3D Scanning with 123D Catch
I've been interested in scanning things of late. There is a job I'm chasing that may potentially involve 3D scanning and as a project, it encompasses many things I like. So I decided to give 123D Catch a go, as it seems to be quite good from what people have posted online. Sadly, I've not had so much luck with it.
Apparently, one needs to rotate a camera around the object you want to scan, so I did just that, building a little rig out of a bicycle wheel, just like this.
Mounted around the rim, I placed the Logitech C910 that I use for good work. The results look like this:
You can, of course, just spin the thing and record video. That looks quite cool actually!
The problem is, the results just arent that impressive. Only the hat actually came out right.
So I thought, maybe I'm being too clever. Lets just use some actual DSLR snaps as people seem to suggest. The best I managed was half a pig!
So basically, a thumbs down for 123D catch. I suspect laser scanning or improved Kinect code is the way forward here.
