Robot-kun by Hirohiron. Www.baecher.info/publications/fab_char_sig12.pdf. Lisa Evans: Experimenting with 3D printing. I modeled my character Star Belly in Maya and then uploaded it to Shapeways. I chose two materials to experiment with; Detailed and strong and flexible. The figurine on the left is made out of the detailed material. It has a smoother surface making it easier to paint on. The figurine on the right is made out of the strong and flexible material. Painting time. Snape, Star Belly and an owl I need to do more research into pricing and printing possibilities. I'm looking forward to when printing prices come down so I can build my army of Star Bellies. Moritz Bächer. Abstract Articulated deformable characters are widespread in computer animation. Unfortunately, we lack methods for their automatic fabrication using modern additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. We propose a method that takes a skinned mesh as input, then estimates a fabricatable single-material model that approximates the 3D kinematics of the corresponding virtual articulated character in a piecewise linear manner.
We first extract a set of potential joint locations. From this set, together with optional, user-specified range constraints, we then estimate mechanical friction joints that satisfy inter-joint non-penetration and other fabrication constraints. Video Press See search results on Google July 31, 2012 Adding a '3D print' button to animation software (Press Release) by Caroline Perry, Harvard Aug 1, 2012 Animated characters printed in 3D by Christina Ortiz, Discovery News Adding a '3D Print' Button to Animation Software, ACM TechNews Aug 2, 2012 Bibtex Errata Copyright Notice.
3D Printing Figurines. Here's something I'm experimenting with a bit at the moment. Most of you probably already know about that fancy 3d printing tech that's getting more and more popular these days. So, I decided to do a bit of 3d modeling work and make my own figurine, yay! While 3d printing is generally somewhat expensive (3d printing is also referred to as rapid prototyping, fyi), it turns out that it's actually quite affordable, with prices going near those of commercial figurines (depending on your 3d print supplier, of course).
Of course, for mass production this would be much more expensive than the traditional production methods, and it's probably not very profitable, but the plus side is that no matter how much detail you put in your figurine, the production cost per unit remains exactly the same. Poseable figure #1 - SolidWorks, STL for 3D. BlablabLAB: Be Your Own Souvenir - Interactive. Precise offers a scaled likeness 3D model of the individual in Dubai. Apr.9, 2012 Lothar Hohmann, Managing Director of Precise, announced worldwide launch of company's latest innovative product, TIM on Wednesday in its TIM Studio in Al Barsha, Dubai. TIM is an acronym for This Is Me, it is a scaled lifelike 3D model of an individual at roughly 10% of the person's original height, produced using a 360 degrees full colour 3D scanner and a 3D printer. "We have invested over Dhs1m(USD272,000) since late 2011 to realise this dream, and Precise is delighted to finally unveil the next step in immortalising personal memories," said Lothar Hohmann.
Using the currently innovative 3D scanning and printing technology, Tim will be a powerful tool to capture people's precise moment to develop a fully realized likeness. It can be yourself dressing up in costume, your daughter in her wedding, or your son in sports, all nice moments can be captured and printed out. Photos/via: gulfnews. Turn Yourself into a 3D Printed Action Figure. First off, let me start by saying that I know this isn't a real action figure. It has zero points of articulation, meaning that the "action" portion of the word is conspicuously absent.
But I'll eat my hat before I admit that I play with dolls or figurines, so for the duration of this 'ible what I made is an action figure. Deal with it. Nostalgia. Boredom. Narcissism. Tools: Camera Computer Acrylic Paint 3D Printer OR the ability to place online orders.Software: 123D Catch This software from Autodesk takes a bunch of photos of a subject, from different angles, and uses a complicated algorithm to create a 3D model. Human Cloning in Japan.