Categories Maker

Create a 3D Human Skull

Have you ever wanted your own 3D skull or other unique object? Now you can make any 3D model you create or find on the web into a real physical 3D object of cardboard or clay without a 3D printer. Check out this tutorial created by David of…

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Categories Funny

What Do You Do While 3D Laser Scanning?

Fort those that have done a fair bit of laser scanning, what do you do while the scanner is rotating 360 degrees and you try to stay out of the beams view and pass time? My laser scanner shuffle moving around the scanner instead of sitting underneath or…

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Categories Announcements

Autodesk Forge Developer Conference Keynote

If you were unable to attend the Autodesk Forge Conference this week, you can still watch the keynote on YouTube. Forge is powerful set of cloud services, APIs, and resources for developers to quickly create the data-centric apps, experiences, and services that power the future of making things.

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Categories Autodesk Research

Aerial 3D Terrain Mapping with a Drone

Recently I edited a 3D model and created a quick video in Autodesk ReMake (formerly Autodesk Memento.)  The 3D model was generated using Autodesk ReCap 360 Pro from photos taken last month using an UAS/drone in the hot windy Trona Pinnacles near Death Valley California. The ability to create…

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Categories Autodesk

Reality Computing Used to Assist in Oso Mudslide Disaster

On March 22, 2014, a large landslide in Oso, Washington killed 43 people and destroyed dozens of homes. Heavy rainfall in the previous days and weeks had saturated the soil on a hillside over State Road 530 and the Stillaguamish River. This eventually triggered the slide, burying approximately…

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Categories Photography

Autodesk Memento Becomes Autodesk ReMake

Autodesk Memento becomes Autodesk ReMake and has formally graduated to a commercial Autodesk product! Autodesk ReMake turns reality data into hi-resolution 3D meshes for design & engineering workflows and so much more. It has been a long journey to this point and many new features and great feedback…

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Categories 3D Printing

Final Autodesk Memento Beta Goes Live

A new beta build of the Autodesk Memento Windows version has been announced and available for download. Memento is an extremely versatile tool for 3D mesh model repair, 3D model creation, and 3D printing. Our Autodesk Memento Team posted build 1.8.0.22 which has several new enhancements.  With this…

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Categories Announcements

New Autodesk ReCap 360 Pro

The new ReCap 360 Pro an all in one reality capture solution is out. If you are doing reality capture then you should look at the new features like Fly features for UAV/drone photos, Auto-Cleanup tool, Scan-to-Mesh (converting point cloud data into 3D textured meshes) in addition to…

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Categories 3D Printing

Made In Space Additive Manufacturing Facility

Made In Space is developing manufacturing technologies that are enabling people to live and work in space. The Made In Space Additive Manufacturing Facility was launched on March 22nd, 2016 and arrived at the International Space Station on March 26th, 2016. This is a first step toward putting…

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