{"id":30357,"date":"2017-04-18T09:55:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T13:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=30357"},"modified":"2017-09-19T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T14:26:26","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-13-painting-multicolor-models-meshmixer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/tutorial-tuesday-13-painting-multicolor-models-meshmixer","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday 13: Painting Multicolor Models in Meshmixer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in our second\u00a0Tutorial Tuesday<\/a><\/em>, Full-Color Printing and Character Models<\/a>, we discussed tutorials for exporting multicolor digital models for 3D printing. But, that assumed you had a multicolor model in the first place. What if you want to\u00a0add\u00a0<\/em>color to some plain old STL files? This week, we’ll walk you through a super simple way to paint color onto STL files with Meshmixer.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Tangle of\u00a0Color<\/h3>\n

As an example, consider the\u00a0Perko Morph<\/a>\u00a0design in the\u00a0geekhaus<\/a>\u00a0shop. This started as a collection of separate knots in STL format, none of which had any color information. The color was added\u00a0to each component in Meshmixer with a brush tool.<\/p>\n

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Painting the Shark<\/h3>\n

We followed the method in this Autodesk 123D tutorial video\u00a0Autodesk Meshmixer 101: Painting and Printing in Color<\/a>, using a Paintcolor stencil brush to paint directly onto the mesh of our design.<\/p>\n