This article will focus on the continuation of the hegemony of the AutoDesk corporation, which systematically devours all promising projects related to 3D modeling, and in particular, 3D printing.

They keep destroying good products for the market 3D printing, which is already not properly saturated with a variety of software. Recently AutoDesk bought out, and now closed support for a wonderful product called MeshMixer! Previously I have I told, which happened with NetFabb, which was also bought out by AutoDesk. Not only has NetFabb gone from being a lightweight and fast program to an entire system with Autodesk services. Now it weighs several gigs. I wouldn't call it fast either. But I still use it ... On Windows ... Because now there is no support for MacOS. And what to do on MacOS? I found partial functionality in the MeshMixer program.

For some functionality, Meshmixer even does NetFabb or Materialize. Watch the example in the video where I thicken the walls with Meshmixer many times faster than with NetFabb. 

Autodesk says all program features are now in Fusion 360. As kindly reported at home page Meshmixer website. And Fusion 360 has MacOS support. 

NEWS (September 2021): Fusion 360 now includes many of the great features you love about Meshmixer, with continued growth and improvements to its mesh capabilities coming soon. While we currently have no plans to remove Meshmixer, please note that this tool is no longer in development and will not be supported by Autodesk going forward. That's why we encourage you to download a trial version of Fusion 360 so you can continue to get the most out of Autodesk's mesh capabilities and much, much more.

I tried to work in Fusion. Yes, I found migrated functions there. But whatever you say, it's a CAD! No usability. The program is paid. The program weighs about half of my hard drive. Uncomfortable! It is inconvenient to rotate the model. Some functions (for example, viewing the overall size of the model) are so deeply wired that I got tired of looking for them.

Нon the Autodesk product website  left the ability to download Meshmixer, but with a warning that the product is no longer supported. But the download is only available for Windows! Why cut out the ability to download the program for macOS? Moreover, support for this product has already been suspended. Well, let's just leave it as it is.

Therefore, for those who, like me, want to use the wonderful Meshmixer software on wonderful computers from Apple, I saved the installers and publish them at the links below.

Download MeshMixer for Mac OS
Backup link for .zip download

Very often I began to notice that the site with the program is unavailable. When it works, when it doesn't. Therefore, I add an additional link to the program for Windows.

Download MeshMixer for Windows
Backup link for .zip download

I want to note that after the disappearance of NetFabb from the ranks of MacOS users, Meshmixer has been a lifesaver. What will happen next when new versions of the system will not support the current version of the program, I do not know. Follow the news. 

Additional information for our clients.

If you are using MeshMixer to view 3D models, please hold down the spacebar and turn on the “no smoothing” display.

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