If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 2:20:48 PM UTC-5, Jim D wrote:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use > ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of > them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does > it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
In reality: overhangs can be really difficult (or impossible) unless you also configure support structures, which can be tricky and fine details on things like like hair usually get lost.. These things are true for all FDM-type machines (Ultimaker, RepRap, MakerBot, etc).
For quality, Ultimaker is quite nice for this machines, IMO. I don't think any other FDM machine is going to be able to do much better.
For time, that depends a lot on your settings.. If you turn it up to ultra-high-resolution, it will take a lot longer than if you did it at lower resolution. For something 2-3" tall, I'd *guess* the min time would be closer to an hour..
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote: > If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use > ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of > them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does > it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Jim D <jimtron3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use
> ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of
> them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does
> it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
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On Friday, October 5, 2012 2:27:03 PM UTC-5, ddurant wrote:
> In general: yes, no problem.
> In reality: overhangs can be really difficult (or impossible) unless you > also configure support structures, which can be tricky and fine details on > things like like hair usually get lost.. These things are true for all > FDM-type machines (Ultimaker, RepRap, MakerBot, etc).
> For quality, Ultimaker is quite nice for this machines, IMO. I don't think > any other FDM machine is going to be able to do much better.
> For time, that depends a lot on your settings.. If you turn it up to > ultra-high-resolution, it will take a lot longer than if you did it at > lower resolution. For something 2-3" tall, I'd *guess* the min time would > be closer to an hour..
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to >> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a >> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible >> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Jim D <jimtron3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you saying about an hour for low resolution or high resolution?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 2:27:03 PM UTC-5, ddurant wrote:
>> In general: yes, no problem.
>> In reality: overhangs can be really difficult (or impossible) unless you
>> also configure support structures, which can be tricky and fine details on
>> things like like hair usually get lost.. These things are true for all
>> FDM-type machines (Ultimaker, RepRap, MakerBot, etc).
>> For quality, Ultimaker is quite nice for this machines, IMO. I don't
>> think any other FDM machine is going to be able to do much better.
>> For time, that depends a lot on your settings.. If you turn it up to
>> ultra-high-resolution, it will take a lot longer than if you did it at
>> lower resolution. For something 2-3" tall, I'd *guess* the min time would
>> be closer to an hour..
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
>>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to
>>> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a
>>> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible
>>> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
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Not always, the return times from 123D Catch are a bit random, as well as the results.
I've seen VERY nice results from ReconstructMe. Takes about 1:30 hour to print a 2 inch bust I think. And you can find quite a few scans on Thingiverse. You should contact Ramun Berger ramun.ber...@89grad.ch, he has lots of experience doing scans and printing busts.
> Are you saying about an hour for low resolution or high resolution?
I meant that I'd guess a 2-3" bust is probably going to take around an hour, best case. Maybe 0:45, if you're really pushing it.
If you could do a print at 0.3mm layers (meh resolution) in an hour, doing it again at 0.15mm layers (good resolution) is probably going to take around 2 hours. If you do the same print at 0.05mm layers (very nice resolution) you're probably going to be waiting around for 6 hours..
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:36:06 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote: > Are you saying about an hour for low resolution or high resolution?
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 2:27:03 PM UTC-5, ddurant wrote:
>> In general: yes, no problem.
>> In reality: overhangs can be really difficult (or impossible) unless you >> also configure support structures, which can be tricky and fine details on >> things like like hair usually get lost.. These things are true for all >> FDM-type machines (Ultimaker, RepRap, MakerBot, etc).
>> For quality, Ultimaker is quite nice for this machines, IMO. I don't >> think any other FDM machine is going to be able to do much better.
>> For time, that depends a lot on your settings.. If you turn it up to >> ultra-high-resolution, it will take a lot longer than if you did it at >> lower resolution. For something 2-3" tall, I'd *guess* the min time would >> be closer to an hour..
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
>>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to >>> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a >>> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible >>> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
And if a bigger one is printed you normally would get away with lower
resolution since it typically would be viewed at a larger distance.
Bertho
From: ddurant Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 17:02
> Are you saying about an hour for low resolution or high resolution?
I meant that I'd guess a 2-3" bust is probably going to take around an hour,
best case. Maybe 0:45, if you're really pushing it.
If you could do a print at 0.3mm layers (meh resolution) in an hour, doing
it again at 0.15mm layers (good resolution) is probably going to take around
2 hours. If you do the same print at 0.05mm layers (very nice resolution)
you're probably going to be waiting around for 6 hours..
The printer will do good enough print the question you should ask is what
will run reconstructme if you have it running already then your half way
there I tried it on about 3 computer and still can't get it to work
On Oct 5, 2012 10:23 PM, "Boman33" <Boma...@vinland.com> wrote:
> And if a bigger one is printed you normally would get away with lower
> resolution since it typically would be viewed at a larger distance.****
> Bertho****
> ** **
> *From:* * *ddurant *Sent:* Friday, October 05, 2012 17:02
> ****
> > Are you saying about an hour for low resolution or high resolution?****
> ****
> I meant that I'd guess a 2-3" bust is probably going to take around an
> hour, best case. Maybe 0:45, if you're really pushing it. ****
> ****
> If you could do a print at 0.3mm layers (meh resolution) in an hour, doing
> it again at 0.15mm layers (good resolution) is probably going to take
> around 2 hours. If you do the same print at 0.05mm layers (very nice
> resolution) you're probably going to be waiting around for 6 hours.. ****
> ****
> There are lots of trade-offs..
> ****
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I haven't had a chance to do a lot of fine tuning, but i got pretty good results right off the bat using reconstructme to capture busts of people for printing. I never got very predictable results with 123D catch - the big advantage of reconstructme for me is that it only takes a few seconds to do a complete scan, and I can see the mesh that I'm getting in real time, so I can see which bits need more attention, or when its time to just start over because it got confused.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 2:20:48 PM UTC-5, Jim D wrote:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use > ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of > them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does > it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
Hi Jim,
It's absolutely plausible. Depending on the settings you use (layer thickness, speed, percentage of infill) it can take from 1 hour till ... I recently printed a hollow bust of 2" in about an hour. Charlotte
Op 5 okt. 2012 om 21:20 heeft Jim D <jimtron3...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
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Reconstruct.me is giving you a model with limited detail. The Ultimaker prints those details well, it could even print more detail if the bust is around 3" tall. A while ago I did this scan of my head and added bunny ears on top with MeshMixer:
The print was done very quickly and could be better looking. Or it could be a problem in the source / 'my head' ;)
Erik
Ultimaker Team
Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2012 21:20:48 UTC+2 schreef Jim D het volgende:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use > ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of > them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does > it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
e...@ultimaker.com> wrote:
> Reconstruct.me is giving you a model with limited detail. The Ultimaker
> prints those details well, it could even print more detail if the bust is
> around 3" tall. A while ago I did this scan of my head and added bunny ears
> on top with MeshMixer:
> The print was done very quickly and could be better looking. Or it could
> be a problem in the source / 'my head' ;)
> Erik
> Ultimaker Team
> Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2012 21:20:48 UTC+2 schreef Jim D het volgende:
>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to
>> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a
>> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible
>> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
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Yes this is very possible. Back in July, I brought my Ultimaker to a week long astronomy retreat/conference and scanned and printed all 80 attendees. The UM ran 24 hours for a week printing each one. The typical bust took between 30mins and an hour -- a variable speed print. However, the results were excellent and the attendees were very happy with the results.
On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to use > ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a bust of > them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible or does > it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
> long astronomy retreat/conference and scanned and printed all 80 attendees. > The UM ran 24 hours for a week printing each one. The typical bust took > between 30mins and an hour -- a variable speed print. However, the results > were excellent and the attendees were very happy with the results.
> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to >> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a >> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible >> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
> Yes this is very possible. Back in July, I brought my Ultimaker to a
>> week long astronomy retreat/conference and scanned and printed all 80
>> attendees. The UM ran 24 hours for a week printing each one. The
>> typical bust took between 30mins and an hour -- a variable speed print.
>> However, the results were excellent and the attendees were very happy with
>> the results.
>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:20:48 PM UTC-4, Jim D wrote:
>>> If I assemble and calibrate an Ultimaker well, would I then be able to
>>> use ReconstructMe with a Kinect to scan a person's head and then make a
>>> bust of them? How long would a 2 or 3" bust take? Is this at all plausible
>>> or does it not print in fine enough detail to have a decent bust printed.
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