Does anyone know of a good service locally (Seattle) or a decent scanner I could buy to get a 3d model of my face? I need it to be quite accurate because it will be used for medical purposes.
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Hey @austinfox, if you go to Online 3D Printing Service | Instant 3D Printing Quotes | Hubs, fill in your location and choose 3D scanning services in the Advanced Options tab, you’ll get a list of all Hubs in your area offering 3D scanning services. Hope this helps! Also, you can read more about 3D scanning here.
Hi Austin, I have a basic 3D scanner, iSense by 3Dsystems. Check out the pictures on my hub to judge if it is as detailed as you would need. If so, contact me and I can arrange a scanning.
https://www.3dhubs.com/seattle/hubs/cb-beale-bellevue
That looks like it would be good enough for my purposes. I need to get more information from my doctor in a few days, but I’ll contact you when I do.
I would recommend Fuel3D for facial scanning, cheers!
Hello Austin, we just opened a Full body 3D scanning company here ins Seattle and I was planning to do some face scanning as well.
Let me know of the details of your scan and I may be able to help you.
Leo
Hey Leo, thats great news. I’m still waiting on more info from my doctor - I’ll get in touch with you when I’m ready.
Cool, thats great, I would love to help if I can.
Leo
If you draw lines on your face with makeup, and use a DSLR camera, 123d catch ( a free program by autodesk), you can get very good accurate models from the photos. The attached image is a scan of myself, but I lowered the resolution very much after the scan. I use a similar process, but through a better (paid) program called agisoft photoscan. Results are great, I’d recommend trying it prior to paying anyone.
Wow, that’s a really impressive scan! I’ve heard many people struggling with this app, but this is such high quality result. If you want to share some tips/ methods, please feel free to do so in a separate thread.
@derKarsten did a intro series for 3D Scanning - How to get started & the technologies involved -, and it would be nice to see some practical examples on using varying apps. Let me know!
