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How to scan an item into a 3D format? XBOX 360 Kinect? Suggestions welcome...

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and I were were saying how we couldn't find files for some items we wanted to print, so were thinking about how we could do this ourselves. image

 

What has anyone used to scan an item into a 3D format? XBOX 360 Kinect? Anything else?

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    I'm using Makerbot's scanner.  My original plan was to use an X-Box Kinect as you mentioned (I have 3 of them that I'm tinkering with at the moment), and I still hope to get that done.  There's a pretty good open source community using Kinect devices for lots of different things.  The Makerbot scanner is listed at $799.00 plus shipping.  It's pretty good, though you have to get the lighting right for it to calibrate.  www.makerbot.com - also note that they discount the scanner if you buy a 3D printer.  Somewhere in the documentation or on the forum I think, I read that they are using a well documented process for converting the point cloud from the scan into an OBJ format.  I haven't looked for it yet, but that's where I would go in order to make a similar scanner from Kinect devices.  The other option is multiple digital photos stitched together in a 360deg (inward) panorama.  Not sure how well that works, but many are doing that.

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    I'm using Makerbot's scanner.  My original plan was to use an X-Box Kinect as you mentioned (I have 3 of them that I'm tinkering with at the moment), and I still hope to get that done.  There's a pretty good open source community using Kinect devices for lots of different things.  The Makerbot scanner is listed at $799.00 plus shipping.  It's pretty good, though you have to get the lighting right for it to calibrate.  www.makerbot.com - also note that they discount the scanner if you buy a 3D printer.  Somewhere in the documentation or on the forum I think, I read that they are using a well documented process for converting the point cloud from the scan into an OBJ format.  I haven't looked for it yet, but that's where I would go in order to make a similar scanner from Kinect devices.  The other option is multiple digital photos stitched together in a 360deg (inward) panorama.  Not sure how well that works, but many are doing that.

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