Hey Nick - what is especially cool about the Autodesk Catch123D - is that its Cloud Computing - so all the computation happens up there - in the Heavens - and you need not be bothered with it. As you can imagine - 3D calculations can be VERY Time Consuming and Computing power consuming! Believe me - as I've done 3D rendering for YEARS - and, now - Slicing up 3D models for 3D printing. And, what's extra cool about this Autodesk thing - is that it's a FREE Service! Hopefully that will NOT change in the Future.
Laser Etching of Styrene - that sounds REALLY Cool! To be honest - I don't think I have seen that before. I also must Add. If you find this stuff Exciting - you may want to SERIOUSLY Consider attending the SIGGraph conference - which I attend EVERY Year (of course - I pay ALL my own expenses - no co. does it for me - although, I did get money towards it when I was teaching at FIT - but, only $1000 - and that ended when they permanently cancelled my Fri. night class - since people would rather Party on a Fri. night and NOT be taking a class)! There is SO MUCH Cool stuff at SIGGraph every year - and, now - more things that may apply to what you are trying to do! Great way to Get ideas - as well as to see Cool Stuff in action - much of it Cutting Edge - and also Experimental type stuff! This next summer it will be back in VanCouver again! Yes - computing stuff - and now 3D Printing stuff - is moving so fast - that my Bot - which I bought like last year April - is no longer made - and is now surpassed by THREE newer models - of which the one - the T-o-M (Thing-O-Matic) is now out dated and no longer being made EITHER! As for Copyright - there are even more arguments about some of that nowadays. Art? Sure - use Catch3D to scan it - then recreate it on a 3D Printer. But, alas - that's still too simplistic of an approach. Someone said to me that if I put ALL the details on YouTube of how I created my Dragon - that someone could come along and re-create it themselves. I say - SO BE IT - if they are willing to take the Enormous amount of time to do it - like I have done - then GOOD for them! People actually upload their models to Thingiverse.com (as I mentioned before) - and just give it away. For me - NO WAY would I give away the whole Dragon. I spoke to this one guy at the Faire - and he asked me if I was going to upload it - and agreed I should not. But, that being said - I may just upload the Head of the Dragon - and let people print it on their own. Since - to be honest - that was NOT the same amount of work to design it - as what was involved with designing & modeling the body... -K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Geti Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Train Project...Was: Dragon/Video for Review... I looked up Autodesk 123D. This is a fantastic idea: one takes a series of photos of your subject and the software combines them into a 3D model that serves as input to a 3D printer. This is exactly what I was looking for to make rock cliffs. Currently people are pasting up individual stones and adhesive to shape cliffs and then make rubber-mold masters. Which is not entirely satisfactory and time consuming to do. I also found a system that can etch styrene using a laser beam. Up until now the best that could be done with a laser is to cut styrene all the way through. I saw a picture of a RR box car done this way. It had superb detail. This whole field of computer graphics is moving so fast that systems become obsolete in a matter of months. What will this mean with copyrights and art? Soon no one will be able to tell the difference between the original and the copy. It will be especially difficult when the original is done with the same equipment as the copy. Nick Geti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Wendt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:00 AM Subject: RE: [NF] Train Project...Was: Dragon/Video for Review... > Well - maybe some other might still enjoy perusing this thread - and, as > you can see - I changed the name to make some Important people happy! > :-) > > Considering what you are looking to do - it sounds like you want to make > things on a BIG Scale. Check out the Horse head at this link: > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/cosmo-wenmans-mind-blowing-3d-printed-sculptur > es > > And - a little ways down on THIS Page - you will see one of the > Co-Founders of MakerBot Industries holding the head - to help give you > some idea of Scale ( I believe Bre is actually 6 foot tall): > http://www.makerbot.com/blog/category/makerbot-in-the-wild/ > > I hear you about so little time - I'm in the same boat. > > There is this thing called Catch3D - its by Autodesk. Its some kinda > service. Supposedly you can upload pictures - and it will give you back > a 3D model file. Also, as previously mentioned - you might want to check > Thingiverse.com for premade models. > > What you describe that you are looking to make - its kinda what I > figured you were looking to do. Making various scenery for train sets. > > I've also had some experience of creating something on my Bot (drink > coasters) and then making a mold (silicon rubber) and producing copies > (liquids mixed together that harden into plastic). > > There may be others on the web who have done similar to what you are > looking to do - and maybe you could also get more pointers that way. > > -K- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140e260...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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