Comments on: Autodesk ReCap 360 Review

By: Carl Smith

Carl Smith — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:03:14 +0000

Hello, First of all, Thank you so much for sharing this amzing information and it’s very impressive and so much helpful for me. Keep it up and once again Thanks.:)

By: Johan Degraeve

Johan Degraeve — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:16:08 +0000

Hi,

Is there a cheaper solution than the Leica geometric camera to scan buildings and machines with accuracy and the possibility to convert them to meshes with the right geometrical properties?

By: Daniel Wasserman

Daniel Wasserman — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:42:21 +0000

Hi Nick,

Is it posible to subtract the scand object from a “3d like material” to produce a mold?

Thanks

By: Nicky

Nicky — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:16:18 +0000

Hi, Nick,
Thank you for all of the wonderful reviews. I wondered if you have recommendations for software that would be easy to use for photogrammetry of buildings with the ability to import into AutoCAD and/or Revit. I’ve read your reviews of ReMake and ReCap, and you have shown fairly small objects, but we would be documenting buildings to create a usable 3D model. Autodesk seems to advertise that ReMake and ReCap can be used for this as well, but wanted to know if you had good results or recommendations. We are just getting into photogrammetry and don’t want to invest in drones, laser scanning, or expensive software or equipment. We’ve also considered PhotoScan.
Thanks in advance!

By: Nick Lievendag

Nick Lievendag — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 18:03:09 +0000

In reply to Savas. I don't know the answer to any of the question. I just know that 123D Catch has been discontinued.

By: Savas

Savas — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:31:33 +0000

Hi Nick,
Im an artist and I am new to 3d scanning. I used Trnio after reading your review on mobile apps. the results are not convincing, although the app is very straight forward and easy to use.
My question is; can we manually find the ios app for 123d catch and install, and use it? Or, does Autodesk stop processing files coming from 123D catch?
Thanks in advance!

By: Damian

Damian — Thu, 25 May 2017 23:06:38 +0000

Hi Nick, Greetings from Argentina. I wanted to ask you if with this soft Recap in your online version I can make 3d images to be used in 3d printers. I’m using Tinkercad. My idea is to be able to get something with which you can digitize 3D images to make designs with those printers. Thank you very much!!

By: Nick Lievendag

Nick Lievendag — Wed, 10 May 2017 14:27:59 +0000

In reply to Tom Colman.

Hi Tom,

I have a lot of experience with that. I have both an Oculus Rift and an HTC Vive at the office (and a lot of Google Cardboards) which I use to view 3D scans.

I even wrote a Tutorial about how to easily make 3D scans VR-compatible through Sketchfab: https://3dmag.com/reviews/3d-scan-in-vr/

It’s important to decimate the amount of polygons of 3D files (in Autodesk ReMake for example) for viewing in VR. Especially on mobile devices like GearVR, Cardboard & Daydream.

Here’s a collection of VR-optimized scans I made: https://sketchfab.com/nicklievendag/collections/vr-showcase

The female model is set-up at 1:1 scale so you should be able to look her straight in the eye in VR.

By: Tom Colman

Tom Colman — Wed, 10 May 2017 11:25:03 +0000

Hi Nick,

Very interesting article, I was wondering you had experimented with 3d capturing a subject and then viewing the processed scan 1:1 scale in virtual reality?
Using something like Google Daydream for example to allow the viewer to see a subject in a 3-dimensional field as if they are standing in the very same room.
Do you think this could be achievable?

Thanks

By: Nick Lievendag

Nick Lievendag — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:21:07 +0000

In reply to Daniel Kleinhenn. Great that this resolved your problem! The software indeed also uses the background for tracking! Capturing Rooms can require a lot more photos. Depends on the room size and complexity and the result you're after. Just make sure photos have a 50% overlap and you have a large depth of field (no blurry backgrounds). But it is still tricky with cloud magic.