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VisualSFM, Tool for creating 3D reconstruction from photos
VisualSFM is a GUI application for 3D reconstruction using structure from motion (SFM). wikipedia: Structure from motion (SfM) refers to the process of estimating three-dimensional structures from two-dimensional image sequences which may be coupled with local motion signals. Plus no … Continue reading
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David Laserscanner with webcam & line laser, Tools for capturing 3D objects
A tool called DAVID LASERSCANNER has a free alternative with limited options. The main limitation is that one can save captures with lower resolution only. The tool is shown below. And the setup consists of “corner with calibration picture”, line … Continue reading
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MeshLab, Tool for creating and manipulating 3D models
MeshLab is a free and open source alternative for creating 3D models (meshes) from capture data. Plus: lot of features and import and export formats Minus: crashes without informing the reason ie. need to save the work often Example 3D … Continue reading
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SCENECT with Kinect, Tools for capturing house layouts in 3D
SCENECT is a free tool from FARO to capture 3D point cloud of objects and environments. There are several other tools for the similar 3D capture, and the choice depends on the goals. In this case the main goal is … Continue reading
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Art of Illusion, tool for modelling in 3D
Art of Illusion is a good candidate for the first 3D modelling tool. It is quite straightforward to learn, and it is sufficient for basic work. I was searching for a 3D modelling tool in order to create book cover … Continue reading
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Sweet Home 3D, Tool for designing house floor plan and arranging furniture
Sweet Home 3D is free and open source tool for one particular task, house planning. Long learning curve is not needed, as the 15 minutes example below shows. Also there are existing examples to get started. The tool supports several … Continue reading
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Hugin, tool for creating panorama photos
Hugin is a good open source tool for creating panoramas of your overlapping photos of a scenary. Example: combining 3 sky photos Hugin contains several options for combining the images. The figure below is obtained after making manual alignment of … Continue reading
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