I was wondering for a long time when will the (consumer) technology advance to such length, that it would be able to recreate the objects from just pictures. This opens so many possibilities for crafters and other enthusiasts.
Joy!! It was really neat to see your results on the elephants. The capture devices for industry are amazing! It makes me wonder if the upcoming mission to Mars the US is planning will take along this type of technology?! Would be great to see results as the future of this process evolves. Thanks for all you do Chris! You are much appreciated. Moonpie
MrMoonpie001 Thanks for your kind comments as always. There are already plans to potentially 3D print on Mars and the Moon, and they were 3D printing on the ISS only last month. :)
U dont need soo much of support in overhangs. I tried it widout the support and it worked like a charm. Less support meaning less time cleaning the model Pla stands better than ninjaflex when it comes to support materials And nice video btw
Good info. I've not worked with 3D printers or software yet but I might be forced to replicate a small part for a machine that the manufacturer does not sell separately. My question is could I 3D scan and print an object that is a sleeve (meaning a cylinder that's open on both ends)?
How much do you have to spend for each spool of printing material, how many watts does the printer consume during printing and how much material did the big one use up?
***** A 1kg spool of PLA filament costs anywhere between $25 about $40 these days (and prices continue to fall). The middle size elephant used about 40g of filament, the larger one more like 75g. In practice, you get about 15-20 models of this sort of size from a filament spool, making the models cost roughly $2 each. The Ultimaker 2 has a power supply rated at 220 watts, so probably actually draws 150-200 watts when printing (as here) using a printed bed.
***** Two colour thermoplastic extrusion 3D printing is now pretty common, even on some cheaper printers (eg the Cube3 and DaVinci 2.0 Duo), and three colour is also available (eg on the Cube Pro). There are also RepRap open source 3D printers with mixer extruders that can mix thermoplastics in the print head to allow continuous tone colour prints.At an industrial level, true full-colour 3D printing is now available via various technologies -- there is more info (and shots of printers in operation) in some of my latest ExplainingTheFuture videos: eg see@watch?v=94qoGn0hkEg
Thanks, what I have in mind is probably the ones with the mixer, that can print a life-like copy of a digital model in full color! Something like that is only on an industrial scale for now, right?
***** Yes, this is currently still industrial. :( Full tone printers are currently based on tech that sprays a binder and ink onto layers of powder, or which sticks together sheets of paper ink-jetted with coloured inks. You are talking printers costing five figures. However, you can access such printers by uploading 3D models to online services like iMaterialise, Shapeways or Sculpteo -- and this is how I think many of us will increasingly access this kind of printer.
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ExplainingComputers If I am scanning about 60 plus people a day, would it be worth while to buy a full body photogrammetry booth? The one's I'm looking at have about 124 Raspberry Pi 3 - 8MP and take two sets of photos: one with projection and one with out, then use Capture Reality or Agiesoft to convert the photos.
May I get some information on how to make a hollow item. I have the Makerbot mimi and the Makerbot 3d digitalizer ordered.. Both come with software but not sure it shows how to make the item hollow. I sculpt one of a kind dolls, doll house size 1-12 or smaller and need the parts to be hollow. I am a wee bit confused lol but I will get it eventually. Love your videos thanks so much.
Rebecca Sharpe You can make hollow items in two ways. One is to build something hollow (ie your shape has an inside and an outside, so only its wall thickness is printed, as it were). The other way is to print a "solid" object with zero infill. If you look at the shot of the elephant being printed here (or shots in my Ultmaker 2 Workflow video) you will see that parts have a wall thickness, which is solid, and then a hatched infill (about 20% solid in my prints here). In the MakerBot software you will be able to define wall thickness and infill -- so if you set the later to zero, your object will be solid (though you will need to set a large enough wall thickness to make it strong enough). Good Luck! :)
This looks AWESOME! I just checked the website and try yo download 123D Catch for PC, and seems like it has changed its name to Autodesk Remake? I just want to confirm with you if this is the same software. Also Mesh Mixer is gone, I suppose they took it off for whatever reason.
Yes, you are right -- Autodesk Remake is the name for the PC version now, although it is still called 123D catch as an app for other platforms. Meshmixer is still available -- www.meshmixer.com/ -- but download soon and keep the install files, as Autodesk are making big changes to what is available in "early 2017".
Thank you! Just tried it and its really powerful, amazing! However the poly count is a bit intense for mobile production, even with its low poly version.
Hello hi there, could you please tell me, can we measure pin point distance between two edges like from head to tail of elephant using only software like 123D or laser scanner. i want to know, if can able to measure horizontal distance between two walls or edges using camera technique or laser range finder. Thank you
I tried that autodesk before(recently in fact) and although it done a great job, when I tried to import the object into Blender, nothing happened. I tried exporting from autodesk in different formats and it still would not import into Blender.
I think so -- as shown in the video, it is another free AutoDesk product. I have managed to use it to get 1-2-3D Catch scans into LightWave, so Blender should also be possible.
Bärtiger Baron Excellent! :) The results are normally worth some messing around. Mesh Mixer is more stable and responsive of you need to work with a scan.
JCRocky5 Great idea which I wanted to try! :) But sadly it does not work (at least according to Autodesk), as 123D Catch requires all of the images of the object to be under exactly the same lighting, as it uses subtle shadow info to help it work the 3D data out. So very sadly the object cannot move, so the camera has to instead. :(
ExplainingComputers Dear Christopher Barnatt: How are you doing and Awesome video as always! Thanks. Also, A quick question: will the autodesk 123d catch work with a daVinci 3d printer? Thanks Again!
Are you using a fully enclosed booth, with white background and a white display table, to help eliminate artifacts ? If so,,, that would seem to limit the size of an object you'd like to scan..? I've heard the 3D Sense is a good scanner,, but it has to be connected to a high performance laptop, with a minimum of 16gb of ram,,, as it processes the data on-the-fly. And I think you also need "fixing point" 123D Catch seems to be much more user friendly. I tried Meshmixer about 6 months ago. I had to uninstall it, b/c it took-over all my .stl files. I'll try it again,, hopefully it will play nice by now. I'll have to watch the install closer and make sure I didn't allow it to capture file associations. If it does,, no problem,, I'll just have to go back in to the system and make changes manual. Thx Chris. Your videos always help add to my skills base, as a 3D "Mechnician".(
Duplicat I'm not using a fully enclosed booth -- there is only white (a photographic paper roll) on one side of the object to make things look nice for filming! If you look at the pictures taken, you will see all kinds of stuff in the background.The white "display table" is a bit of white plastic standing on a paper roll -- mainly for video purposes, though the white under the model was to avoid too much junk being added to the object as you note.I like your new word! :)
Lt Lobster You can get one on Amazon these days! Though just one specialist store is iMakr.com. They cost from c.$500, though the new XYZprinting DaVinci Junior launches soon at $350.
Yes. You can choose to print the object larger or smaller than actual size. I know it can be done but I have never used a 3D printer so I cannot explain how. However, 3D objects are easily resized when in 3D editing programs.
I don't know if SolidWorks can handle meshes of this nature. You can certainly bring them into 3D modellers like LightWave, but these are not CAD packages.
+dark3njay 614 Yes, I think so. Unity 5 seems to take a wide range of 3D import formats, including obj. The issue, I suspect, will be creating a mesh that is not too dense for a gaming engine, but you can use Meshmixer to reduce mesh resolution.
I don't know if it's the editing, the voice-over or the retro sound effects, but your video's are very entertaining to watch. Keep up the good work!
"And then I decided to create a whole army of a plastic elephants in order to start a plastic elephant revolution."
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thank you explaining and introducing the apps for the scanning, now i can experimenting on streamlining work alittle bit easier
I was wondering for a long time when will the (consumer) technology advance to such length, that it would be able to recreate the objects from just pictures. This opens so many possibilities for crafters and other enthusiasts.
Man, the movie industry already uses it like 25 years ago
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Thanks. :)
Joy!! It was really neat to see your results on the elephants. The capture devices for industry are amazing! It makes me wonder if the upcoming mission to Mars the US is planning will take along this type of technology?! Would be great to see results as the future of this process evolves.
Thanks for all you do Chris! You are much appreciated.
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MrMoonpie001 Thanks for your kind comments as always. There are already plans to potentially 3D print on Mars and the Moon, and they were 3D printing on the ISS only last month. :)
Thanks!
Thanks for your support, most appreciated. :)
Excellent video, truly awesome software and hardware!
U dont need soo much of support in overhangs.
I tried it widout the support and it worked like a charm.
Less support meaning less time cleaning the model
Pla stands better than ninjaflex when it comes to support materials
And nice video btw
Really awesome video man! Glad I've found your Channel!
Arafat Zahan Welcome aboard! :)
As always very well explain video, so awesome to start playing with this tools
Thanks for the useful 3d scanning info.
Question. Could you in theory place mirrors all around your subject and only take one picture?
Your videos are just so perfect !
Good info. I've not worked with 3D printers or software yet but I might be forced to replicate a small part for a machine that the manufacturer does not sell separately. My question is could I 3D scan and print an object that is a sleeve (meaning a cylinder that's open on both ends)?
Yes, you should be be able to print a part like that no problem.
really cool and informative, no nonsense, lot of value. Thankyou.
Excellent video tutorial. You make it sound so easy. Thanks for sharing.
Great video, got so much to learn
How much do you have to spend for each spool of printing material, how many watts does the printer consume during printing and how much material did the big one use up?
***** A 1kg spool of PLA filament costs anywhere between $25 about $40 these days (and prices continue to fall). The middle size elephant used about 40g of filament, the larger one more like 75g. In practice, you get about 15-20 models of this sort of size from a filament spool, making the models cost roughly $2 each. The Ultimaker 2 has a power supply rated at 220 watts, so probably actually draws 150-200 watts when printing (as here) using a printed bed.
All this is lower than I expected! Very nice! Is this printing technology close to allowing for multicolors on models?
***** Two colour thermoplastic extrusion 3D printing is now pretty common, even on some cheaper printers (eg the Cube3 and DaVinci 2.0 Duo), and three colour is also available (eg on the Cube Pro). There are also RepRap open source 3D printers with mixer extruders that can mix thermoplastics in the print head to allow continuous tone colour prints.At an industrial level, true full-colour 3D printing is now available via various technologies -- there is more info (and shots of printers in operation) in some of my latest ExplainingTheFuture videos: eg see@watch?v=94qoGn0hkEg
Thanks, what I have in mind is probably the ones with the mixer, that can print a life-like copy of a digital model in full color! Something like that is only on an industrial scale for now, right?
***** Yes, this is currently still industrial. :( Full tone printers are currently based on tech that sprays a binder and ink onto layers of powder, or which sticks together sheets of paper ink-jetted with coloured inks. You are talking printers costing five figures. However, you can access such printers by uploading 3D models to online services like iMaterialise, Shapeways or Sculpteo -- and this is how I think many of us will increasingly access this kind of printer.
Hello Christopher. 123D Catch is not free now. Do you know any similar software? Thanks!!!
Sadly this is true, and I am not aware of another free alternative. It is a real shame.
@@ExplainingComputers Thanks dejar Christopher
Great work and may be some day I can get a 3D printer to make some parts to help me hold my mouse and other things better for my hands.
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StarCat MC Gaming Great idea! I have added this request to my production slate. :)
How many photos would you need to take to get a good 3D scan of a full size human, then print in high quality on a 3D Systems full color printer?
I would guess 40 to 60 pictures. And they would have to keep still!
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If I am scanning about 60 plus people a day, would it be worth while to buy a full body photogrammetry booth?
The one's I'm looking at have about 124 Raspberry Pi 3 - 8MP and take two sets of photos: one with projection and one with out, then use Capture Reality or Agiesoft to convert the photos.
Great video and explanation.
May I get some information on how to make a hollow item. I have the Makerbot mimi and the Makerbot 3d digitalizer ordered.. Both come with software but not sure it shows how to make the item hollow. I sculpt one of a kind dolls, doll house size 1-12 or smaller and need the parts to be hollow. I am a wee bit confused lol but I will get it eventually. Love your videos thanks so much.
Rebecca Sharpe You can make hollow items in two ways. One is to build something hollow (ie your shape has an inside and an outside, so only its wall thickness is printed, as it were). The other way is to print a "solid" object with zero infill. If you look at the shot of the elephant being printed here (or shots in my Ultmaker 2 Workflow video) you will see that parts have a wall thickness, which is solid, and then a hatched infill (about 20% solid in my prints here). In the MakerBot software you will be able to define wall thickness and infill -- so if you set the later to zero, your object will be solid (though you will need to set a large enough wall thickness to make it strong enough). Good Luck! :)
This looks AWESOME!
I just checked the website and try yo download 123D Catch for PC, and seems like it has changed its name to Autodesk Remake? I just want to confirm with you if this is the same software.
Also Mesh Mixer is gone, I suppose they took it off for whatever reason.
Yes, you are right -- Autodesk Remake is the name for the PC version now, although it is still called 123D catch as an app for other platforms. Meshmixer is still available -- www.meshmixer.com/ -- but download soon and keep the install files, as Autodesk are making big changes to what is available in "early 2017".
Thank you!
Just tried it and its really powerful, amazing!
However the poly count is a bit intense for mobile production, even with its low poly version.
excuse me, can i export the *.STL file from autodesk too?
What is the biggest item that can be scanned and printed?
Thanks Master, very useful information..
Hello hi there, could you please tell me, can we measure pin point distance between two edges like from head to tail of elephant using only software like 123D or laser scanner. i want to know, if can able to measure horizontal distance between two walls or edges using camera technique or laser range finder. Thank you
I tried that autodesk before(recently in fact) and although it done a great job, when I tried to import the object into Blender, nothing happened. I tried exporting from autodesk in different formats and it still would not import into Blender.
You may be able to get it into Blender using Meshmixer . . .
ExplainingComputers Is Meshmixer kinda like Meshlab?
I think so -- as shown in the video, it is another free AutoDesk product. I have managed to use it to get 1-2-3D Catch scans into LightWave, so Blender should also be possible.
ExplainingComputers Thank you. I will give it a try.
nice tutorial!! but i have a problem :/ in 123D catch , it doesnt start to create the capure :/
wooooow :D it works :D after 10 trys
Bärtiger Baron Excellent! :) The results are normally worth some messing around. Mesh Mixer is more stable and responsive of you need to work with a scan.
Get yourself a rotating table (cake stand) & use burst mode & a tripod?
JCRocky5 Great idea which I wanted to try! :) But sadly it does not work (at least according to Autodesk), as 123D Catch requires all of the images of the object to be under exactly the same lighting, as it uses subtle shadow info to help it work the 3D data out. So very sadly the object cannot move, so the camera has to instead. :(
ExplainingComputers Dear Christopher Barnatt:
How are you doing and Awesome video as always! Thanks.
Also, A quick question: will the autodesk 123d catch work with a daVinci 3d printer?
Thanks Again!
virusboy07 Hello again! :) 123D catch and Meshmixer produce STL and OBJ files that can be printed on any 3D printer, including the DaVinci models.
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Are you using a fully enclosed booth, with white background and a white display table, to help eliminate artifacts ?
If so,,, that would seem to limit the size of an object you'd like to scan..?
I've heard the 3D Sense is a good scanner,, but it has to be connected to a high performance laptop, with a minimum of 16gb of ram,,, as it processes the data on-the-fly. And I think you also need "fixing point"
123D Catch seems to be much more user friendly.
I tried Meshmixer about 6 months ago. I had to uninstall it, b/c it took-over all my .stl files. I'll try it again,, hopefully it will play nice by now. I'll have to watch the install closer and make sure I didn't allow it to capture file associations. If it does,, no problem,, I'll just have to go back in to the system and make changes manual.
Thx Chris. Your videos always help add to my skills base, as a 3D "Mechnician".(
Duplicat I'm not using a fully enclosed booth -- there is only white (a photographic paper roll) on one side of the object to make things look nice for filming! If you look at the pictures taken, you will see all kinds of stuff in the background.The white "display table" is a bit of white plastic standing on a paper roll -- mainly for video purposes, though the white under the model was to avoid too much junk being added to the object as you note.I like your new word! :)
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2 questions.
1: Where can I get a 3D printer?
2: How much is one? (US dollars)
Lt Lobster You can get one on Amazon these days! Though just one specialist store is iMakr.com. They cost from c.$500, though the new XYZprinting DaVinci Junior launches soon at $350.
Can we scale a smaller object to bigger one. please help me
Yes. You can choose to print the object larger or smaller than actual size. I know it can be done but I have never used a 3D printer so I cannot explain how. However, 3D objects are easily resized when in 3D editing programs.
amazing!
Question! Can i rig it with blender?
+Rene Põldma Potentially. This will give you a mesh that could be deformed with bones/etc.
Thank you for the info
Can this be exported to SolidWorks ?
I don't know if SolidWorks can handle meshes of this nature. You can certainly bring them into 3D modellers like LightWave, but these are not CAD packages.
ExplainingComputers Thanks for reply sir ! I also found a project where you can use Microsoft Kinect as a 3D scanner with PC or with a Raspberry Pi .
Ivan Boskovic Cool! :)
What is the file format of the result ?
As I recall, obj, or stl.
@@ExplainingComputers 😰 do you mean CAD files ?
This cannot be animated .
Lol,being able to scan material objects,awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I scan objects and turn them into usable meshes for Skyrim?! :P That would be pretty cool.
you forgot to print giant crocodile eating all elephant up
nice video
Thanks! It is one of my favourite videos, if sadly not that popular. So your positive feedback is greatly appreciated! :)
can i import this into UNITY 5? pls chatback.
+dark3njay 614 Yes, I think so. Unity 5 seems to take a wide range of 3D import formats, including obj. The issue, I suspect, will be creating a mesh that is not too dense for a gaming engine, but you can use Meshmixer to reduce mesh resolution.
use meshlab for conversions learn meshmixer for fixing 3d scans
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