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Since one of the hard things about Digital Making is creating a detailed 3D Model first, we are exploring ways of Scanning existing objects. Adrian has made a good start with a quite complex Subject:
2D Photo of a Statuette
Rotatable 3D Scan of a stone Statuette, created from 37 such Photos
Scalable 3D Model of the Statuette - Progress!
Another trick of the trade is including calculations inside a 3D Model, for example to change its size or select specific features. It's called Parameterisation.
A simple example is this Generator for full-size Shed Plates:
You just type the Shed Code ~ instead of having to draw out each character.
While on the subject of Plates, here's a harsh enlargement showing just what UV-Hardened Resin is capable of - already:
1:32 scale GER Locomotive Number Plate
Taking Parameterisation further, here is highly detailed 3D Model of a full-sized 1923 Railway Clearing House mineral wagon, including every detail shown on the original drawings:
This 3D Model has several User-Settable features, for example, it can be printed in different sizes without either re-drawing from scratch, or crude re-scaling. (Remember that a 10mm model is not merely a larger version of a 1:32 model: after all, both are the same gauge.)
1:32 (front) and 10mm body shells
Zooming in on the 3D Model, showing just how precise detail can be:
Finally, a simple 3D Model that's ideal for practicing with:
Southern Permanent Way Gang Hut
3D Model still under development - some chamfers to be added
Trial Print
Click for contributions by Trevor Boulton Markus Neeser Adrian Johnstone Peter Jackman Terry Mitchell David Leech
Click for contributions by Trevor Boulton Markus Neeser Adrian Johnstone Peter Jackman Terry Mitchell David Leech
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