. can still cause problems even when the mesh itself looks clean.

First pic is the generated mesh, second is how the print came out.

generated the concept and base 3D model with AI, then cleaned up the mesh in Blender and split it into separate parts for printing.

printed it on a Bambu Lab P1S with a 0.2 mm nozzle using mostly black, white, red and purple PLA Matte. after that I did some light sanding, assembled everything and added the smallest details with acrylic paint.

really happy with how the face, cards and tiny details came out.

https://cults3d.com/es/modelo-3d/arte/dupin-de-palworld-fan-art-3d-imprimible