Dadio's 3D Printing Stuff

[morrisey0]

Thanks. I had read of the limitations of the free Skanect, and Reconstructme had come up multiple times in my reading. I will look into it.

[Dadio]

I feel with Reconstructme the limitation is the Kinect scanner , it's designed to detect the movement of a human size target object , I just can't get any more detail than you see in the second head and for scanning small things it's really sketchy .
Things to do to get the best scan are .
1 being able to rotate the target object or person exactly on the spot , I found a swiveling bar stool best .
2 lighting , you need good ambient light .
3 the surface of the object must not be too reflective or shiny , Lexan bodies are terrible to scan , talcome powder dusted over shiny surfaces or a face powder on your face , if you have a shiny bald head it will just a hole in your head scan .
4 distance to the scanner , I found between 1 and 2 feet is the sweet spot .
5 if your doing a head then start scanning the back of the head , at the end of the scan it has to stitch the begining and end together and it can make mistakes , rather than ending up with two noses it's better to have two locks of hair at the back of your head .

[Frankentruck]

... if you have a shiny bald head it will just a hole in your head scan .

... rather than ending up with two noses

While clearly undesirable results, both of these sound hilarious to me.

[Dadio]

Started remodelling up gears from scratch for the Dogfighter 834b , did a far cleaner job this time and I've got them being printed by Shapeways now , if they turn out good I'll add them to my shop .

Then moved on to the Delta Desert Dog conversion set , again I cleaned it up a bit and stuck it on Shapeways , it designed as an artists impression not a direct copy and is compatible with the stock chassis .

[Dadio]

Just been playing with joints, colour and animation in Fusion 360 , not as hard as expected
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Nfey5DihJK8[/youtube]

[silvertriple]

Just been playing with joints, colour and animation in Fusion 360 , not as hard as expected
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Nfey5DihJK8[/youtube]

For the suspensions, sometimes, it is a bit funky... I had to set limits on some joints other wised the whole stuff get in weird impossible positions

[Dadio]

Been at it again , 10 points to the first person to identify them .

[GoMachV]

Hirobo
Without peeking imma guess Zerda. I recall the earlier cars having adjustable caster blocks

[Dadio]

Hey you just won 10 points

[Dadio]

More Zerdary , roll hoop part of the cage and front left transmission housing .

[optimaforever]

Wonderful job!

[Dadio]

Rear left transmission housing , missed a couple of details that will only take a few minutes to fix but otherwise pretty pleased .

[Dadio]

Coming along now.

[Steve71]

Looking really good. I have been 3D printing for about a year & a half but have yet to start designing my own parts. I'm gonna have to look into that Fusion 360 when I get some free time.
You may have said already, but this is a long post so I didn't dig back to see, what filament are you using for this project?

[Dadio]

This is just PLA , it's not nearly strong enough to use but it's cheap and perfect for prototyping , I find you can measure all you like and it seems perfect on screen but once a part is in your hand and directly next to the original you can often see mistakes .