Making a model solid / editing meshes?

[sgraber]

Does anyone have a good program for editing meshes and making them solid?  My next skull project is a Polar Bear (http://digimorph.org/specimens/Ursus_maritimus/275072/) and I need to really edit the mesh quite a bit (close holes, remove some things, etc). Netfabb does a nice job cleaning up STLs but I actually need to go in and do some major editing in areas.  Thoughts, suggestions?

[BeeAmaker]

Have you looked at Mesh Mixer?

[sgraber]

Just started looking at it.

[ZionPhil]

Mesh Mixer is your best bet for easy learning.

[sgraber]

The trick is editing out all the stuff from the sinus and cranial cavity...

[BeeAmaker]

Nov 18, 2014 11:58:35 GMT -5 sgraber said:

The trick is editing out all the stuff from the sinus and cranial cavity...

You will need a tissue for that.

[ZionPhil]

What you will want to do is "section plane" the model so that you can get to those inner parts easily. "section plane" is a tool in sketchup for your familiarity. All modeling programs have them though.

[bvandiepenbos]

Meshmixer will work. It is pretty amazing.
that is what I use to cleanup & edit scans