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123D Catch Scan and Print: Boot
I wrote about how I started this project under "Fun Blog 1" on my blog page. In this blog, I described how I used the app 123D Catch to create a 3D model of a boot of mine.
After completing my work for this blog, I then continued to edit this model through Meshmixer. This is another free Autodesk program, which I downloaded from this link.
After downloading this to my computer, I saved my 3D model from Fun Blog 1 as an object file through 123D Catch. After doing this, I opened this object file in Meshmixer.
From this point, I then had to clean up the model by removing all of the surface area that can be seen in the first thumbnail picture here. Using commands in Meshmixer, I removed all of the excess surface area, closed open surfaces and made the object solid. The resulting model can be seen in the next thumbnail picture to the left.
From Meshmixer, I was then able to export this object model as an STL file. And after exporting this STL file, I scaled it appropriately in ReplicatorG, sliced it in slicer and then printed it on my group's printer, Big Red. The next picture below is an image that was taken from the ReplicatorG display. The last picture is a picture of the actual print itself.
