Top 5 Must Know Meshmixer Tricks for 3D Printing - FREE

[@SonnyRivas]

Yes more Meshmixer videos!!. No. 6 would be "Make Solid" solves a lot of issues with bad meshes. No. 7 would be "hollow" very useful for turning any mesh hollow inside to use for lamps or to add parts internally

[@richardhertz7345]

I can't think of a video I've watched lately that deserves a thumbs-up as much as this one. Concise, useful, close-ups of the drop-down menus so we can see what is happening, no mucking about. You should win some sort of award.

[@MrBobyoung58]

Angus I would like vey much to learn to use Mesh and to watch your tutorials would be an added pleasure. So I want to place my vote for more of your tutorials on this subject if I may. Thank you and I truely hope yo see futher tips & tricks from you. Bob

[@PhilipBlignaut]

ditto!

[@MakersMuse]

+Bob Young thanks! Received loud and clear.

[@cheroso1000]

I'm planning to swim from Brazil to Australia just to shake your hand! Your channel is the best!

[@animationcreations42]

Angus should definitely have a T-Shirt that just has the word 'Powerful' on it

[@MakersMuse]

take a shot, every time.

[@animationcreations42]

Unfortunately I'm not Australian, I don't think I could handle it

[@TheSecurity16]

Yes please do more tutorials ! I have used your other tutorials and find them rather handy

[@spikekent]

I've always loved your Tips, Tricks and Tutorial vids Angus, they're fantastic. And yes, I too would love to see more Meshmixer tutorials. Hope you're finally getting settled into your new place.

[@MakersMuse]

+Spike Kent thanks mate! Yep slowly things are starting to come together

[@onomatopoeidia]

It’s a lifesaver. I use it every day. Especially your video on Boolean difference to subtract shapes from others was very useful to create pegs to reassemble the parts post print.

[@JSC2713]

I have it but never used it before. Watching this video shows some tools that I know I will need to use, especially the plane cut tool.

[@buildersmark]

The day I found your channel was the day I was introduced to meshmixer(about 3 yrs ago), still use it today & agree of how versatile it is. Great tutorial Angus.

[@russellhinkley7449]

Thank you for suggesting this software to those new to 3D printing. I don't know what i would do without it.

[@kylesagarsee]

It seems like Meshmixer is super powerful, but the interface is so convoluted​ that I have a hard time learning how to use it. I love your tutorials on it and hope you post more soon!

[@Culky]

It says a lot about Meshmixer's wide range of tools that "hollow" doesn't even make the top 5. I only started using it recently, but thumbs up for teaching me the isolate thing alone.

[@Erik740t]

I did not know you can isolate a plane cut. Ty very very much. Opens up a whole lot for me. Appreciate it.

[@Symbios767]

I had no idea how to use the shell separation with plane cut -- I was creating multiple copies and deleting alternating halves. Thanks for saving my forehead the pain of being repeatedly mashed into my desk!

[@rufustoad1]

YES, I too would love to see more Meshmixer tutorials

[@toastrd6376]

Oh wow. I needed to Frankenstein two models together a week ago. I downloaded Blender to try to do it and pretty quickly gave up. This looks super easy. Thanks!

[@martintruran8469]

Full mesh mixer tutorial would be fantastic. Thanks for all your content, love your work mate. Hope you have good aircon in your new place!

[@brianaldred8751]

More videos on MeshMixer - I'm new to 3D printing and your videos are such a help (especially MeshMixer and other free tools)

[@bujin5455]

I would love to see you do an in depth series on Mesh Mixer. Especially interesting would be topic on how to take various models and combine them into new models.

[@originaltrilogy1]

Very informative, and thank you for speaking clearly, with a good microphone, I have to rely on Closed Captions to be able to know what people are saying on KZbin, and people that mumble or have background music make the closed captions nearly useless. Yours are always very good and I really appreciater it/

[@MakersMuse]

Thank you! I used to mumble badly so happy to hear the captions understand me :)

[@toddcoello6461]

I think with all the new people printing these days I think you should do an updated video on meshmixer. I'm still trying to learn it when I can

[@VLena_art]

3d builder and meshmixer are two lovers!

[@yasuyukitakeda]

Your commentary was very easy to understand and very nice. Thank you very much　　ありがとう

[@jim.c6780]

Definitely more tutorials on mesh mixer would be highly appreciated Angus

[@billylc2753]

Cannot explain how specifically helpful showing how to cut the ears off was for me.

[@Mantarr1]

Thanks again Angus I'm sure your videos are much appreciated by everyone in the 3d printer community. I have been struggling a lot with Blender, after seeing this I'll give Meshmixer a go.

[@theshadowman1398]

Splitting models in two halves is lifesaving in many cases.

[@JonathanKayne]

Doing more Meshmixer videos is a great idea Angus! I have used it before (because you have recommended it before), but I have trouble using certain features of the tool, and would like to see videos on them!

[@wfpnknw32]

1. Import lots of different formats 2. easily scale 3. plane cut 4. separate or combine shells 5. mesh repair

[@emariereis7270]

FINALLY a good tutorial. clear, detailed, explains well and very, VERY thoughtful. thank you for making good videos, Its hard to find nice videos about meshmixer. liked and sub!

[@dispencer17]

Absolutely. I am trying to import mathematical shapes from Mathematica and am having a hard time using the sculpt tool. I would like to see videos about using the sculpt tool and making sure the mesh has no awkward boundries afterwards.

[@nergglf]

I didn't know anything about this until now. I am with the rest on learning more about it. Thanks Angus btw killer shirt.

[@Dramaican88]

I have mainly used Meshmixer to make voronoi (dual edges pattern) stuff and might do a video tutorial about design-slice-print a project like this. I wish I knew how to scuplt in meshmixer like people sculpt in Zbrush, but the stuff you can do in this software for free is really amazing.

[@hobbes2555]

Thanks! great video, I'm using it to splice 3d prints together. One Suggestion though, you may want to add timestamps when you're going through lists, that way I can hop to the info that I am needing quickly.

[@MarioCamou]

Great tutorial Angus, keep them coming!

[@stanleywhite4240]

With scanners becoming more affordable in my case the scan ferret pro,could You perhaps make a tutorial to help us better understand how to make a scan accurate and watertight

[@drpriyam]

great video... please let us know if you have done a video in the past or planning to do one in future as a tutorial for meshmixer

[@MakersMuse]

Unfortunately meshmixer is no longer in development, I recommend moving to blender if your workflow allows.

[@joem3968]

Figured it out no probs great stuff ya doing thanks for showing us. If it wasn't for people like u i would probably have to go to Tafe or uni so again thanks heaps.

[@jps99]

Another awesome video from Maker's Muse! Thanks for all the info you share and kudos to your clear, concise and friendly style of teaching!

[@humphreybfiftytwo]

YES! Can you show us how to use the stamp? If it does what I think, it'd be really cool for postprocessing models. Keep up the good work!

[@akau70]

Yes please, more meshmixer tutorials, great work, thank you

[@creatorofevil4595]

Got MM after watching one of your older vids...love it. help fixed a couple of problems i had with files.

[@CPlater1]

Please do more Meshmixer tutorials, I would find them useful!

[@varmint243davev7]

Nice video - I use the built in Windows 10 3d builder program to do all of the things in your Meshmixer video. It is included with Windows 10 and doesn't require downloading and installing 3rd party software.

[@PplsChampion]

9:36 the 'every other triangle is missing/flipped' error is often from a quad-based mesh being treated as triangles. triangulating the mesh [cli assimp etc can do it] sometimes fixes this sort of prob

[@freddunaway2777]

While watching everything that is done to the bunny, I can't help thinking about the movie Con Air and the bunny in the movie. Nobody move or the bunny gets it!

[@mallenwho]

So glad I found this through your recommendation last week. What I want to know is how to reduce polys in a overly detailed model. Thanks!

[@MakersMuse]

For sure, I think a further top 5... or more video is due to cover those more advanced uses.

[@joshmaceachern7383]

To reduce polygons, select the model in the object browser, then hit CTRL/CMD+A to select all the triangles. Then there are two options that will do what you want in different ways. Edit->reduce will reduce the polygons just by trying to subtract them where it can. Edit->remesh with a negative density will also work to reduce polygons.

[@buckystbucky6924]

Cool video, and I love the shirt.

[@RCONSTRUCT]

9:24 Meshmixer inspector tool explained

[@jmsaltzman]

Good tips! I use the slicing a lot. Also, the scaling is cool since you can enter an overall size along one axis and it can proportionally scale. I like MeshMixer but it's interface is frustrating, with many features effectively hidden by strange interaction modes. For instance, using arrow keys to change snapping increments as you mention. That's crazy! The big ones for me are alignment, slicing, and supports, the latter of which is its killer feature IMO. Happy printing!

[@ClaymateDesigner]

5 years old? What a find. SO struggling with fusion 360, I have started and given up at least 5 times.. Considering I design printed boards using CAD, you think I'd pick it up... Nope... :)

[@CraftyCrafty]

You absolute star stuck for a week on separating parts not anymore, cheers Angus 👍😁

[@letswatchcartoons181]

Hi could you show how to colour or add texture in Meshmixer plz? Your tutorials are very helpful.

[@muhammadaimanbinzakaria2584]

this is a good video for a beginner. can i know how do i get the mesh to be uniform ?

[@chris993361]

I have used meshmixer a few times for repairs but ultimately don't really understand the program. I would love to see a set of tutorials on it.

[@transatlant1c]

I don't know what rock I have been hiding under but this is game changing for me. I've been doing the plane cuts in fusion360 directly until now and exporting separate files. Guess that's still useful in some circumstances but either way, amazing thanks Angus!

[@dav1dbone]

Is there a way to plane cut but leave keyed shapes or pins so when they are glued, they'd fit exactly?

[@RayMerrell68]

Any news on new plastics that may or may not be available to print with soon? HDPE or something like it for eg? If not, what's the best stuff for electronic housings that go outside?

[@berniewasserman265]

It would be great to have a set of videos on using the align tools and pivots. You do great videos.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

Hi Angus, Meshmixer, Meshlab,etc great tools, but what I really search for is a tool to "shrinkwrap" a complex multipart model. So I can print a simplified outside mesh...

[@MakersMuse]

+Duco Maritiem the make solid tool does this. It's not perfect though.

[@VenomTheCat]

I love meshmixer but it has so many features, is not intuitive and it's really hard to learn. Is like they need to redo the GUI but then it will probably cost money.

[@Tarbard]

I like the music at the end. (Rest of video too of course!)

[@crussty3d]

This is great! With the Moai, I really need to learn more about Meshmixer so would love to see more tutorials!

[@JAYTEEAU]

Thanks Angus, happy to watch a bunch of these. Cheers, JAYTEE

[@GamesandBacon]

Unfortunately I can do all of this and a LOT more in zbrush. However. That being said zbrush is very costly and very complicated. So to see this being free is great ! Lots of very useful info thanks ! :)

[@55418und]

To priny ,achine parts as shown, what is the quick and easy point and click to start the print job?

[@l____bugc____l]

Hi, loved the video.. But i also have a small question. I have asked a modeler on fiverr to create a model for me. But when i enlarge it it loses some detail in cura. I can remember that you made a video specially about this. Enlarging small models and keep the smalest details in meshmixer, but i cant find it anymore 🙈 Could you point me towards it maybe? Thanks !! ☺

[@Eddiiie666]

Please make a how-to video on how to add color to a single color object (stl file). I've watched a few videos but they all use well designed models. The one's I seem to pick have nothing but problems. Select a region, Face Groups, Generate Complex, Split Complex, or maybe I am missing something somewhere. Export generates several files, not 2 or 3. Anyway, if you could do a video on adding color, that'd be awesome. Both mixing head and a muti-material version, which I think is pretty much the same thing.

[@iamskoza]

Me too please more tips and tricks from the software and tricks to optimizing fines for printing too would be great.

[@Townie_au]

Can meshmixer do a STL to solid and cleanup the triangles like fusion 360?

[@corneliusperkins7363]

Yes please, more of these.

[@116miket]

great work guy

[@bradm8150]

Until recently (learned some fusion 360) I did almost everything in 3DSmax. STLs are not the raw file but max can do pretty much everything with them need to edit detail just open up max and move vertices, need to take a watermark off? do the same thing, need to scale it can do it in max, booleans can do them in max. I'm surprised I don't see max talked about AT ALL in 3dp its like it dont even exist. It can cut or also join objects to prevent the shelling issues as well. However after looking at the craftware vid I decided something like that would be good for 3dp quick cutting into pieces for 3d printing them right away without having to be too tedious to get what you want. I'm sure this program has a niche.

[@potatomancer4316]

So, I'm trying to plane cut a model in Meshmixer and I select slice (keep both) and remesh fill. However, when I separate it there is a huge hole from where I cut and the inspector does not detect it. How do I fix it?

[@martyndragar7910]

Nice vid do you know how to make piping and cables at all

[@macewen1]

I would love to see a bit about taking an OBJ figure (like an export from Poser) and how you might prep that in MM for 3D printing.

[@DCDLaserCNC]

Great tutorial Angus! Thank you for the tips and overview.

[@StichtingSCHERP]

Yes! More Meshmixer!

[@CVS1401]

I'd like to see a video on how to repair complex models that were not designed for printing (like game meshes).

[@baschz]

Yesss, let there be more!

[@tubesatsatt]

I bought a obj Modell online and want it hollow for SLA printing. Meshmixer can read obj and export it as stl file but there is the problem : the obj file consists of several parts , all already hollow and with special " joints" for printing them separately but i don't want that. Must i "drill" holes in every top, middle and bottom piece to let the resin flow out, or is there a way to fuse the visible outside shell and get rid of the inside membranes?

[@arnoor077]

Cool video, would you please make a detail video on repair feature of mesh mixer

[@justindukes]

I know this video is really old, but is the cutting on a plane, technique possible in fusion 360? Or any other software available for mac? I have a project that is a 3D map Made from my drone, but I'd like to cut off the handful of lightpoles, as I think they are terrible looking.

[@tymz-r-achangin]

at 5:50 Would love to know why these things always works in the uploader's videos but then rarely gives us the same results even when we follow every step to a T This video is from 2018 and so maybe this time it's because he's using an older version than the MeshMixer I just downloaded/installed

[@hightde13]

Thickening areas could use a re-visit. They seem to have either removed it or moved ot elsewhere from when you made the original videos you have.

[@dgarvin53]

Thank you so much.

[@nickm324]

Please help! I have a Wanhao i3 Duplicator clone with a bed of 200x200x180. How in mesh mixer do you align a model flat to the bed from a specific face of the model. Specifically I am trying to orient the Predator Trophy model from thingiverse. It imports into mesh mixer standing up on edge.

[@TORDesign]

I chopping a face off a model using MM, but it creates bad artifacts in the model that leave missing layers when sliced. Is there a better way?

[@Freeman10001]

really powerful

[@ralhmcc47]

Angus, I have a question, have you heard of JGAURORA® A3S DIY 3D Printer Kit. myfordboy just received his and it is small but I am thinking of getting one. Any comments that would help me. Enjoy your channel cheers Ralph McCoy

[@Dewclaws]

Thanks Angus, I have been poking at Meshmixer for a while. Please do a follow up!

[@mixerinc]

Ridiculous software! Love it - thanks for the video!

[@Mark_5150]

MeshMixer is awesome, but don't let AutoDesk know you're willing to pay for it, it may just happen, they just got rid of ReMake for the subscription based ReCap. >:(

[@3dprintservice3dwp59]

I know, right? Was surprised to see this. First 123D Apps and ''Catch'' were removed and then the Memento/ReMake annoying change. I was really pleased with Autodesk for sharing a lot of free great programs but hated the way they closed a lot down. Meshmixer is my favorite program from before Autodesk bought it and I'm afraid they wil wreck that too.. It seems everything has to be pushed towards working in the cloud with Fusion360.

[@ryanfitzgerald4408]

Yes Angus! I have been trying to use Meshmixer recently to fix some rocket league files for printing to give my cousin, but cannot seem to get it right. Would love to see some more in depth tutorials with this! 👌

[@neilgower2558]

Cheers bud just what I needed to get started

[@ChannelHTS]

yes i gootta learn this better

[@TheMainCharacter]

Yes I'm specifically interested in how to make support materials in meshmixer. Also I'm confused as to why meshes seem to be a lower quality when they are imported into mesh mixer

[@MakersMuse]

They won't be lower quality, but your other software might be 'smoothing' out the triangles. Meshmixer has the option to do it too, but I turn it off as 3D Printers will always print with the triangles and no smoothing. Hit "W" to see the wireframe. All stl files are made up of triangles! It's not the best method for printing curved objects...

[@TheMainCharacter]

Maker's Muse ah. Huh. I tried to import a low poly elephant I made in Blender the other day (many different triangles and sharp edges.) But when I imported it only mesh mixer it came out very smooth and blobby. I'll check some of the setting tonight. Thank you for the tip. I sincerly appreciate your videos and all you do for the 3d printing community

[@MrTaz6552]

Yes! More meshmixer!

[@iyavorskiy]

Good work