{"id":1972,"date":"2014-12-01T12:28:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/?p=75"},"modified":"2014-12-01T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:28:49","slug":"iteration-4-the-fallen-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/making\/iteration-4-the-fallen-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Iteration #4, the Fallen Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/Three.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/plane.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\/thingiview.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n     \t\t\t\t\twindow.onload = function() {\n       \t\t\t\t\t\tthingiurlbase = \"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/wp-content\/plugins\/stl-viewer\/js\";\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview = new Thingiview(\"default\");\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.loadSTL(\"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/brentbmaking\/files\/2014\/12\/iteration4.stl\");\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.setObjectColor('#6666FF');\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.setBackgroundColor('#FFFFFF');\n        \t\t\t\t\tthingiview.initScene();\n      \t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"default\" style=\"width:600px;height:600px\"><\/div>\n<p>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('top');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Top\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('side');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Side\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('bottom');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Bottom\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraView('diagonal');\" type=\"button\" value=\"Diagonal\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraZoom(5);\" type=\"button\" value=\"Zoom +\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setCameraZoom(-5);\" type=\"button\" value=\"Zoom -\" \/><br \/>\n  \t\t\t\t\tRotation: <input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setRotation(true);\" type=\"button\" value=\"on\" \/> | <input class=\"btn btn-small\" onclick=\"thingiview.setRotation(false);\" type=\"button\" value=\"off\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material use: 2 grams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Print time: about 10 minutes, standard settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>x = 20mm; y = 20mm; z = 24.43mm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout my research and experiments I have had a great deal of learning experience. In the process of capturing a few different objects, I slowly became less optimistic about the fate of my 3-D scan platform. It now seems that it is too difficult to capture the necessary detail of most objects for them to have any practical use. Objects such as boxes or anything with a mainly flat, matte surface can be scanned fairly precisely. However, objects such as the little toy soldier or glasses frames have too much empty space and\/or gloss for an accurate model to be made. With these restrictions on what could accurately be scanned with the hardware I have , how could anything practical even be made?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the rough, distorted models that I scanned, their conversion process into a printable format also proved to be harder than I originally anticipated. Every detail that was assembled imperfectly in the 3-D model looked incrementally worse with each conversion step until finally stripped of its native color and sent to the print bed. For the purpose that I originally intended, my project had hit a brick wall. Not only were the models mangled nearly beyond recognition, but the polygonal intricacies make for a very slow print. Basically, my idea of a quick, easy scan followed by a painless touch-up and print has been proven to be a pipe dream, at least with a standard camera and 123D software. I did find the whole project to be a learning experience, and would definitely like to continue studying what is happening in the forefront of 3-D scanning technology. Now knowing that we have access to multiple XBOX Kinect units, I would like to either direct my efforts towards that or the construction of a DAVID 3D Laser scanner, something I initially heard of in <em>Fabricated.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material use: 2 grams Print time: about 10 minutes, standard settings x = 20mm; y = 20mm; z = 24.43mm Throughout my research and experiments I have had a great deal of learning experience. 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