3D Scanning a Person
43mIntermediate2014-12-02
Authors
Kacie Hultgren
Multidisciplinary Designer
Course details
New consumer-grade 3D sensors in products like the Microsoft Kinect make scanning people easy! And with 3D printers, you can turn those scans into "Mini-Mes" that can be used as cake toppers, game tokens, or action figures. In this course, Kacie Hultgren will guide you through the process of creating a "3D selfie" that's ready for printing. Kacie uses the free software Meshmixer to repair and enhance the scan, before printing it with a MakerBot. Don't own a 3D printer? Kacie also shows how to export your model and send it to Shapeways, where you can order a 3D print.
Learning objectives
Setting up 3D sensors
3D scanning a bust or a person
Exporting a scan
Smoothing and filling the mesh
Automatically repairing the scan with Meshmixer
Printing your scan with a MakerBot printer
Optimizing a scan
Ordering a 3D print with Shapeways
Learning objectives
Setting up 3D sensors
3D scanning a bust or a person
Exporting a scan
Smoothing and filling the mesh
Automatically repairing the scan with Meshmixer
Printing your scan with a MakerBot printer
Optimizing a scan
Ordering a 3D print with Shapeways
Skills covered
Meshmixer3D ScanningAutodeskProjectProduct and Manufacturing
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you need to know
- Using the exercise files
3D Scanning with a Sensor
- How does it work
- Getting set up to scan
Scanning a Person
- Connecting your scanner
- Capturing a scan
- Processing a scan
- Exporting a scan
Repairing a Scan
- Introducing Meshmixer
- Orienting a model
- Selecting and erasing
- Smoothing and filling
- Extending surfaces
- Cutting a flat bottom
- Automatic repairs with Inspector
- Detailing with brushes
3D Printing with a MakerBot
- 3D printing with Meshmixer
- 3D printing your scan with a MakerBot
Optimizing a Scan
- Touching up color
- Sizing and exporting your model
- Uploading and ordering a design with Shapeways
Conclusion
- Next steps