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[TeachingTech] has a video covering the OpenScan Mini that does a great job of showing the workflow, hardware, and processing method for turning small objects into high-quality 3D models. If …read more Continue reading Watch The OpenScan DIY 3D Scanner In Action
Folks who refurbish and rebuild vans into off-grid campers (especially with the ability to work in them remotely) put a fantastic amount of planning and work into their projects. [Rob] …read more Continue reading Off-Grid Van Build Uses 3D Scanning For Smarter Planning
Seeing his wife try to use a cool face mask to get through the pain of a migraine headache, [Sparks and Code] started thinking of ways to improve the situation. …read more Continue reading Cool Face Mask Turns Into Over-Engineered Headache
When it comes to 3D scanning, a perfect surface looks a lot like the image above: thousands of distinct and random features, high contrast, no blurry areas, and no shiny …read more Continue reading 3D Scanning Trouble? This Guide Has You Covered
Readers are likely familiar with photogrammetry, a method of creating 3D geometry from a series of 2D photos taken of an object or scene. To pull it off you need …read more Continue reading NeRF: Shoot Photos, Not Foam Darts, to See Around Corners
Photogrammetry is a great way to produce accurate 3D models of real objects. A turntable is often a common tool used in this work as it helps image an object …read more Continue reading Automatic Turntable Makes Photogrammetry a Cinch
There are many scanners — both commercial and homemade — that can take a variety of scans or images of a 3D object and convert it into something like a …read more Continue reading 3D Objects without Scanning
When it comes to designing enclosures which aren’t simple boxes or other basic shapes, the design process tends to get somewhat tedious and involved as the number of measurements to …read more Continue reading Design A Custom Enclosure Using Modelling Clay And Photogrammetry
3D scanning and 3D printing may sound like a natural match for one another, but they don’t always play together as easily and nicely as one would hope. I’ll explain …read more Continue reading What to Expect From 3D Scanning, And How To Work With It
Nintendo wasn’t always in the videogames business. Long before Mario, the company was one of the foremost producers of Hanafuda playing cards in Japan. From 1930 until 1959, Nintendo ran its printing business from a four-story art deco style building that featured distinctive plaques at the front entrance. We now …read more
Continue reading 3D Print a Piece of Nintendo History Before the Real One is Gone