I suppose I'll always remember that Perry was my very first....thing. This is actually a scan that I did using 123D. Check this blog post for details on how that was done: makerbot.umwblogs.org/3d-scanning-from-photographs-with-123d-catch

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out but would love to know more on how to give it a flat bed to sit on and remove the makeshift ramp that was left from the table being included in the scan. I've included the .obj file that I got from the software and the only editing I did was removing the extra furniture and parts of the table in Meshmixer (very new to this).

In any case you can print your own Perry and keep him close. If you do I'd love to see a picture of him in your natural habitat!

Simplified 3D laser scan of a chocolate bunny that I made a while back.

PS. I'd love to see pictures if anybody builds the bunny with a MakerBot!

Rotated and given a flat bottom as well as decimated in blender to reduce file size.

3D scan of a sea shell.

Can you hear the sound of the ocean?

This sea shell was scanned with an Artec MHT scanner in no more than 4 minutes!

Feel free to print it and let us know how it went!

This is Tom. - recorded with a M$ kinect, postproduction meshlab, netfabb. gcode by SFACT. printet on a shapercube

Point Cloud meshed as a solid STL.

I've been working on turning pointcloud data into usable, printable models and the Hackspace @ RFA cloud Thing proved to be good practice. The scan has a fairly high point density, and I've found my laptop isn't quite up to the task of working on such models... perhaps it is time for an upgrade!

On our way to use the Kinect to generate models for the 3D printer. This is a one shot 2.5D using a Kinect to make a pointcloud. The pointcloud was converted to a mesh in MeshlLab, then extruded to a solid in Rhino. Its gismo clicking on the shutter...

This is a scan of our Hack Space Area at Raumfahrtagentur. It was done with a M$ Kinect and the wonderfull KinFu Software provided by PCL pointclouds.org/news/kinectfusion-open-source.html

Another small copy of a handmade terra cotta shoe with mouses in.
I shot 40 photos to generate this shoe.

This is Tim Anderson's foot! I want to make a mold out of this, print it in parts and make him shoes! If you could help me create a block with a cut out of his foot inside of it that would be awesome. I'm not the best at modeling yet!

Here is a little copy of a little hand made copy of the Sphinx. I shot 32 pictures to generate this Sphinx.

I just made a few changes to this awesome scan - making a flat bottom, resized, and repositioned it.

Would make an awesome chess piece...

FabScan - Affordable 3D Laser Scanning of Physical Objects

The images on the left show some scans made by the scanner.
The software allows to automatically produce a .stl of the scanned pointcloud.

For more information on the project check this site: hci.rwth-aachen.de/FabScan

This is the skull of a Tarbosaurus, an Asian relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The scan was originally posted online by Artec, a maker of 3D scanners, on their 3D model download page, artec3d.com/gallery/3d-models/. (Some cool stuff there, by the way.)

All I've done is sliced it into 4 pieces using Netfabb, to make it easier to print. The STL from Artec is super clean, so if you have better ideas for how to prep the piece for printing, download their original file and give it a try!

This was created from a generic coin bank I got as a gift from wait staff while on a business trip to China, presumably it is generic enough that there are no copyrights/trademarks etc associated.

Created using "Autodesk Catch" (was Photofly) to create the 3D model and using "Autodesk Meshmixer" (was just Meshmixer) to clean up the holes in the feet and smooth out a few anomalies.

A short write up on creating the model is here :-
madox.net/blog/2011/11/13/autodesk-catch-meshmixer-quick-test/
(with lots of pics)

I chopped off his head!
I don't like using support so hear is a nice way to get him printed - no support needed

He is also 1.5 x bigger the the original so you get all the detail.

Another 3d scan from the Masonic Temple in Washington DC.

another successful 3d scan. I took a plaster cast of my hand and through using my3dscanner.com came out with a decent mesh. My real break-though on this project was using meshlab to re-sample the mesh making it much more uniform and achieving a nice manifold

This model started life as a bronze statue in my parents' house. I took photos and uploaded them using the Photofly software at labs.autodesk.com/utilities/photo_scene_editor/ to create an .OBJ file. I then closed up any holes using NetFabb Studio's repair function and then cropped and resized the model in Blender to make a printable bust.
Unbelievable technology and all free. Huge thanks to all the developers.

This is the best quality scan I've been able to get out of spinscan so far. I'm amazed that it picked up the texture in his beard because those indentations are barely 1mm deep. The main issue now is with the right side of his body which I think is due to friction in my turntable causing some jerky rotation.

Scanned using Spinscan from thingiverse.com/thing:9972

A scan of a printed scan. Watch as the Tiki God deteriorates with each generation! Taking bets on how many generations it will take before it devolves into an indistinguishable blob.

Tiki scan with and without cup cut into it using the attached OpenSCAD script. Tiki Cup should make a cool pen holder.

Scanned with Spinscan thingiverse.com/thing:9972

I got this at Obscura Antiques obscuraantiques.com in NYC. ( because I'm a huge fan of the show Oddities dsc.discovery.com/tv/oddities ) I went looking for something I could do a 3D scan of and print on my MakerBot. This was the creepiest, cheapest thing I could find that I thought would scan well. It also made me laugh when I pulled the string and found the mouth still moved.

It appears to be a 1930's Walt Disney Dopey Dwarf from Snow White, see: royaleaffairdolls.com/Repairs.html

I scanned it with Spinscan thingiverse.com/thing:9972 Which now supports color textured scans. The dimensions are still a little off causing scans to be squashed slightly... Math is hard. Let's go shopping!

Why should only people in New York have all the fun?

A work in progress because people always should be....

This one came out pretty well and is the most complete 360 degree gnome scan yet. It was also the first scan using my new printed turntable and spinscan software from thingiverse.com/thing:9972

Spinscan isn't calculating the Z axis correctly, so if you download the point cloud you'll see it was stretched. I had to shrink the Z axis in blender. Other then that and 2 steps in meshlab, it required no cleanup or merging of multiple point clouds, spinscan got a complete scan of all sides in one go.

Ok smarty, go to a party, yo Bust A Buser

This OpenSCAD script creates two parts - a stand with a customizable name text in 8bit font thingiverse.com/thing:2054 and slices up a head scan and adds a pin connector slot thingiverse.com/thing:10288 This way you can make the head super big to get more detail to show as well as avoid the overhang under the bust from causing problems.

As an added bonus, my bust is now modular so you can use pin connectors to attach it to other things. You know you want to.

This is not a photo, it's a snapshot of the 3D model. There is one of 2D photos I used for 3D reconstructions below.

I was travelling in China and scanned this part of the ancient water drainage with my photo camera. I am still wondering if it was a dragon, an elephant or a crocodile.

You can find it in the Summer Garden of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China and figure out yourself.

Attached STL is a shell with no scale. It may need repair, etc.

I wish someone of this talented community could find a good use of this model in pretty dull CAD designed devices. I cannot figure out anything exciting than a hook.

I have more 3D scans from China. Let me know if Thingiverse people want more replicas of Chinese art.

The rumors are true. Stephen Colbert's head has gotten very big ;-)...so big that I hollowed it out and you can wear it. That's right, this is your very own wearable Stephen Colbert head so you to can be Stephen Colbert. No I'm not going Silence of the Lambs on y'all, it's printed in nylon. Its a tight fit in my large frame laser sintering machine...the material alone would cost thousands of dollars, but I want to build one so bad in one piece! Ah ha, maybe I can finance the building of it by gathering donations on Kickstarter? I have set up a build with 700 1/12 scale versions that will fit around the full scale head and be the reward for donating!

Stephen Colbert refuses to come over to play legos. Now, he has no choice.

Think Stephen Colbert is piping hot?! Why not prove it!