The new and improved scan is now finished. In my search for a file format that works nice with Solidworks, I ended up exporting the scan to all file formats at various qualities. You can find those files at this Dropbox link: PA Frame 3D Scan Files
I generated textures as well, but I have no...
There are a lot of tools other than the geometric primitives. I mostly create parts by using sketches and surface boundary lofts. I know there are more tools that I don't know how to use yet.
I've never tried making an exploded view with a mesh, but it worked well for actual solid part...
I have an actual light booth and turntable now so I'm creating a new scan which will fix the feet and hopefully be more accurate overall. In the mean time I've also figured out how to import meshes into Solidworks.
The scan turned out near perfect!! Just a little clean up and it will be ready to convert to a mesh. As soon as I get it into Solidworks and get a scale set, I can start building the real models.
I've constructed the scan for the Power Armor Frame. ~160 photos. The sparse point cloud is dense and incredibly clean. Now to wait for the dense cloud to calculate while I am at work...
Thanks! I've been drafting since the 9th grade haha. I'm on Solidworks 2013 and there's an analysis tool that comes with it. I haven't tried it for myself yet but I have seen some other people use it and it looks pretty impressive (if you figure out how to use it correctly).
Here's a full test on the new scan setup. Now that I am getting good results I will scan just the frame and use the resulting model as reference to for my drawings.
Updated my photo scan setup. I'll be doing it this way with the plates and microwave spin wheels until my swivel stand arrives. With the uniform background I should be able to get better masks now. And with the better lighting I get sharper photos with more detail.
All the detail at 1:1
A quick test on a 90° rotation of the power armor. This turned out much better than my selfie model. I still need to refine my setup a bit to increase accuracy and definition, but it's almost at a workable level.
Wow, I've been absent for quite a while!
I've modeled some more stuff, but here's something more interesting. I just took my first shot at photogrammetry.
Using my DSLR and a shutter remote, I took photos as I spun 360° so I could make a 3D model of myself. I'm actually surprised this worked...
Hello 405th!
As I am a newbie to the site and to pepakura and prop building, I thought it fitting for my first thread to be sort of an introduction of myself and my plans to the community.
I have been lurking the 405th for some time now and I really appreciate that there is such a large group...
Name: Tim K
Profession: I am a draftsman for mechanical contractors and a part time musician in two bands
Age: 24
Favorite Hobby: Video Games and Creating Music
Favorite part of halo: The story line is amazing and the art style is something I haven't seen anywhere else
Favorite Halo: 1
Favorite...