Category Archives: For Fun or Interest

MeshLab, Tool for creating and manipulating 3D models

Posted on 4 August 2013 by Admin

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

Posted on 31 July 2013 by Admin

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

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Admin

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

Posted on 9 July 2013 by Admin

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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Tip, slow down a song for school play or for learning lyrics

Posted on 30 May 2013 by Admin

Sometimes it would be great to be able to slow down a song. For example, for a school play the original song might be way too fast for presentation. Or you might want to learn the lyrics of your favorite … Continue reading →

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DIY Star Chart (planisphere)

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Admin

There are 2 great sources if you wish to create yor own star chart. Online planisphere tool Ready made Uncle Al’s Starwheels in Wikipedia: A planisphere is a star chart in the form of two adjustable disks that rotate on … Continue reading →

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DIY Spectrometer, and notes on online Spectral Workbench

Posted on 6 February 2013 by Admin

There exist several variations of DIY spectrometer by using CD or DVD as the main component (ie. generating the rainbow of colors by diffraction from the optical disk grooves). The output is a spectra, light intensity versus wavelength. In Wikipedia: … Continue reading →

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