3D Printing
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Announcing the Winners of the 3D Printing Competition – Spring 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our 3D printing and design competition. Congratulations to all participants for their incredible creativity and dedication About the Competition Our 3D printing and design competition aimed to inspire students from diverse backgrounds and skill levels to explore the possibilities of 3D printing technology. We encouraged participants to embark on a journey of learning, innovation, and self-discovery. Through workshops and support, we provided opportunities for students to hone their skills and unleash their imagination. The Winners After careful deliberation by our panel of judges, we are delighted to announce the following winners: First Prize: Alexander Casella – “Aventine miniatures” Second Prize: Darian Mehran-Lodge – “Bishop…
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Vote for the People’s Choice Award for the 3d Printing Competition
Thanks to everyone who joined this year’s competition! Our application period closed on April 22nd. Now, it’s time to vote for the People’s Choice Award, worth $50. Your vote will decide our next winner! Voting closes at midnight Thursday, May 9th. All winners will be announced Friday, May 10th. Read through the following submissions then vote for your favorite. These 3D models were entered into the Spring 2024 3D Printing and Design Competition. Participants were tasked with answering this prompt: ‘Share how you made your project, what inspired you, what you learned, and where it could take you. Essentially, tell us the story behind your project and reflect on the process.…
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3D Printing and Design Competition Spring 2024
Digital Learning & Scholarship is excited to announce a 3D printing and design competition. We encourage students from all backgrounds and skill levels to consider participating. Even if you are not familiar with 3D printing and design software, you should still consider throwing your hat into the ring! We will offer a number of workshops on SketchUp and other tools to help get you started. The goal for this competition is to encourage you to push yourself to learn new skills and think about what you can do with 3D printing technology. We want to know how you created your project, what inspired you, what you learned along the way,…
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Create a 3d Model With Metashape
AgiSoft Metashape is a photogrammetry application that can be used to create 2d or 3d models from images. For some examples of models created by the Trinity community see our collection on Sketchfab. You can download and install a fully functional 30 day trial for Mac or Windows here: https://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/. Taking Your Pictures Starting with good images is critical. Take your time and get plenty of good quality photos. Add the images in Metashape Add the images into Metashape. You can just drag and drop or use Add images or a folder under the Workflow menu. Each set of images should be its own chunk. If you took 3 sets…
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Introduction to Metashape
AgiSoft Metashape is a photogrammetry application that can be used to create 2d or 3d models from images. For some examples of models created by the Trinity community see our collection on Sketchfab. You can download and install a fully functional 30 day trial for Mac or Windows here: https://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ Getting Started It is important to collect high quality images of the object to be modeled from different angles. When taking pictures keep the following guidelines in mind: To create a model in Metashape you will mainly work through the steps in the Workflow menu. The necessary steps vary a little depending on the desired outcome – 3d model, orthophoto…