Meshmixer Essential Training

Course details

Get started with Meshmixer, the powerful 3D modeling utility from Autodesk. This 3D modeling multi-tool is unique in that it's not just helpful for creating digital sculptures—it also offers some exceptional features for making your ideas interface with the real world via 3D printing. In this course, join Nick Kloski as he introduces the many features of Meshmixer, from 3D scan cleanup, to sculpting, to 3D print preparation. Nick explores how to evaluate and fix downloads from online sites, sculpt creations using digital clay, create a 3D model from a photograph, and more.

Learning objectives
Evaluating and fixing online models
Working with multiple objects in Meshmixer
Using the measurement tools to analyze objects
Using CAD models in Meshmixer
Evaluating model orientation
Generating and editing supports
Creating multiple supports types
Creating and fixing 3D scans
Importing your photo as a stencil into Meshmixer

Concepts

Overview

01 - Introduction
02 - Overview of Meshmixer areas
03 - Overview of Meshmixer user interface
04 - Importing and saving files
05 - Overview of view modes - How to best see your model

1. Evaluating and Fixing Downloads from Online Sites

06 - Introduction - Great places to find models and some problems that can arise
07 - Places to find models online
08 - Typical errors found in online models
09 - Using Meshmixer's automated fixing techniques
10 - When automated fixing isn't enough - Remeshing
11 - Another technique for fixing models - Bridging
12 - Fixing models using the powerful Make Solid command
13 - Your last resort - Remodeling using Meshmixer tools

2. Working with Multiple Objects in Meshmixer

14 - Introduction to multiple objects in Meshmixer
15 - What are separate bodies in Meshmixer
16 - Why do separate bodies matter Booleans and exporting
17 - Overview of the Object Browser and view modes
18 - Booleans revisited and defined
19 - Boolean Union changing sizes
20 - Boolean Union success via remeshing
21 - Understanding world and local coordinate systems
22 - To be exact - Aligning objects
23 - Select everywhere - Shared and non-shared frame
24 - Using attraction and repulsion
25 - Using the measurement tools to analyze objects

3. Polygonal Modeling vs. Prismatic Modeling - When To Use and What They Are

26 - Introduction to the types of CAD modeling tools
27 - Overview of the CAD landscape
28 - What CAD tools are the best to use
29 - CAD tools - Compare and contrast
30 - Using CAD models in Meshmixer

4. Sculpting with Digital Clay

31 - Intro to the fun world of playing with digital clay
32 - Inspiration is everywhere
33 - Other tools on the market for sculpting and modeling
34 - Basic overview of sculpting tools
35 - Sculpting tool modifiers
36 - What is meshmixing (The whole program is named after this )
37 - More advanced meshmixing
38 - What about adding color
39 - How shaders affect modeling
40 - Common modeling problems - Self-intersections and normals
41 - Using the Make Solid tool to fix everything
42 - Why face groups are your best friend
43 - Transform (Or, more rightly - Using the transform tools)
44 - Using shapes to influence other shapes
45 - Using the attract brushes
46 - Don't be constrained by what the world tells you can be done
47 - 3D printing considerations

5. Meshmixer Support Structure Generation for 3D Printing

48 - Introduction to Meshmixer support structures and why they're great
49 - Why not use your slicer to generate support structures
50 - Optionally preparing your model via reduction
51 - Evaluating model orientation
52 - Starting support structure generation tips
53 - In-tool editing supports
54 - Convert to Solid and exporting
55 - Multiple support iteration

6. Creating and Fixing 3D Scans

56 - Introduction to the fun of 3D scanning
57 - Things to look for when first loading up your 3D scan
58 - Is your scan printable
59 - Fixing easy printability problems
60 - Fixing difficult 3D scan problems - Starting off
61 - Fixing difficult 3D scan problems - Starting with cleanup
62 - Fixing difficult 3D scan problems - Hole filling
63 - Fixing difficult 3D scan problems - Thickening
64 - Final steps for printability
65 - Service bureaus for color printing

7. Creating a 3D Model from a Photograph

66 - Introduction to the fun of 3D scanning
67 - Downloading GIMP for photo editing
68 - Cropping and adjusting your photo in GIMP for use in Meshmixer
69 - Importing your photo as a stencil into Meshmixer
70 - Preparing your mesh for best stencil results
71 - Applying the stencil - Stencil strength and inversing