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Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

hugopost01 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:57:32 GMT

I am learning fast with Fusion 360, it is super powerful.

At this moment I am importing a Photo using the add-ins Image2surface and make a G-code file.

I am wondering if there is usable software to edit the photo after image2surface or do you know a better process for make 3d from a photo?

If I search on internet I find so many hits and much are dated.

Pls your reaction, Hugo Amsterdam

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

SaeedHamza — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:48:56 GMT

I don't believe such tools would be useful (if there are any), because such a tool would get you a geometry that consists of 1 single body, most propaly a mesh, similar to the Drape Surface tool in Rhino.

Such tools will depend on the colors of the image to judge the depths of the geometry created, similar to a 3d printed Lithophane, so they are HIGHLY inaccurate.

I believe the only good use for them is if you have an image of a planar surface that you can see all of it's details from one single angle, although the geometry itself would still be messy.

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

hugopost01 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:53:56 GMT

Thank you for the answer, yes it is a very small balance for a 3d solution, in the past Autodesk had the solution ArtCam:

ArtCAM is no longer available. Autodesk ArtCAM® software has been discontinued. As of July 7, 2018,

So I did get the impression that Artcam was the solution i am looking for but not available, in Fusion360 I found the image2surface add-ins but it is not powerful enough.

So I have to stop with trying photo to 3d or somebody knows a solution.

Pls your reaction, Hugo

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

g-andresen — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:25:50 GMT

Hi,

have a look at Vectric "Photo Carve" or others

günther

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

laughingcreek — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:37:57 GMT

the answer will greatly depend on the nature of the photo graphed object, and what you hope to do with it. A little more detail (and some examples) on those questions would help us give you suitable answers.

all photo to 3d software will produce a mesh. for the most part, fusion sucks with meshes, so there's that. software specific to editing meshes would be better suited. (I use blender and meshmixer).

the image2mesh add in produces a quad mesh. a quad mesh in fusion can be converted to a t-spline body, which can be directly edited in fusion.

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

hfcandrew — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:20:50 GMT

Windows 3D builder has a decent image to triangulated mesh feature.

For modeling the exported mesh after, depending what you need done, Meshmixer or Blender.

I'm guessing you are wanting to take a photo, then emboss it into something via milling.

Re: Best way and software to convert a photo to a 3d object

hugopost01 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:31:36 GMT

Yes, this is my first goal

Thank you for al your advises.

Hugo