How or where can I find a person or company with the ability to copy a sculpture with a CNC (or other) machine?

customarti

I am wanting to reproduce a classic sculpture that I have, in a larger size. I believe that I have seen machines on TV that can accurately measure and reproduce a sculpture without an artist having to actually chiesel it. I just cannot afford thousands to have it hand carved, and I am not very particular about fine quality so long as it is reasonable. Can anyone direct me please?

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there are 3D scanners and various rapid prototyping machines, ranging from printers to CNC machines. Though large scale printers are much rarer than large scale CNC.

If you google rapid prototyping services you'll find some companies. But it's most likely going to be much more expensive than looking if you can locate a larger version of your sculpture, particularly if yours is a popular one. A large run reproduction will always be cheaper than an unique custom fabricated item.

Can someone answer my questions about the 3-D printer?

Joey

Is there any limits to what it can make? Is it illegal to make certain things out of the 3D printer? If so,tell me. How much money is a 3D printer?If I put a puppy in the scanner, would it be able to replicate the puppy? How does the 3-D printer know if something should move or not?

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Let me answer your questions one at a time:

1. Is there any limits to what it can make?
Right now, yes. In the future, no. The technology today is not advanced enough to make anything. The most common materials used now are plastic, resin, and recently the technology has grown to include metal. Food (lots of chocolate) has recently been printed as have organic materials such as stem cells. However, right now the biggest constraints of 3D printing is size. Soon one can conceivably print things as big as buildings, but for now most printers are relatively small (12in.X12in. though there are some much larger commercial printers). The future of 3D printing will also allow for printing on a molecular level, but for now the technology can only print in the micro scale.

2. Strictly speaking there are no laws against printing anything in 3D. However, laws exist that prohibit the manufacturing of certain goods and these apply to things that a 3D printer can conceivably make. An example of something that is illegal to print in the U.S. is a full gun. One can print parts of a gun legally, but cannot print a whole gun.

3. The cost of a 3D printer varies greatly. One can buy a 3D printer for the home for as little as $499. Commercial 3D printers cost much more and can run upwards of $30,000. With the continual advancement of the technology you can expect to see the prices drop as time goes on.

4. If you scan a puppy in 3D, a printer can print it in 3D. It would most likely be made out of plastic or resin though, not nice soft puppy fur.

5. 3D printers can print moving parts. When an item is programed into the software it maps out exactly where to lay down material. Because 3D printing is additive manufacturing it doesn't print the parts one by one, but instead prints the whole object layer by successive layer. If the programing is correct then moving parts can be included in the printed final product.

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how do i make a legitimate manga or comic?

Captain Fu

i understand there is software or something, but overall, i have no idea how to make manga. i am buying an how to draw manga and how to draw comic book soon, but im just curious,scan my images online, or use some high end 3d model software? please also list the cost of such software and or scanner if there is such things

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Look up some guides on how to create a webcomic. They have assorted tips ranging from drawing to technologies and presentation.

The most basic challenges are to develop drawing skills and have many ideas for the comic. If you're a great artist but only one short story then you might have nowhere to take your characters. If you have many stories but can't present them then you have to seek a market for low-quality work.

For example, "Girl Genius" has good visual presentation and many stories within its great story arc. On the other hand, "Hidamari Sketch" is visually simple but covers many simple everyday stories, much as "Peanuts" did.

POLL: Apple MacBook Pro or Dell XPS 15" for college?

AUDI RS4 R

I am in need of a Laptop but don't know which one to consider.

XPS 15 has amazing hardrive specs, I've been a windows person throughout my life. Dell desktops have proven to me in terms of reliability. Windows XP is overall the best windows I've used.

Macbook pro, I just started using, so I know nothing about macs. I have an iphone and a ipod thats all apple products I know about.


As far as I can tell, Mac is expensive, why pay for high price when dell is offering better components?


Which is the right computer for college? (engineering)
I like the fact that no malware for mac, I feel like switching, its not safe if you have windows, especially with the internet. You never know what can go wrong.

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First thing I saw the Dell is like a frigging brick, look how THICK the thing is.

Yep, 1" for the MacBook Pro and 1.5" at the back end for the Dell


The MacBook Pro has a 15.4 screen with 1440 by 900 res. Glossy or Anti-glare (a must in classes)

The Dell XPS (high end) has a 15.6 1920 x 1080 screen, a bit better, but no anti-glare option.


MacBook Pro - thin stylish aluminum case

Dell - thick plastic case


MacBook Pro - safe and secure OS X, no malware, no bloatware, no Stockholm Syndrome (can dual boot Windows for those must have programs, keep off the internet for safety) Note: No performance loss as it's a direct boot, not virtual machine (Windows in OS X), which is also a option. No malware scans, no defrag, no cleanup. One System Update takes care of everything.

Dell - Windows hell, PC Vendor installed bloatware, trialware, malware issues etc. (can't run OS X) Malware scans, multiple Windows update options, "Bing Bar" and other toolbar hell. Defrag needed twice a month. Annoying popup balloons. UAC etc...


MacBook Pro Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHzscore 6,338 (apx 2x faster) Holy Cow!!

Dell Intel Core i7-2620M @ 2.70GHzscore 3,285


http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html


Dell $1300

MacBook Pro $1800


Obviously the processor needs to be bumped up quite a bit on the Dell to match the MacBook Pro.

Next the Dell has to run anti-virus, so that caps down performance. The Mac doesn't need it running, but it's good to clean the Windows filth with a free ClamXav scanner once in a blue moon. :)

Just to let you know, I use Windows, OS X and Linux.

Windows 7 is a pig slow OS like Vista is (just a slightly smaller pig) the blue ring of death always circles on just about anything, even on fast machines it seems.

7 year old MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo (scores 2,308 BTW) , never see a spinning beach ball. Very rare occurrence.


I could spend a bit more time and get the specs to match, but I already see where it's going. The Dell is going to cost either about the same as the MacBook Pro, or more.

Even if it's like what I got, the $500 savings is not worth the cobbled together parts of the Dell and using Windows.

Although the BlueRay DVD read is nice option, I'd rather watch movies on my 60" HDTV and place the wear and tear on a $300 player than a $2000 MacBook Pro or Dell. (I'm on my second BluRay already)

My last 15" MacBook Pro has lasted 7 years, it's still going as a backup machine/remote controlled music server. It's easily got another 3 more years on it's Intel Core 2 Duo. Works out to only $280 a year in computer costs. I don't think the Dell can hold out that long with their less quality parts.

I see Dell's XPS low ball ways, but to bring the machine up to a MacBook Pro specs is going to cost a great deal more money. If one is spending that kind of money, might as well get a Mac and run Windows optionally.

If you saw my new 17" MacBook Pro Quad, what this MONSTER can do, running a highly detailed 3D screensaver as a desktop, running Windows 7 Pro AND Linux Mint AND playing iTunes music and visuals with not a hiccup. You'd be quite shocked. here's the screensaver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4vxMXHu6F8&feature=player_embedded#at=34

But if you don't need to run anything complex for your engineering class, then the low end XPS is just fine. The $1300 XPS is a rip off with a 6 year old processor in it. BAD DELL!!

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there are 3D printers, that prints plastic printers. are there 3D scanners?

Jim

i understand that there are "scanners" that tells you how much of a certain element there are in a sample.

relating to this question, are there printers that also print other material?

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Do YOU have any idea what you are talking about?

There are "printers" that can "printer" a 3D model using a special plastic polymer.

There are also "scanners" that can scan the dimensions of a 3D object. Most often, the input from the scanner can be used to make a plastic model of the subject using the 3D "printer".

BOTH are very expensive --several thousand dollars.

Other than that -- set back, take a breath, ask a clear and understandable question.

3d printing images..?

anthony

how do you get the picture of the object you want to print.lets say i want to print plastic parts for motorcycles how do i get the image of that model of the bike or the picture of it

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you would have to take photos of object, scan views of object, compile into 3D rendering, then process that image through 3D printer,

so for a motor cycles handle grip,
you take photos of; top , ends, sides , bottom

Portable 3D Scanners
http://www.creaform3d.com/en/handyscan3d/default.aspx

place in 3D renderer, and export design,

Strata Foto 3D CX
http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_foto_3d_cx/

send files to printer, via software and hardware,

NextEngine 3D Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/

3D Systems
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx
http://www.3dsystems.com/3d-printers/personal/overview

http://www.alibre.com/products/mainpage.asp

the sizes are limited at this time to small components,

food is being replicated in other devices,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2530195/The-future-cooking-PRINT-dinner-Dont-scoff-3D-printers-make-food.html


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Where can I buy a low cost 3d scanner?

Al

I need to scan in some parts to add to a CAD model. I'm really looking for something that's plug and play, where I drop the object into the scanner and it automatically puts it into a CAD packge. Any ideas?

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What do you consider low cost? Good ones run around $10,000 (e.g., Roland) but you can find some for around $2,500 (e.g., Nextengine).

how to create a 3d model of a guitar?

Paul

i want to create a 3d model of a guitar. what ways are there to help me create it with the software i have, as in importing photo files or a scanning the guitar itself?

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if you meant to design 3D guitar on computer, you could simple collect measurements and re draw image in 3D editor like Sketchup

Sketchup
http://www.sketchup.com/
3d Warehouse
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=guitar&styp=m&scoring=t&btnG=Search
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Strata - 3D CX
http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_foto_3d_cx/
could be use to take photos and place visually into rendered object of guitar body

if you meant to actually make model as life size copy,
that would require laser scanner and printer

Geomagic 3D Haptic Design, Imaging and Metrology software
http://geomagic.com/en/

NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/

Handyscan Handheld 3D Scanners
http://www.creaform3d.com/en/handyscan3d/default.aspx

3D Printers and Rapid Prototyping | 3D Systems
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx
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In what ways do robots help humans?

In what ways? do they make our jobs easier. and how do they help us

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Contemporary uses
Main articles: Industrial robot and Domestic robot

Robots can be placed into roughly two classifications based on the type of job they do. The first category includes tasks which a robot can do better than a human. Here, robots can increase productivity, accuracy, and endurance. The second category consists of dirty, dangerous or dull jobs where it is desirable to replace human labor with robotics.


[edit] Increased productivity, accuracy, and endurance
A Pick and Place robot in a factory

Many factory jobs are now performed by robots. This has led to cheaper mass-produced goods, including automobiles and electronics. Stationary manipulators used in factories have become the largest market for robots. In 2006, there were an estimated 3,540,000 service robots in use, and an estimated 950,000 industrial robots. [35] A different estimate counted more than one million robots in operation worldwide in the first half of 2008, with roughly half in Asia, 32% in Europe, 16% in North America, 1% in Australasia and 1% in Africa.[36]

Some examples of factory robots:

* Car production: Over the last three decades automobile factories have become dominated by robots. A typical factory contains hundreds of industrial robots working on fully automated production lines, with one robot for every ten human workers. On an automated production line, a vehicle chassis on a conveyor is welded, glued, painted and finally assembled at a sequence of robot stations.
* Packaging: Industrial robots are also used extensively for palletizing and packaging of manufactured goods, for example for rapidly taking drink cartons from the end of a conveyor belt and placing them into boxes, or for loading and unloading machining centers.
* Electronics: Mass-produced printed circuit boards (PCBs) are almost exclusively manufactured by pick-and-place robots, typically with SCARA manipulators, which remove tiny electronic components from strips or trays, and place them on to PCBs with great accuracy.[37] Such robots can place hundreds of thousands of components per hour, far out-performing a human in speed, accuracy, and reliability.[38]

Automated guided vehicle carrying medical supplies and records

* Automated guided vehicles (AGVs): Mobile robots, following markers or wires in the floor, or using vision[39] or lasers, are used to transport goods around large facilities, such as warehouses, container ports, or hospitals.[40]

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o Early AGV-Style Robots were limited to tasks that could be accurately defined and had to be performed the same way every time. Very little feedback or intelligence was required, and the robots needed only the most basic exteroceptors (sensors). The limitations of these AGVs are that their paths are not easily altered and they cannot alter their paths if obstacles block them. If one AGV breaks down, it may stop the entire operation.

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o Interim AGV-Technologies developed that deploy triangulation from beacons or bar code grids for scanning on the floor or ceiling. In most factories, triangulation systems tend to require moderate to high maintenance, such as daily cleaning of all beacons or bar codes. Also, if a tall pallet or large vehicle blocks beacons or a bar code is marred, AGVs may become lost. Often such AGVs are designed to be used in human-free environments.

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o Newer AGVs such as the Speci-Minder,[41] ADAM, [42] Tug[43] and PatrolBot Gofer[44] are designed for people-friendly workspaces. They navigate by recognizing natural features. 3D scanners or other means of sensing the environment in two or three dimensions help to eliminate cumulative errors in dead-reckoning calculations of the AGV's current position. Some AGVs can create maps of their environment using scanning lasers with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and use those maps to navigate in real time with other path planning and obstacle avoidance algorithms. They are able to operate in complex environments and perform non-repetitive and non-sequential tasks such as transporting photomasks in a semiconductor lab, specimens in hospitals and goods in warehouses. For dynamic areas, such as warehouses full of pallets, AGVs require additional strategies. Only a few vision-augmented systems currently claim to be able to navigate reliably in such environments.

[edit] Dirty, dangerous, dull or inaccessible tasks
A U.S. Marine Corps technician prepares to use a telerobot to detonate a buried improvised explosive device near Camp Fallujah, Iraq

There are many jobs which humans would rather leave to robots. The job may be boring, such as domestic cleaning, or dangerous, such as exploring inside a volcano.[45] Other jobs are physically inaccessible, such as exploring another planet,[46] cleaning the inside of a long pipe, or performing laparoscopic surgery.[47]

* Telerobots: When a human cannot be present on site to perform a job because

What kind of apps do you have on your iphone?

Kenya

i might be getting one for christmas. i want my iphone full of apps, i get bored easily. tell me apps that you recommend or like! thanks <3
apps for school.....like translators, dictionary ect. umm communication aim? idk... something!

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These are my Apps. Some are great, and a few are terrible, but I think you will find many useful, fun and amazing apps in this list:

Air Sharing (Document Viewer, File S... Alarm System Amazing Illusions - Best Illusion Ent... Arcade BowlingTM
Blocked
BlocksClassic Lite
Bounce On
BubbleWrap
Catcha Mouse 2
ColorSplash
Cro-Mag Rally
Cube Runner
Cube Runner II
Delivery Status touch, a package trac...
Dial Zero
Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesa...
Dog Whistle
eBay Mobile
Enigmo
Expando Free
F-MyLife Pro
Face Melter
Facebook
Fake-A-Call
Falling Balls
Fieldrunners
Flashlight.
Flick Fishing
Flight Control
Flight of the Hamsters
FlightTrack â Live Flight Status Tracker
Flood-It!
Graphing Calculator
Hanoi
Hearing Test : Prank Box
I Am T-Pain
I Can Has Cheezburger
iBeer
iBowl
iCopter
If Found, +
iFart Mobile - #1 Fart Machine UPDA...
iHunt 3D
iRibbit Plus
iShake -- read health warning first
iSpoofCard
JellyCar
JIRBO Paper Football
Joost - Free TV Shows, music and M...
Kindle for iPhone
Labyrinth
Laser Tag
Last.fm
LightBike Online
Line Rider iRideTM
Linguo - Multilingual Translator
Mark of Mafia! FREE for LIMITED TIM...
Mark of Mafia! Free for Limited Time!
MazeFinger Plus
Mood Touch
The Moron Test
Moto Chaser
Night Camera
Ocarina
Ow My Balls!
PAC-MAN Lite
PapiJump
PayPal
Pocket God
PocketGuitar
Police Scanner
QuickTip Tip Calculator
Real Soccer 2010 Free
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Can you recommend a guide and software for making 3D objects?

Tomas

My idea is to take photos of bones (scapula, femur...) from different angles, run them through a software which will somehow combine them and make a 3D object in space, that i can rotate and add annotation (tags?, description for different parts of bone)

I am not a programmer and i need something easy.

Do you have any ideas? :)

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photos are 2d. you can get depth, but not 3d. you need a 3d scanner like a next engine 3d scanner they run $3000. the web site is pretty cool, it will show you how to scan and print. the printer in the web site is is a year old and now they have much better printers with more options on materials available.
for software you will need a program like Solidworks. it is #1 right now for 3d. it is what Pixiar animation use and many large companies. there are other programs, but after my research for myself most will not talk to the scanner. down side is cost and you need a pretty big system to run it.
then if you want you can send it to a 3d printer for a few dollars you will get a actual 3d sculpture. there are several 3d printers, but after looking at many the 'shapesways gallery' they can print in plastics, metal, ceramics.
this stuff is super cool. this should lead you in the right direction. these printers have only been available for public about a year, but they have been around since the 80s.

Is this a good way to make a 3d head?

Vladimir

If you want to make a 3d head for a movie or something else, these is my concept of creating a 3d head with good topology.If you have a better way, please share your thoughts, whatever they might be.
Here it is:
- First you sculpt your character as an idea of what you imagined in your head
- Then you retopologize it (a simple, but good topology)
- Then you subdivide it (detail it) so you can make a normal map ( or any other maps)
- Then you apply the map/s to the low poly head.

And now you have a head, ready to be textured or whatever else for any kind of animation. If anybody has a better way of making a 3d head, please share your thoughts, whatever they might be. Thanks.
I believe that this concept can be used for other complex models that need animation. Any thoughts?

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Your principles are correct but you are in danger of reinventing a particularly complicated wheel. 3D scanners already exist (Google it) which can scan a shape and save the scan to an SVG file which can be used in a 3D printer to produce a copy of the scanned object. Furthermore the SVG file can be edited in graphics programs and used as a basis for animation.
However you wish to produce your own object mapping it should ultimately produce files compatible with commercial software.

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In the video game industry, what does an environment designer & character designer do in order?

Q. Do they draw an environment & characters first? And then scan it to a computer & then make the video game using a software or what? Lol

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Most concepts start out as drawings and paintings than could be done in traditional media or on the computer. The concept art then goes to various departments to be interpreted and refined as a digital product. Usually a 3d modeler will create a character or environment in the computer using the concept art as a reference.

A character might be sculpted first in clay, and then digitally scanned to create a 3d model.

The 3d model then goes to a rigger who creates the animatable "skeleton" and controls inside the character. This is what the animator uses to move the character.

wanted to play like the latest 3d games like battlefield bad company 2. so which is better?

farhanpsp

which would run the game smoother.

a 1.6 ghz processor, with a video card with 1 gb dedicated memory

or a 2.6 ghz procssor, with a video card with 256 mb dedicated memory.

so what im asking really is which would make games run better a faster processor or a video card with lots of memory?

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you dont list the 1gb graphics card. its not just about the ram on the card, there is also stream processors etc. some of the new 256mb ddr5 cards are faster than older 1gb ddr2 cards.

sorry but neither of those above will run battlefield 2.
the processors are too slow.
you need a core 2 duo 2.6ghz as a minimum to run newer games today
also at least 2gb ram.
you need a good balance, fast processor and decent card.
a fast card will be limited by a slow processor and vice versa.

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Core 2 DUO @ 2 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT/ATI X1900)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c


Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista/7
Processor: Any Quadcore Processor
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10

for smooth gameplay you have to meet the recommended requirements,
the above computers dont even meet the minimum required so the game will not run at all.

you will be severely limited on what games you can play with those computers.
games from 3 years old and older should run fine.

go here to make 100%.your pc can run the game
select a game from dropdown list and scan
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/

it scans your pc to see if it can run the game.
always do this before buying a game
if it barely passes the test then the game still might run slowly.
you want it to pass easily
this is also just a guide. you must check the recommended requirements against your pc

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Which Color Printer should I get?

another

I used it to print photo, document, art project, 3D animation, manga, poster prototype (maybe)
I don't know if I want to buy all in one printer or stand alone printer,
because I scan note, mindmap, and photo,
or maybe I will buy stand alone printer and scanner

thanks

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I think color laser printer are now very affordable. To see more info to visit feel free.

Statue maker?

A(V)iTi$ F

i wanna know where could i buy a automatic head statue maker that can build statues with photos that it takes
i seen this device in public places before
but i wanna know more

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not quite sure what you are talking about. If you are talking about a 3D laser scanner and a 3D printer then look either up. Or it's a CNC milling machine. Z-corp is a well known company for 3D printers.
Neither 3d laser scanner not 3D printer are yet household items. So the price is correspondingly. I'd be able to pay the rent for more than a year for what it could set you back.
If you are talking about something affordable for any average person, please post, I'd be interested as well.

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