Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Rob Wuijster
Have you created one (or the rig) lately? It's over 2 meters tall! Or it's my install that's somehow buggered.;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 2-4-2014 23:05, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Wasn't the traditional idea to use the XSI man mesh as a scale reference ? On 2 April

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Chris Marshall
You could try using the Shapeways.com service to test some models. I've done a little dabbling and the unit size is no more of an issue than any other 3d software. You run your object through a free package called Netfabb, it tells you the scale of the object, which was 1unit=1mm, then output a

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Jon Hunt
I'm over 2 meters tall !! sorry not helpful! On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Chris Marshall chrismarshal...@gmail.comwrote: You could try using the Shapeways.com service to test some models. I've done a little dabbling and the unit size is no more of an issue than any other 3d software.

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Ryan Maguire
I have done projects with softimage and makerbot 2x. Wasn't a problem...I exported as obj , and the makerware software imports it perfectly 1 SI unit = 1mm On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:13 AM, Chris Marshall chrismarshal...@gmail.comwrote: You could try using the Shapeways.com service to test

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread David Saber
for some reasons the following post never appears in the thread when I send it so here I try again: A good friend of mine sometimes prints his creatures: http://www.noisyknuckles.com/3dprints.php He's an XSI fan and expert. You can write him on my behalf. David

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Stephen Davidson
It does not start shipping till June On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey everyone, thanks for your replies on the previous subject of Quadro K4000. Yesterday I was googling around for 3d printers. I really liked this one:

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Doeke Wartena
To reply to your topic title. I 3d printed some stuff and i used Softimage but since sizes had to be very correct Softimage was quite a bitch. 2014-04-02 21:04 GMT+02:00 Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.net: It does not start shipping till June On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Stephen Davidson
I thought 1 SI unit = 1 cm. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Doeke Wartena clankil...@gmail.com wrote: To reply to your topic title. I 3d printed some stuff and i used Softimage but since sizes had to be very correct Softimage was quite a bitch. 2014-04-02 21:04 GMT+02:00 Stephen Davidson

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Stephen Davidson
sorry...I meant 1 si unit = 10cm On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.netwrote: I thought 1 SI unit = 1 cm. Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable

RE: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Matt Lind
I saw the Form 1 in depth at Siggraph last year. For desktop printers under $5,000 USD, it's definitely the best quality printer. It's the only stereo lithography printer available at that price and can print with at least 4x better / finer resolution than the extrusion based printers such as