fustiniadmin 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. 
What has anyone used to scan an item into a 3D format? XBOX 360 Kinect? Anything else?
fustiniadmin 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.
What has anyone used to scan an item into a 3D format? XBOX 360 Kinect? Anything else?
Kinect Fusion is an app that lets you build up dense point clouds from Kinect data to create printable models. The Kinect SDK including Fusion is free from Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn188670.aspx
Many of the popular 3D scanning tools for Kinect are becoming for-pay commercial products, where they were free open-source offerings at first. A few like ReconstructMe seem to limit commercial use to their licensed products but allow personal use in other cases (ReconstructMe | Real Time 3D Scanning Software), while Scanect remains at a lower-cost than many alternatives (Skanect 3D Scanning Software By Occipital » The Easiest Way To 3D Scan With the Structure Sensor and Kinect-like Depth S…) . One of the products I have seen demonstrated at events is the KScan3d package (3D Mesh Generation with KScan3D software and Kinect) although I have not tested this one personally.
The artist Lee Smith who put me onto Photogrammetry at his Infinite Realities studio (Infinite-Realities - 3D Scanning and Character Creation) has a blog that talks about 3D model capture of living subjects that may help give you some ideas of techniques. His rig is a bit nicer than most of us will have, of course:
Kirk
Kinect Fusion is an app that lets you build up dense point clouds from Kinect data to create printable models. The Kinect SDK including Fusion is free from Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn188670.aspx
Many of the popular 3D scanning tools for Kinect are becoming for-pay commercial products, where they were free open-source offerings at first. A few like ReconstructMe seem to limit commercial use to their licensed products but allow personal use in other cases (ReconstructMe | Real Time 3D Scanning Software), while Scanect remains at a lower-cost than many alternatives (Skanect 3D Scanning Software By Occipital » The Easiest Way To 3D Scan With the Structure Sensor and Kinect-like Depth S…) . One of the products I have seen demonstrated at events is the KScan3d package (3D Mesh Generation with KScan3D software and Kinect) although I have not tested this one personally.
The artist Lee Smith who put me onto Photogrammetry at his Infinite Realities studio (Infinite-Realities - 3D Scanning and Character Creation) has a blog that talks about 3D model capture of living subjects that may help give you some ideas of techniques. His rig is a bit nicer than most of us will have, of course:
Kirk
