Using Meshmixer to Create 3D Designs for your Teaching Laboratory

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2018, Volume 39

John F. Stewart, Felicia Osburn, & Donald P. French

Abstract

The ability to generate 3D objects in software is a skill growing in demand because of the new prevalence of 3D-printing technology. As this technology matures, it is becoming more useful to biology laboratory instructors, given the potential for useful teaching tools. Autodesk Meshmixer is a software package for manipulating the triangle mesh of 3D object files. In the workshop, we demonstrated how to edit 3D objects in the software for users who have no experience in design.

Keywords:  3D-printing, 3D models, Meshmixer

University of Wisconsin, Madison (2017)