topic Re: Triangle Tolerance in Meshmixer Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/meshmixer-forum/triangle-tolerance/m-p/9672259#M2276 <P>Depending on your computer power, may get framerate drop off at 1M, and some more complex functions seem to take very 5 minutes to compute, or some boolean operations may fail.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>To reduce a triangle count:</P><P>Select&gt;Edit&gt;Reduce<BR /><A href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/MSHMXR/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-54087649-E962-409E-8565-F646BDA80B33" target="_blank">http://help.autodesk.com/view/MSHMXR/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-54087649-E962-409E-8565-F646BDA80B33</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Not necessary though. Only use this if the above mentioned issues are interfering with your CAD work, such as in needlessly high res scans.</P> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:49:09 GMT hfcandrew 2020-08-04T14:49:09Z Triangle Tolerance https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/meshmixer-forum/triangle-tolerance/m-p/9671098#M2275 <P>I just recently came across Meshmixer for 3D printing but I have a few questions before I begin using the software. How many triangles can Meshmixer tolerate?</P><P>Is it necessary to do retopology and lower polycount for 3D printing?</P> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:40:52 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/meshmixer-forum/triangle-tolerance/m-p/9671098#M2275 tshufordhicks 2020-08-04T03:40:52Z Re: Triangle Tolerance https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/meshmixer-forum/triangle-tolerance/m-p/9672259#M2276 <P>Depending on your computer power, may get framerate drop off at 1M, and some more complex functions seem to take very 5 minutes to compute, or some boolean operations may fail.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>To reduce a triangle count:</P><P>Select&gt;Edit&gt;Reduce<BR /><A href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/MSHMXR/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-54087649-E962-409E-8565-F646BDA80B33" target="_blank">http://help.autodesk.com/view/MSHMXR/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-54087649-E962-409E-8565-F646BDA80B33</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Not necessary though. Only use this if the above mentioned issues are interfering with your CAD work, such as in needlessly high res scans.</P> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:49:09 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/meshmixer-forum/triangle-tolerance/m-p/9672259#M2276 hfcandrew 2020-08-04T14:49:09Z