Another great tutorial Mike! Just wondering why you just didn't use Meshmixer to eliminate the loose islands?

I guess I could have, but I had to open the file in Blender anyway to do the smoothing so I just did it there. I like to remove the bone islands early to reduce my poly count. I have found that MeshMixer can be a little slow and unstable with large poly count files. Have you had better luck with MeshMixer?

Yes, you are correct on Meshmixer and large files. So how would you compare Osirix vs. 3Dslicer. Pros and cons?

Osirix is great, but biggest limitation is that it is Mac only. 3D Slicer is very complicated and there is a tough learning curve. I am still learning about its many features. Both are very functional, and best, free.

Hi, I am an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Resident and was curious to start using these techniques to aid in patient care and fabrication of surgical guides. I was wondering:

1. How accurate are the final models?

2. Is there anyway to only print select portions of the CT/model?

3. What would be the best software to edit these models, for instance "surgically reconstruct a section" by adding and deleting space or ideally mirroring left and right