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  • Autodesk Memento vs PhotoScan vs PhotoModeler

    Today we unpacked and started playing with a new 3d scanner, but after we got hugely disappointed we decided to try these two photogrammetry programs/services instead.

    The test figurine is Phil from Duck Dynasty, a 9cm high figurine. I am NOT a fan of the show; I sculpted this figurine in 2013 when I was […]

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  • 3D Print Tolerances

    Before 3D printing familiarize yourself with your printer’s extrusion thickness. On Ultimaker 2 is .46mm and I suggest setting your 3d program with grid snap of the same width. Since the printer starts with the offset line of the object, take it and measure with caliper – the width of .48 could be more […]

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  • 3ds Max menu disappearing bug

    Fault: Firefox is running.

    Solution: Close 3ds Max and Firefox, start 3ds Max, start Chrome of Microsoft Edge

    Tags: 3ds Max menu disappearing, 3ds Max context menu disappearing, 3d max menu showing shortly, 3ds max menu bug, context menu bug

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  • 3D Printing in Color

    Being a 3D artist in late 90s was much harder than today. The software was not that great or easy to use. I remember 3D Studio v4 for DOS had separate modes for 2d drawing, converting them to 3d models, material editing and animation… and today automatic photogrammetry services have 3 button interfaces and almost […]

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  • Confused Travolta 3D Print

    Yesterday a few of my 3d prints arrived. One of them is 3d travolta I modeled one evening in December. Coincidentally I already had a few occasions he fit perfectly.

    The first one is Windows 10 update to the latest build. It is a machine that was installed in August but did not receive all […]

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  • On Microinteractions

    Dribbble is full of cute UI animations and quite a few designers confuse them with microinteracations. Some people confuse it with a similar sounding word – “Drivel”. Many of those are more of an interstitial than a microinteraction. If they tell a story they can not be a microinteraction.

    Microinteractions should serve the original experience. […]

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  • Messengers Today

    The person who added the word “Mess” in MESSenger was a wise man, but he would have been a genius if he named it “Messanger”, as Mess+Anger.

    Today I have discovered that I have a few too many Skypes installed with almost as many UI flavors and Google’s Hangouts. This is my take on […]

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  • I played with the Hololens today…

    Today I tried Hololens demo at Microsoft Store in NYC. I read a few reviews written by journalists that had the experience, but they did not tell me anything I wanted to know, so this is something I originally expected to read. The image is a quick fake because phones and cameras were not allowed.

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