Guest blog Deepak Mehta: (123D)Catch it if you can!
Update: Autodesk has discontinued this app. It is no longer available for download.
Recently Autodesk released 123D Catch for the iPhone. But how useful is the app from a 3D printing perspective? Deepak Mehta, a technology evangelist for 3D printing, takes it to the test and tells about his experiences.
Let me start with a short introduction of the functionality of 123D Catch for the iPhone. This is basically a front-end interface to the cloud service by Autodesk, which is also used by the Windows and the iPad version. The idea is that, through a combination of a good camera and the data from the location and gyro sensors in the iPhone, you can easily locate the angle at which the photo of the object was taken. Based on this information the cloud service will stitch the images together and render a 3D model.
For good results you need to take care of several things:
1) Homogenous lighting: don’t turn on more lights during the shoot and avoid shadows darkening the shot… The
Sinterklaas Meetup: 7th of December
Did you always want to know more about 3D printing your designs? We’d love to welcome you to our next Meetup at i.materialise.
WHO
Every designer, independent business owner, working professional,…. that’s interested in 3D printing. Journalists are welcome as well to meet our designers and follow a tour through one of the biggest 3D printing facilities in the world.
WHY
It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow designers and share your experiences, so don’t forget to bring your 3D printed design. You’ll get to know more about the services we offer, you can see all te materials you can print in and ask all your questions concerning 3D printing to our support engineers.
PROGRAM
- Welcome
- Presentation and see materials
- Tour
- Drink & Talk
WHERE
Materialise
Technologielaan 15
3001 Leuven
WHEN
Friday 7th of December 2012, 14.00-18.00 GMT +1 (Belgium time)
REGISTER
You can register on this website!
QUESTIONS
You can always contact tatiana.dewee@materialise
Featured Friday: the 3D Printshow special
Happy friday everyone! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. This weeks Featured Friday is dedicated to our designers who were present in any way at the 3D Printshow in London.
If their designs weren’t on display at our booth, you could find them in the Art Gallery, or admire them during the fashion show. A big thank you to – in no particular order – Michiel Cornelissen, Simon de Bakker, Jon Stam, Josh Henry, Monomer, Flavio Bellantuono, Kevin Wei, PeLiDesign, Samson Design Studio, Maddics, Vangelis et Dinos, Bert De Niel, Matthew Schneider, Mikko Kuitunen, Henrik Rydberg, and Mark Casson. The fashion show showed some amazing pieces from Mark Bloomfield, Dario Scapitta, Song Bowen, and Rob Elford.
And last but not least, a big thank you to Autodesk 123D and Tinkercad for making designing in 3D accessible and fun!
PS: Don’t forget our challenge ‘Christmas Ornaments’ is still go
Get creative with i.materialise and Tinkercad
At the 3D Printshow in London past weekend, i.materialise hosted a workshop together with Tinkercad, the easy to use 3D design web app. First, Tinkercad’s Technical Artist Pekka showed a packed workshop room how to design a saw shaped alligator wrench. Second, I showcased all possible 3D printing materials and finishes, and more importantly how to get your designs 3D printed through i.materialise.
For those of you who didn’t get their hands dirty during the hands-on workshop, we have some good news. Pekka has made the contents of the workshop available on Tinkercad as a ‘Lesson’. A lesson shows you step-by-step how to create your own handy little tool from scratch!
Or if you’re already in love with this cool gadget, you can just buy it in our gallery.
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3D printing in Titanium, still going strong
At little less than two years ago, i.materialise introduced 3D printing in Titanium. The high-end technology enabling this – DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) – is still one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing technologies. (more…)
The revolution begins here: 3D Printshow in London
What a great weekend we had in London! The 3D Printshow was overwhelming and crowded at times, but very interesting because of the people you meet and the stories you hear.
Was it the result of the hype around 3D printing? Or did the revolution really start past weekend? It’s hard to tell. But we can say we never saw more people attending a 3D printing event than this one. Not only designers and software companies appeared; also families, students, hobbyists and people who were just generally interested in this ‘new’ industry were very enthusiastic visitors.
What surprised me the most were the inventive designs people are now able to create. The (fashion) show on friday night gave some hints of what people could expect during the weekend, but when you could take a closer look in the galleries afterwards it abolutely blew me away. There were amazing pieces showcased of Niccolo Casas , Matthew Plummer- Fernandez, INNER | LEAF , Iris van Herpen, Michiel Cornelissen, Frans
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D Printed designs
Happy friday everyone! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. To end the week in beauty: check out the newest designs in our gallery.
The first design we want to show you is made by Rick Fichthorn. It’s based on the Egyptian winged scarab. This little creature was associated with the generative forces of the rising sun and with the concepts of eternal renewal and spontaneous creation. The scarab is flanked by the wings of a falcon representing earth and the power of the sun. It’s printed in silver and finished in high gloss.
Have you seen the second design? The LOVE cube is made by Ulrich Schwanitz in multicolor. This three-dimensional object was inspired by the world-famous sculpture from the American Pop-Artist Robert Indiana. The object is slightly more than 15x15x15 cm in size and seems to be hovering in free space. The actual model is only half a cube and mounted on a mirror.
Last but not least: a pendant made by SILBERNEUN. This navette is constructed of many
Who is (y)our Business Developer
Hi all
Although I did some –very occasional- blog posts here, my colleague Tatiana asked me (many times already) to also ‘officially’ introduce myself. My name is Martijn, 30 years old. I work on i.materialise business development. My days are filled with exploring and shaping new products, collaborations and partnerships.
I Live in Antwerp (great city -but unfortunately- far away from Materialise). They say people from Antwerp are very ‘chauvinistic’. I don’t think I am, but we did create a vase once based on the logo of the city and presented it. We never got it back : )
I studied Product development at the academy of Antwerp – and followed an additional year in product Innovation. It feels like a long time ago. But fun it was.
I started working at Materialise, in the –hold on- ‘Rapid prototyping and manufacturing software department’ as the first business developer. Shortly after, the 3Dprinting virus bit me and we started looking into new ideas/products & market. Especia
Stunning 3D Printed Bioscope
Once more, designers are pushing the boundaries of photography, film and 3D printing technology. Simon de Bakker and Jon Stam designed their ‘Bioscope‘ during the V2_ SummerSessions and 3D printed it at i.materialise: a digital movie viewer in the shape of a Fisherprice camera. (more…)
3D4D Challenge: discover the finalists!
Who will win 100.000 dollar for their 3D printed social project? Only five days to go til we can give you an answer to this question, but we didn’t want to wait to present you the 8 finalists!
All the finalists will get 1000 dollar and expert mentors to develop their projects, but ofcourse their can only be one winner: What project will win the big prize, namely 100.000 dollar? The jury got entries from all over the world and picked out 8 finalists. To give you a better view on the competition, we present you the projects.
BORIS COGAN- Israel/US
This finalist has got an easy to manufacture and assemble robotic greenhouse in mind. The project would enable local communities to produce vegetables and fruit very easy, even in the hardest conditions.
EDMUND BELL-KING and CORNELL JACKSON – United Kingdom
Ed and Cornell’s project involves the development of Solar lamps created from used plastic Coke bottles using 3D printed ‘bottle caps’ and attachments for the charger, batte
