Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
In this chapter, a model captured from photographic data and processed by a
desktop application will be cleaned up for print using some new techniques and
tools. These techniques can be applied to more than just scanned images. Sometimes
even models made by hand suffer somewhat from bad geometry, and knowing these
techniques will help.
Downloading a 3D scanned file
Go to
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:90754
and click on the
Download
This Thing!
button. Download the
CH8_LionCapture.obj
file and choose to
save it in a new folder in the
MakerbotBlueprints
directory named as
Ch
. In
Windows this is accomplished, same as in previous chapters, by right-clicking
on the link and choosing
Save link as...
, navigating to
Libraries
|
Documents
|
MakerbotBlueprints
, clicking on the
New folder
button, and naming the new folder
Ch 8 Scan Repair
. Then double-clicking on the new directory and saving the file.
Trimming the fat
After the file is saved, open Blender, clear the scene, and save the scene in
Documents\MakerbotBlueprints\Ch 8 Scan Repair
and name the file
Lion
Cleanup.blend
:
Import the file to be cleaned up by clicking on the menu options
File
|
Import
|
Wavefront (.obj)
:
