

I must not have gotten enough pictures of one of the arms, because there was a gap from the body to the arm on the left side.

The model came back and looked pretty good. Many hours later, the job completed and I was able to download the completed 3D model. The job showed "Waiting in Queue." after the upload. The next step was to upload all the pictures using the app to AutoDesk's server and queue the job. These pictures were used as the input to the AutoDesk ReCap Photo application.ĪutoDesk ReCap Photo is a desktop app, but the real work happens in the cloud. I took 51 pictures of the toy at about 5 degree increments around the object and at various vertical angles. In this case I used one of my wife's quilts as the base. The Lynda class recommended that the object be placed on a surface with a pattern. Photogrammetry is based on blending a large number of static pictures of the same object from different perspectives into one 3D model.

The goal of the first activity was to use Photogrammetry to create a 3D model of a small plastic toy. These don't run on my Mac, so I found an older PC to host the apps. To get up to speed on the subject I completed the following Lynda classes:Īfter completing the classes, I signed up for a AutoDesck account and downloaded a trial version of AutoDesk ReCap and ReCap Photo applications. I have not done any 3D scanning in the past.
