MAKE Magazine, Issue 42

Make journal: Vol. 42

From scrappy laser-cut wood kits just a couple of years in the past to today’s sleek-looking machines, computing device 3D printing keeps to adapt into evermore client prepared machines. considering there are such a lot of makes use of and consumer kinds for 3D printers, from colleges and academics to product prototypes and engineers, our guiding query was once by no means “which printer is best?” yet was once in its place “which printer is correct for you?” We established 26 printers and judged functionality via a sequence of other prints and checks. try out our findings and locate the simplest printer on your needs.

Then, get pointers on printing movable elements in one print, be sure to stick your first print layer from the beginning, and get the thin on neighborhood Motor’s totally 3D-printed car.

Plus, upload sparkling cyberpunk spikes for your favourite futuristic outfit, 3D print a couple of customized eyeglasses, construct a adjustable-height modeling desk at the reasonable, and discover ways to pickle scrumptious beets and grapes. All this and extra in Make: quantity forty two!

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Skanect gives you visual feedback Skanect vs. ReconstructMe SKANECT RECONSTRUCTME Free trial / 99€ ($130) Free trial / 179€ ($235) Mac and Windows Windows only Easy installation Tricky installation with required drivers, but great support forums and helpful staff. Easy to use GUI interface for setting dimensions of the scan’s bounding box volume. txt files to customize. We found the 2-meter default Human High-Res volume was too short for taller subjects. “Future proofs” your scans by also capturing surface texture color data.

Though I still use ReconstructMe, Skanect has several features that make it quite attractive. First off, it’s No eyeglasses or shiny garments like patent leather boots. These don’t reflect the Kinect’s infrared light very well and they’ll throw off the scan. Look at your subject carefully, and pose them to create slow uphill lines with no sharp overhangs. 3D printers don’t like overhangs. Have them spread their feet and give their pose a little contrapposto — a vertical twist of the frame to make it more dynamic and pleasing to the eye.

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