5 Creative Ways to use Meshmixer for 3D Printing!

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5 Creative Ways to use Meshmixer for 3D Printing!

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In this video I'll show you 5 tools you can use in Meshmixer to create and alter models in incredibly creative ways for your 3D Printing projects!
Timestamps:
0:56 Meshmix
3:40 Sculpt
6:17 Make Pattern
9:58 Low Poly Wireframe using Make Pattern (Bonus Mini Tutorial!)
12:43 Stamp Tool
15:46 Generate Complex (use to create multi-colour 3D Prints)
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@Johnn_T 6 жыл бұрын

As an engineer of almost 3 decades with extensive experience in most areas of the field I’m quite critical of some of you “pro reviewers” on KZfaq as some (I won’t name) I consider to be out of their depth and misleading with some of their “advice”, but I have to admit Angus I really value your solid reviews of things. These printers are essentially a glorified CNC Machine, and there’s a lot of mechanical engineering and thermodynamics involved in 3D printing as you well know, yet certain reviewers seem to overlook all this and can end up handing out misleading and worthless advice for fixing print issues.Your probably one of,if not the only person I recommend people looking at getting into printing to watch. Your not generally biased and you are first to admit if something is outta your scope of knowledge, or you got something wrong in a previous video. Keep up the good work mate👍

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! I really appreciate it. I started with CNC but it was out of my scope and budget at the time so moved into 3D Printing. I do intend to delve back into CAM and share what I learn. I definitely make mistakes but do hope to share them in an effort to prevent others from doing the same thing. Cheers! Angus

@Johnn_T 6 жыл бұрын

Maker's Muse I spent a number of years at the end of my career as a design engineer for a well known US company and all my CAD work was with Creo so I’m not so familiar with mesh mixer and autodesk products (haven’t used auto cad since 2006!), but I’ve learnt plenty just watching your few videos on what it is, and the basics of what you can do. I give lots of credit to ya for being totally honest and letting your viewers know the extent of your knowledge with the software-in any case you certainly gave me a good introduction to an otherwise foreign piece of software! Cheers

@TerenceClark 5 жыл бұрын

This review is immensely helpful for me, as someone fairly new to 3d printing. When coming in brand new to any skill, one of the hardest parts isn't so much getting good advice and learning materials, but weeding out bad advice and leaning in to good advice. Hearing from a pro in the industry saying, essentially, "yes, this person can be trusted to generally give good advice" is priceless and can potentially save me tons of time going down (hopefully not deformed, ha!) rabbit holes. I'm a programmer by trade and when learning a new technology or programming language I often end up wasting at least a few hours digging around on the web, understanding who I can trust and who is either never going to tell me what I need, or is going to just be completely wrong. The value of bypassing that noise and getting right to the signal can't be overstated. So thanks to Maker's Muse for the excellent video, and thanks, John T, for the review. I'm optimistic the two of you have just saved me hours, possibly days of fruitless research.

@powertomato 6 жыл бұрын

For creating stamps from SVGs you can use an SVG to STL converter (I personally use Blender) to get an 3D representation from the 2D shape. Then import the STL into Meshmixer. There you just select everything and create the stamp as you did in the video. It's a bit of a workaround, but works well

@ScottVanKirk 5 жыл бұрын

This is a good way to do it. converting SVGs to meshes is trivial in Blender.

@Dramaican88 6 жыл бұрын

Angus you can just design your logo in Fusion 360, extrude it a bit (something like a 2.5D logo), export as stl, import it in meshmixer as a mesh, create a facegroup from the surface of the mesh and then convert to stamp. I don't know how well it would scale, but it would definately work as a way to make a custom stamp. Maybe you have to scale the stl before creating a facegroup.

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an interesting workaround! I'll look into it . Cheers

@SparkyFace5 6 жыл бұрын

Maker's Muse that's what I was going to suggest.. Was just going to suggest extruding an svg in tinkercad to make the model first (for simplicity)

@tetsuoswrath 6 жыл бұрын

Oops, someone beat me to it. I think Angus should try it and make a video of it if it works. :{J

@ryanvoots9827 6 жыл бұрын

OpenSCAD might work well for this, you need to use inkscape (or another tool) to convert to EPS to import it, but it should work too.

@porschepanamera92 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to type 😄

@OzFaxFlyer 6 жыл бұрын

Angus, You are The Man! I've played around with MeshMixer for hours, and only ever managed to learn what Delete does after creating a mess. But seriously, your videos are the key that unlocks creativity, by inspiring people to try something new. Out of that process comes real learning - even if it is only to produce psycho-morphed bunnies. Keep up your excellent work. And the hair looks better ....

@3DPrintingNerd 6 жыл бұрын

Last installment? Dude, there is NO WAY you're going to be able to stay away from Meshmixer :)

@Fenrir_Formally_Rye 6 жыл бұрын

3D Printing Nerd I am not sure how to get Angus to see this, but maybe you could pass it along? I saw an advertisement from a company I have never heard of called Big Rep, so here's the link: bigrep.com/bigrep-studio/

@ScottVanKirk 5 жыл бұрын

You are awesome! Make complex is going to make my life so much easier. Just in case you don't see my other post, it is crazy easy in Blender to take an SVG and turn it into an stl - just import SVG, select the object, convert curve to mesh, export and done.

@spikekent 6 жыл бұрын

Very informative Angus, like you said, always good to have more tools. BTW I nominated you in the 3D Printing Industry Awards. Hope you don't mind

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated and wow! That's an honor indeed :) Thanks man

@charlesbillette8323 6 жыл бұрын

Spike Kent I

@TerenceClark 5 жыл бұрын

I've been looking to make some custom TPU stilt treads, as I make stilts for the local circus community as a hobby. The tread itself is pretty important, which is why I've thus far used bike treads cut into semi-rectangular shapes, stapled to the stilts. Having custom rectangular cylinder caps would be a perfect addition. Easy enough, but how to do the caps? Well, after faffing about looking for tutorials on it, I find this video, where you cover the stamp tool Perfect! Absolutely perfect! I'm one of a half dozen local stilt makers and I'll be the only one with custom printed, durable stilt treads that require minimal maintenance.

@midnightmushrooms1141 6 жыл бұрын

after seeing that thumbnail, I think it's enough creativity for today

@2muchofyou 2 жыл бұрын

Btw your infill lattice technique is the only internal support system I use. It is super strong and perfect for sla printing. Pure brilliant

@TheSecurity16 6 жыл бұрын

Woo! This has been super handy. I shall be making many abominations to print now

@randomtux1234 6 жыл бұрын

its pretty amazing that such a powerful app is still free

@RevampedOutdoors 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! This program is so crazy powerful, learning more about it can lead to so much more creativity. This really helped me with imagining future project/uses. Thanks again!

@TiagoTiagoT 6 жыл бұрын

For the logo stamp thing, you can use Blender to convert SVG's into meshes (I just don't remember if the addon comes enabled by default or if you need to go in the settings and enable it). You import, then convert to mesh, then go into edit mode and turn the outlines into faces, then you tell it to triangulate the faces.

@JAYTEEAU 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Angus, great stuff as always. Cheers, JAYTEE

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Hope they come in handy

@alexecheverria 6 жыл бұрын

I found a way to make a stamp of a drawing made in Inkscape or illustrator: convert it to a stl file in Blender and then place it Meshmixer and put camera infront of it, then press "convert-to-stamp" and the shape will be stored in the stamp list :D

@guynormus3834 6 жыл бұрын

You should have printed the weird bunny

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Haha ah damn... I'll have to give the tools into the hand of a child then print their abomination.

@guynormus3834 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao that would be awesome

@RobbyMaQ 6 жыл бұрын

Lattice Torture Bunny FTW! Nice tips!

@devalopr 6 жыл бұрын

You made me download meshmixer and I love it! Thanks :)

@matonmongo 4 жыл бұрын

Thx Angus. Yeah, Meshmixer is surprisingly powerful and under-appreciated... sorta like a simpler and easier-to-use version of ZBrush (and it's free)!

@hugmad 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice tutorial Angus, a lot of smart tips on the software, i will try a lot of those. Thank you!

@ChannelHTS 6 жыл бұрын

very cool mate

@eddiemoser3150 6 жыл бұрын

good video man! I am waiting on Lady Muse to start designing some awesome things!

@TechEdison 6 жыл бұрын

"This is great for kids, by the way!" He said as he morphed a bunny. 🤣🤣🤣

@dizingof 6 жыл бұрын

Note to self: Keep Meshmixer developers on their toes.. ;)

@kaboommst1984 6 жыл бұрын

hey just wanna let you know we can create better stamp by first dropping the SVG into your 3D design program (lets say fusion360 in my case), do an extrude to create a solid flat model, then drop that model into meshmixer, select all the faces and then create stamp

@Nagby3 6 жыл бұрын

for stamping logos i think you could import the svg in a modeling software, like fusion 360 extrude it export it as stl import in meshmixer select all the triangles of the face showing the logo (is there a way to quickly select all coplanar triangles?) and create a stamp

@patprop74 6 жыл бұрын

Angus, just a suggestion, when a video first loads, there is always a Add banner at the bottom, if you tuck you mini video down there, the add covers you. Perhaps place it on a top corner, We both know, longer the add stays up the better off your youtube channel will be.

@guidancebeats 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw a video where you can load the svg into tinker , adjust and export and to stl for logo integration

@animationcreations42 6 жыл бұрын

Prior to watching this, I'm worried about what abomination Angus will create

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Abominations, plural. :)

@animationcreations42 6 жыл бұрын

Maker's Muse Apart from flaring up my trypophobia, it was not as bad as I was expecting

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah sorry about that. I don't like that option either.

@callumcoles6076 6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on breaking up figurine style prints, and tweaking the files so that they can be joined easily (alignment blocks)?

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Could be a good idea for a future video indeed! I'll add it to the list.

@TheSecurity16 6 жыл бұрын

Please do!

@Oldmanmatt 4 жыл бұрын

As I just got a resin printer, I came here looking to learn about 2 things, Boolean to put the skull in the cube, and cutting models to create keyed models. These first 3 videos have been great.

@Thorhian 6 жыл бұрын

Blender is free, and I think I’d rather use that for sculpting than mesh mixer, but it is good to know that mesh mixer has something like this.

@davidshorey1017 6 жыл бұрын

great video very useful

@randomtux1234 6 жыл бұрын

love it

@charliedidio7421 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@austinpeter 6 жыл бұрын

You could try extruding an svg in fusion then using that face to create a stamp in MeshMixer.

@tetsuoswrath 6 жыл бұрын

Angus, shouldn't you be able to use a 3d model of your logo to make the stamp? Like how you used the triangles on the bottom of the rabbit? If you load your logo's 3d model then select the model's triangles like you did the M shape on the bunny's base, wouldn't that let you stamp your logo? Another great video by the way. I love seeing the programs/tools you use to make these cool models. :{J

@AbsurdAsparagus 5 жыл бұрын

yea theoretically, just use another program to take an image and just extrude it to a ultra simple prism. then bring it into mesh mixer and copy the whole side.

@mikeholczer 5 жыл бұрын

Was about to suggest the same thing.

@wolfgangsprenger4046 6 жыл бұрын

So cool what you can do with Meshmixer. Thanks for all the tutorials! And btw what printer is running in the background? ;-)

@manuelcarvalheiro5420 6 жыл бұрын

very good

@bentebrunsvelt319 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ssbmfan4 6 жыл бұрын

On the topic of stamps: Have you tried converting your svg to dxf, importing it into fusion360 and extruding it, then importing that into meshmixer to create a facegroup of the top face to make the stamp?

@TodayIMade 6 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at how successful you are with Meshmixer! :D I try and try with settings that should be just right, and I'm always stuck with a model that renders forever and ends up looking worse! :D

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Be careful with your triangle count! The more triangles it has to process the more it lags.

@TodayIMade 6 жыл бұрын

You're telling me! - Luckily I've got a pretty good machine, but you're definitely not kidding when you say it's powerful software! I just need to use it more, to get more comfortable with the settings.

@bugflipsrc7798 6 жыл бұрын

I’m getting my cr10 this week!

@wordreet 6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Bunnies love lattuce!!?? X¬D But WoW! Meshmixer is amazing!!!

@TojikCZ 6 жыл бұрын

I would assume you could convert svg to 2.5D mesh then select the bottom face and make a stamp out of that.

@inxomnyaa 6 жыл бұрын

Kind of killed me near 7:30 - Yes, i am affected, and this bunny triggered it again

@jamesanderson2381 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting - thanks for putting that together. Great channel - great content. Regarding the custom stamps - could you not just import your logo as a mesh and select one side to create a stamp? Like you did with the 'm' you drew on the bottom. Would it remain in the stamp library? I think I am going to have to try this on something... PS - am not going to print you mutant bunny for my daughter - don't want to give her nightmares :-)

@daviejohanson3888 6 жыл бұрын

please review the Anet A8 3d printer

@dustinmeier9753 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if Meshmixer is the tool I've been looking for. I've found a Plague Doctor mask that fits well, but I want the beak from another STL blended to it. They don't line up perfectly, so I've been having issues figuring out how.

@jmancrafter5 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah you did set my trypophobia off angus.

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

My apologies!

@jmancrafter5 6 жыл бұрын

Maker's Muse all good man

@johnbickford9221 6 жыл бұрын

Not as bad for me but superimpose it on skin and watch out.

@ReedCBowman 6 жыл бұрын

Too abstract and unreal looking to get to me.

@johnbickford9221 6 жыл бұрын

Why do stamps deform on a flat surface? I made a stamp by making a STL in Fusion and selecting the surface and converting it. I found out that the square stamp and circle stamp both (along with my stamp) distort badly when placing on a flat surface of another STL.

@rhettsonpowell872 6 жыл бұрын

There’s a free app called blender that Tom made a video on. You should watch it it’s super cool.

@TheCarLovingSwede 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! But can you show how to make objects completely solid? I have a model of a car I want to print out, but it has all of the interiors in it and panel gaps and everything, so I want to make it solid and printable. When I try to do that it gets full of holes...

@MrDevilFlash 6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know what would be the easiest way to make pegs between two parts to easily adjust them after printing? I tried with netfabb, adding small pegs with boolean operations but it's quite time consuming. Does Meshmixer can do it more easily?

@ektro-johnny573 6 жыл бұрын

sweet

@_MisterG 6 жыл бұрын

Does stamp deboss as well? i,e can you select a negative value to sink into the model?

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can pull it in with transform

@johnbickford9221 6 жыл бұрын

Not many people even recognize tryptophobia so thanks.

@Oleksiiz 6 жыл бұрын

I am sure, that there are such animals in Australia.

@pokerpilot505 6 жыл бұрын

So if meshmixer is so good at mixing meshes, why is it so bad at stitching shells? I'm referring to the video on stitching shells from 2016. Has it improved, or do those issues still exist? As I recall, combine boolean leaves bad joints still...

@tomaszjaroslaw1948 2 жыл бұрын

How to set up a meshmixer to do 3D printing? It asks for the target path of the printer software and I don't know where it is?

@shanemain6495 6 жыл бұрын

Can you make a tutorial on how to take a game file and make it printable?

@charliecompanywargaming1715 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! I am trying to make a chainmail pattern for some knights I am working on and have no idea how to start. Suggestions?

@nitrocookie8597 6 жыл бұрын

new haircut? looks good mate

@stevedutton1967 6 жыл бұрын

Hi been following all of your meshmixer videos realy helped me a lot :) i am stuck on a file i have tried everything with and still not fixed any advise , basicaly i have chains on my model but everytime i check it it removes the chains

@siwilson1437 5 жыл бұрын

Just crashed Meshmixer in 3 clicks, must be a record. Only tried to add a camel head to a menger cube.

@BoomBrush 6 жыл бұрын

Are you left handed as well? :D

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Yep! Sinister as.

@2muchofyou 2 жыл бұрын

I plane cut a mesh and it ruined it as it can't be stiched back together.

@mozkitolife5437 6 жыл бұрын

Angus, I want to convert multiple 2D greyscale images showing a 3D model in dorsal, lateral, anterior and anterior-tranverse poses. Is there a program you can recommend that allows you to import the images then manually add depth information? I heard 123D catch was good for this but it is discontinued. The information can not be retrieved using shading from white to black.

@ajasshamsudheen4351 6 жыл бұрын

I download airplane model from fsx addon mdl files ,i converted mdl to obj in model converterx . my problem is there are missing mesh traingles and parts olso gap between doors and body etc so it is not solid . i opened in fusion360 slicer for airplane planes crosssection, but they are saying mesh issue please help me

@3ric123 4 жыл бұрын

how do you paint textures like wood

@APAS-br3ff 6 жыл бұрын

are you in a mac version or something, cant find that top right, front view cube you have....actually never have seen that in my version. (NEVERMIND) got it, just update to most recent upgrade, its brand new

@MakersMuse 6 жыл бұрын

Yep! It's all new

@gingertimelord5 6 жыл бұрын

i've somehow failed, tried to install meshmixer on my windows7 computer and it refuses to do anything beyond give an error message and request the crash be reported to autodesk