Design and 3D print an object (small, few cm) that could not be made subtractively * 3D scan an object - extra credit: print the object you scanned - extra credit: make the scanner

For my assignment on 3D Scanning and Printing I started with David Structured Light Scan.

With 8 scans I was able to create my digital bust.

The software automatically adjusts and fuses all the scans in one uniform mesh.

It is able to take photograps from each scan and adapt them to the mesh.

A little bit of adjustments with Sculptris.

I added a rectangolar base with Rhino.

I fixed the mesh with Netfabb and export in stl.

I did some test with Reconstructme and Microsoft Kinect, but the result wasen't great.

Printing with Makerbot Replicator 2...it is not a Benvenuto Cellini , but it is not bad!

I set the print with Makerware, it is easy and straightforward.

From the model I created, I tried to add one of my mathematical sculptures made with Rhino.

I divided the face in two parts and I connected a toroidal warp surface with Rhino.

To test something difficult to blend and print I connected the two meshes.

With Symvol from Uformia I blended the two volumes.

a little bit of sculpting with Sculpture and I am ready to print something impossible to

create with traditional fabrication techniques.

For this model I tried the 3D printer Uprint....I have to say that the quality is impressive: