Cleverly enough, it doesn't prompt you to do so until after you've taken the 10-20-however-many pictures of your object. I suspect this would make a hell of a difference over a login screen upon launch or capture.
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Re: Show HN: 123D Catch by AutoDesk – Create 3D scans of virtually any object
#12There's documentation of a method to achieve the same thing using free-ish software here: http://wedidstuff.heavyimage.com/index.php/2013/07/12/open-s... Principally it uses VisualSFM and Meshlab, both of which came to life as testbeds for algorithm research but are now useful in their own right. By all accounts 123D Catch does an excellent job, but is quite rigid in its workflow. Apparently it uses the engine from A…
Re: Show HN: 123D Catch by AutoDesk – Create 3D scans of virtually any object
#13It makes me think of the "fabled" (if you will) copy machine, where you basically xerox a physical object. Obviously it's more complex than this, but it's exciting to think about where the 3D model and 3D printing industries are headed, and specifically with development of their intersection
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#16everyone praise every shenangan. companies couldnt care less about integration and dat portability, etc.
Re: Show HN: 123D Catch by AutoDesk – Create 3D scans of virtually any object
#17how long should i expect to wait? i've been waiting >90 minutes already
Anyone know?
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#18everytime i glance at 3d software i have waking nghtmares on the state of spreadsheets and text editors in the 80s and 90s. everyone praise every shenangan. companies couldnt care less about integration and dat portability, etc.
That said, I spent yesterday trying to figure out how to get Leica laser scan data into Houdini, and the only way is to convert to ASCII CSV, so we've got a way to go. Text files are great for debugging, but when you've got 300 million points you pine for the I/O speed of a binary format :/
Re: Show HN: 123D Catch by AutoDesk – Create 3D scans of virtually any object
#19Having worked with this kind of software solutions since the ninties I must say that you should really instead look into the software Photoscan from russian Agisoft (www.agisoft.ru) it's alot more flexible and is very cheap ($129 usd) This was called "Photo Fly" before when it was a "Autodesks Labs project" and I belive the tech originates from when autodesk bought the french software company RealViz that made the so…
Re: Show HN: 123D Catch by AutoDesk – Create 3D scans of virtually any object
#20Just FYI, You must create account to have an imageset processed. This looks like it is happening server-side, so I suppose there's a reason for it. Cleverly enough, it doesn't prompt you to do so until after you've taken the 10-20-however-many pictures of your object. I suspect this would make a hell of a difference over a login screen upon launch or capture.