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3D print of the WWII Battleship USS Arizona

A completed 3D print of the USS Arizona was safely delivered to the  the National Park Service at the WWII Valor in the Pacific in time for the 74th December 7th memorials and ceremonies. The 3D print of the WWII Battleship USS Arizona will located at the WWII…

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3D Print of the USS Arizona

Pete Kelsey of Autodesk provided some photos and a video of the 3D print of the USS Arizona that is currently being printed in sections. There are two 36” 3D prints being printed by Autodesk and the team at Whiteclouds. The 3D print is the culmination of a…

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Replicate a Keepsake in 3D Using Autodesk Memento

Recently I replicated a silver necklace pendant of a very sentimental pinecone using Autodesk Memento which converted standard photos into a 3D model.  I then 3D printed the model on an Autodesk Ember 3D printer and plan to then cast in pewter or silver an exact replicae.  The…

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Reverse Engineering with the Autodesk Ember 3D Printer

A colleague in the Lake Oswego Oregon Autodesk office Ryan McMahon (Senior Product Manager for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Simulation) is experimenting with my Autodesk Ember 3D printer and some reverse engineering of consumer goods. The original part is on the left and the part reverse engineered on…

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Autodesk Memento Beta New Build Posted

A new Autodesk Memento build 1.2.0.7  was just posted.http://memento.autodesk.com A few tasty highlights: Smooth boundary tool – you can now select an edge loop to smooth it and not have any more the jiggered cuts Surface tool enhancements New push/pull sculpt. We start to move towards real sculpting…

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WTH Wednesday – 3D Sea Cockroach

Recently I visited Colleen Flanigan an artist working to save the Mesoamerican reef and some marine biologists at the UNAM University in Puerto Morelos Mexico. While there I saw a skeleton of what was called a “sea cockroach” or “sea roach” which appeared similar to  a slipper lobster…

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