{"id":778,"date":"2011-03-22T19:44:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/778-mash-up-your-mesh-with-meshmixer-direct-to-shapeways.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:09:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:09:01","slug":"mash-up-your-mesh-with-meshmixer-direct-to-shapeways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/mash-up-your-mesh-with-meshmixer-direct-to-shapeways","title":{"rendered":"Mash-Up Your Mesh with Meshmixer Direct to Shapeways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have mentioned the 3D mash-up coolness that is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meshmixer.com\/\">meshmixer<\/a> in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/645-Mash-Up-Your-3D-Models-With-Mesh-Mixer.html\">previous post on the Shapeways blog<\/a> but with the latest update to the free software you can now upload your mixed up models direct to Shapeways via our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/api\">API<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:4656 --><!-- s9ymdb:4674 --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meshmixer.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/meshmixer_shapeways2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So if you are new to this whole 3D modeling dealo and you want to experiment then this may be a perfectly playful introduction that you can easily output to Shapeways for 3D printing. 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