Basic intro to Meshmixer support generator
Hello makers! Today's post is about Meshmixers support generator, i've not long started using this myself, so this is only a basic insight as to the wonders they can offer. With the supports generated with Meshmixer i've noticed the overhangs are much smoother to the touch than with Cura's supports. On 90% of models they also cut down the print time, which is very helpful. I recently printed a part of a model which with Cura's supports the print would take 29 hours and 45'ish minutes, yet when i put the model into Meshmixer and generated supports, the resulting model took 21 hours to print, thats 1/4 of the print time cut down. So, enough blabbering on about what it does, lets find out how to do it! First open Meshmixer, and import the file you want to generate supports for. Here i'm using a Hulkbuster model i downloaded from thingiverse.com , i'll put the link at the end of the post. To it has a few hidden overhangs and the arms would pr
