Trying to cut a model before printing

I'm trying to do something that feels like it should be simple, but I'm struggling to find a way. I have an stl file that has spots for two items and I wanted to reconfigure it to only have one spot. I just want to cut and merge but this seems impossible. Any suggestion on tool and how to do this?

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lemmyman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 47d (1 reply)

If you just want a straight cut I'd think your slicer would be able to do that. Prusaslicer can, at least.

ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d

After doing it in TinkerCad, it does look like the slicer could probably have done it too. Thanks!

TheGPT@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 46d

MeshMixer is the program I use for a lot of mesh editing. It has a nice set of features, but feature development was ended in 2021, so there may be more modern options available.

judasferret@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Tinkercad. Paste it in twice. Edit away half of each, stick together.

ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d

That is s fun little tool. Worked great, thanks!

Exeous@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Try blender. YouTube tutorial.

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 43d (1 reply)

I've tried Blender and continue to try to learn but it has an insane learning curve. Imo, it's only useful for artistic work.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8d

I really need to learn it. I bought a 3D scanner (Raptor Pro) that does good scans, but it turned out not to be that useful since I can't really edit the output meshes in Fusion.

Militias@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 47d

What software are you using? Do you have any experience using any CAD-program?