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 TH-cam 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👍
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
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
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.
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
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.
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/
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 ....
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
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
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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...
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.
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
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
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.
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
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...
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 :-)
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
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
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
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.
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 TH-cam 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👍
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
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
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.
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
This is a good way to do it. converting SVGs to meshes is trivial in Blender.
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.
Sounds like an interesting workaround! I'll look into it . Cheers
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)
Oops, someone beat me to it. I think Angus should try it and make a video of it if it works. :{J
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.
Exactly what I was going to type 😄
Last installment? Dude, there is NO WAY you're going to be able to stay away from Meshmixer :)
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/
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.
Btw your infill lattice technique is the only internal support system I use. It is super strong and perfect for sla printing. Pure brilliant
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.
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!
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.
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 ....
after seeing that thumbnail, I think it's enough creativity for today
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
Much appreciated and wow! That's an honor indeed :) Thanks man
Spike Kent I
You should have printed the weird bunny
Haha ah damn... I'll have to give the tools into the hand of a child then print their abomination.
Lmao that would be awesome
its pretty amazing that such a powerful app is still free
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
Woo! This has been super handy. I shall be making many abominations to print now
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
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.
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
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?
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.
You made me download meshmixer and I love it!
Thanks :)
Thanks Angus, great stuff as always. Cheers, JAYTEE
Thanks man! Hope they come in handy
Just saw a video where you can load the svg into tinker , adjust and export and to stl for logo integration
Can you do a video on breaking up figurine style prints, and tweaking the files so that they can be joined easily (alignment blocks)?
Could be a good idea for a future video indeed! I'll add it to the list.
Please do!
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.
Very nice tutorial Angus, a lot of smart tips on the software, i will try a lot of those. Thank you!
good video man! I am waiting on Lady Muse to start designing some awesome things!
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)!
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.
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?
I would assume you could convert svg to 2.5D mesh then select the bottom face and make a stamp out of that.
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...
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.
Note to self: Keep Meshmixer developers on their toes.. ;)
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
Lattice Torture Bunny FTW! Nice tips!
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?
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
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.
Was about to suggest the same thing.
great video very useful
You could try extruding an svg in fusion then using that face to create a stamp in MeshMixer.
"This is great for kids, by the way!" He said as he morphed a bunny. 🤣🤣🤣
Does stamp deboss as well? i,e can you select a negative value to sink into the model?
Yeah you can pull it in with transform
So cool what you can do with Meshmixer. Thanks for all the tutorials! And btw what printer is running in the background? ;-)
Prior to watching this, I'm worried about what abomination Angus will create
Abominations, plural. :)
Maker's Muse Apart from flaring up my trypophobia, it was not as bad as I was expecting
Haha yeah sorry about that. I don't like that option either.
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
very cool mate
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.
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...
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 :-)
has anything to the svg for the stamp yet?
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
Yep! It's all new
Great stuff
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
I’m getting my cr10 this week!
very good
love it
Thanks
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
Be careful with your triangle count! The more triangles it has to process the more it lags.
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.
please review the Anet A8 3d printer
how do you paint textures like wood
Can you make a tutorial on how to take a game file and make it printable?
Yay! Bunnies love lattuce!!?? X¬D
But WoW! Meshmixer is amazing!!!
Kind of killed me near 7:30 - Yes, i am affected, and this bunny triggered it again
There’s a free app called blender that Tom made a video on. You should watch it it’s super cool.
I plane cut a mesh and it ruined it as it can't be stiched back together.
Are you left handed as well? :D
Yep! Sinister as.
Yeah you did set my trypophobia off angus.
My apologies!
Maker's Muse all good man
Not as bad for me but superimpose it on skin and watch out.
Too abstract and unreal looking to get to me.
Just crashed Meshmixer in 3 clicks, must be a record. Only tried to add a camel head to a menger cube.
sweet
I am sure, that there are such animals in Australia.
new haircut? looks good mate
Has anyone tried to draw on meshmixer with a wacom penthingy?
.stl please?
Not many people even recognize tryptophobia so thanks.
what's printing in the background
I cannot run meshmixer: running windows 7... I cannot even install it ... Any idea? the computer is intel core I7, 16g of ram... driver updated...
Nightmaresmixer
R/birds_with_arms here i go
Poor bunny..... 😢
Angus it's pronounced. Pat . turn. Not. Pat . tin. American English anyway.
Great show thanks..
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