Meshmixer crashing when generating supports?

Go to edit, transform, and move the object above the platform in meshmixer. easy as that!

I've had problems for a few days now where meshmixer would crash generating support, even on small objects it would crash mostly on the "sampling surface" then splat, dead. after days of looking around online i found a few "fixes" which didnt do anything. Then i noticed my object wasnt over the "3d printer platform" that mesh mixer puts in, i thought maybe sampling surface didnt mean the surface of the model, but the surface of the build plate, to use as a refrence to generate the supports from/there angle.

Hey presto, put it on the build plate in meshmixer and now it makes all the complicated supports my heart desires...

Just a little quick fix i stumbled across :)

Hope it helps, happy printing!

That Nerd.