3D print all the THINGS!!!!

[Martin Bogomolni]

We have to do this-- a 3D printer photo booth.

So. Awesome.

http://laughingsquid.com/3d-printer-photo-booth-makes-figurines-instead-of-photos/

[Bill Tyler]

I have the scanning booth in place. Using 4 kinects and a rotating stage. I can do full body scans in < 30 seconds.

Right now the mesh building is manual and taking several hours. But once it is automated this would work.


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[Jerry Rutherford]

Stand still for 15 minutes ???!!!

[Jerry Rutherford]

30 seconds is more like it!!!

[Brandon Wiley]

Four Kinects! How do you keep the Kinects from interfering with each other? Or do you just get interference and clean it up when you're building the mesh?

[Bill Tyler]

Windows can't support up to four however it has to have pretty beefy hardware

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[Bill Tyler]

CAN support that is

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[Amishacker]

Yep. We need to do this. We'll have several 3D printers by the middle of next year.

My mini-me will definitely be 28mm

Bill, I would love to see your setup. Got any video?

Fine detail scanners to compliment a kinect booth:

Next Engine:

http://www.nextengine.com/

or more fun/DIY David Laser scanner

http://www.david-laserscanner.com/

[Bill Tyler]

I do not yet have any video, but I can make something up.  

The short of it is that I have the kinects mounted vertically on a studio light pole and placed adjacent to the stage.  With one high pointing downward, one at chest level, one at hip level and one around knee level.  This does not quite capture the feet so I am still playing with placement and how much overlap is required in order to get the mesh.

The software I ended up with is KScan (http://www.kscan3d.com).  It's made by 3D3 Solutions (http://www.3d3solutions.com) which is the system I was considering  before.  KScan is cheap ($300 as opposed to $15k for hardware and software) and runs with multiple scanners.

I like KScan over reconstruct me because it has a much nicer interface along with the multi scanner support which reconstruct me does not have.  The software was just released in Aug I think so there is still room for improvements.  

This is my version one setup, I have started looking at Arduino/Raspberry Pi options for collecting scan data to get rid of the $1700 rotating stage, and the $1500 computer (per 4 scanners) requirement.  I would ultimately like to drive 16 - 20 scanners and create a sort of real-time scanning booth.  Then it would be almost as quick to capture a whole body scan as it would be to click the shutter of a regular camera.

  

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[Miller Hooks]

Wow! This software looks pretty great. I have a few kinects laying around and previously I had some stuff rolled up with some open source tools.

Very interested in seeing some video of your setup!

[Bill Tyler]

A note about multiple scanners, they need to be plugged in such that there is only one controller per root usb controller.  It will not work with a hub or more than one to a controller.  I had to build a new box to get 4 working.

On Nov 15, 2012, at 1:15 AM, Miller Hooks <m...@millerhooks.com>

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[Amishacker]

Interesting. Given the amount of captures they showed in the demonstration it would be possible to get a large array to do that in one capture.

I don't see any guideline about how much of a mesh overlap is required to stitch the images though.

Any interest in bringing rig 1 to the hackerspace for a photo-op? (once open)

[Bill Tyler]

Sure thing, I am probably going to set it up in a small office space I have in Round Rock if you're (or anyone else is) interested in checking it out.

I have seen or heard reference to the overlap needing to be approx. 30%.  But I am experimenting with that still.

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[Bill Tyler]

Here is a short video of a test scan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPosY_grBY&feature=youtu.be

a pic of the setup and the prints as well

[Bill Tyler]

forgot one

[Miller Hooks]

That is a great setup. Thanks for posting the pics and videos!

[Jerry Rutherford]

Hey Bill,

You really need to put together a video showing the scan, the conversion, the printing, and the final process. If you want...get with me and we can put something together. (I have Sony Vegas HD Suite)

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[Miller Hooks]

+1 to Jerry's plan here. Some more details about your process would be amazing. 

[Mandie Kramer]

Fantastic! Bill, would you be at all interested in participating in the Make'n'Bake, offering this service for sale?

[Sheena Madan]

Yeah, I was about to say that this is a marketable product. It's a neat idea, and such a logical extension of the two concepts, it's surprising people haven't done it before, and that you got it up and running so quickly. Awesome!

-Sheena

p.s. I'd like one of someone doing aerials. I'm probably not the only one, but that's a little more complicated!

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[Mandie Kramer]

Also, did I mention I want to buy one myself?

[Bill Tyler]

I am interested in the make n bake, I am trying to make a business out of this and would be great to get it out and see how it goes.

Mandy do I talk to you about details of the make n bake?  My one limitation is that I have a baby due mid december, although it seems she is intent on coming sooner than later :)  So that may affect my ability to make it.

Attached is one of the products I intend to sell.  This is a charm for my wife's bracelet that I made of her with our second baby.  The bear is for our first, too bad I didn't have this back then.  I am also working on sculptures and other stuff.

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[Bill Tyler]

What is the status of the z-printer now that there is a new space?

Any chance there is a possibility of getting a printer that does metal or ceramic?  It would be nice to ditch shapeways.  Although I would assume something like that would be waaaay expensive.

On Nov 25, 2012, at 10:43 PM, Bill Tyler <Bi...@tyler-labs.com>

 wrote:

I am interested in the make n bake, I am trying to make a business out of this and would be great to get it out and see how it goes.

Mandy do I talk to you about details of the make n bake?  My one limitation is that I have a baby due mid december, although it seems she is intent on coming sooner than later :)  So that may affect my ability to make it.

Attached is one of the products I intend to sell.  This is a charm for my wife's bracelet that I made of her with our second baby.  The bear is for our first, too bad I didn't have this back then.  I am also working on sculptures and other stuff.

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[Bill Tyler]

I have finally worked out most of the kinks with the mini me maker and can post process in ~5 minutes (except final rendering) - down from 2-3 hours.

Since the Make'n Bake fell through, when would be a good time to bring it and show it off and get some feedback?  :)

On Nov 22, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Mandie Kramer <mandie...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Bill Tyler]

Here are a few recent test projects

On Jan 2, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Bill Tyler <Bi...@tyler-labs.com>