Not strictly 'made'

[ShinyLauren]

Looking forward to seeing the finished puma Alan. Am fascinated by 3d stuff - I'd love to have the time and patience to learn about it, but my brain struggles enough with 3d when it comes to carving wax, so I've no hope with computers!

[geti-titanium]

Looking forward to seeing the finished puma Alan. Am fascinated by 3d stuff - I'd love to have the time and patience to learn about it, but my brain struggles enough with 3d when it comes to carving wax, so I've no hope with computers!

I know how you feel :-)

[geti-titanium]

I've got zbrush, just no time to play
Looking good Alan, some of the stuff I've seen is amazing..there's a lot to learn & also the pitfalls of producing something that can actually work when cast is another matter.

So much to learn, so little time :-)

I can't see me getting to the really high level of skill with Zbrush but you never know.

This is a casting from a bought stock 3D model that I laser engraved recently. Much of the detail has been retained in the casting process. The polished version showed too many reflections so I beadblasted it to make it stand out.

[geti-titanium]

Maybe I should enter him in the August Fire and Fall competition! :-)

[Gemsetterchris]

Have you tried that shadowbox thing yet ?

[ps_bond]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23795303 has some related news - the Makerbot desktop 3d scanner. Cheap & cheerful, not terribly accurate and not great with fuzzy or reflective objects (but pairs well with the domestic filament printers).

Oh, and I've finally seen a jewellery use for the cheap 3d printers: Printing jigs for workholding. Whether it's actually better than squidging a lump of polymorph around is another matter.

[geti-titanium]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23795303 has some related news - the Makerbot desktop 3d scanner. Cheap & cheerful, not terribly accurate and not great with fuzzy or reflective objects (but pairs well with the domestic filament printers).

Oh, and I've finally seen a jewellery use for the cheap 3d printers: Printing jigs for workholding. Whether it's actually better than squidging a lump of polymorph around is another matter.

That's interesting. If they improve the accuracy it might become quite useful.

[ps_bond]

True, but given it's aimed at the same market as the low-res printers, is there any point until they can catch up?

[Gemsetterchris]

That looks like a promising shortcut.
If you get a half decent scan, can`t you just ramp up the polycount in zbrush & send to someone with a decent printer?

[josef1]

I think it would be ok if you wanted to scan a potato but thats about it :-) ,the technology has been around for a while the resolution is just not there for fine jewellery yet unless you spend vast amounts of money on a dental based system, if you think you are making things with around 20 micron layers/step over (about a third of the tickness of an average human hair) things have got to be pretty hi resolution.that been said you could get a basic mesh form it and use that as a start in your sculpting software
there is a system called david laser scanner you can set up with a web cam and a basic laser pointer its fun to do but I couldnt get good results.

http://www.david-3d.com/