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Cleanup for 3d printing
The 3d objects from the structure 3D scanner need a bit of work before they are printable.
Join the mesh
The structure scanner delivers the 3d object in several parts. Let's bring these chunks together to a single object
select all go to 'mesh > cleanup > merge by distance' The amount of vertices that have been removed appear on the bottom of the screen.
delete loose parts
There might still be some unintended clumps from the 3d scan floating around. Let's delete them.
alt + a
deselect all vertices- select one vertex on the mesh that you want to keep
l
select linked verticesctrl + i
inverse the selectionx
delete the selected vertices