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

[hugopost01]

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

[SaeedHamza]

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.

[hugopost01]

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

[g-andresen]

Hi,

have a look at Vectric "Photo Carve" or others

günther

[laughingcreek]

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. 

[hfcandrew]

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.

[hugopost01 · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is my first goal

Thank you for al your advises.

Hugo