Thanks to Google Earth, we could actually see a pretty good 3D-image within the software and then quickly model a low-poly version without any carvings.”
“Luckily we have Google! Using Google Earth, we could really zoom in and get an idea of how it really looks. “We’re all Swedes here so nobody has visited the monument on site,” Månsson explained. They then took the 3D mesh, excluding the texture, and moved it into Autodesk Meshmixer to close up any holes and blemishes, before trying to figure out how to create a model of Mount Rushmore. For this print it would be OK to use a cheaper scanning solution like XTION/Kinect with software like ReconstructMe, or just an iPad/iPhone and Autodesk 123D Catch.” “We used an Artec MHT scanner - similar to Artec EVA - and had some continuous light to get some better texture in the scanning. “We started off with 3D-scanning the head and shoulders of everyone,” Månsson tells us. Surely this is an idea that other people have thought of previously, but with today’s technology, it is now something that isn’t all that difficult to do. The three men at Creative Tools, Daniel Norée, Anton Månsson, and Filip Eneroth, decided that they would create their very own custom ‘Mount Rushmore,’ with their own heads on it in place of the four US presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Both of these are open source community projects that allow for the sharing of ideas, feedback, and design files, for 3D printable RC vehicles and model trains, respectively. “My colleague Daniel Norée has also been scanned before and printed in a video which gained some traction online.”įor those of you who are frequent readers of, Daniel Norée is a familiar name, as he is the founder of both the OpenRC Project and the OpenRailway Project. “We’ve been doing a few portrait prints recently,” Anton Månsson, head of Creative Tools’ Stockholm office, tells. They knew of the potential that 3D technology could provide, having been one of the leading suppliers of 3D software and hardware in Scandinavia since 2004. For those of us who know how to create 3D models, the possibilities are really endless when it comes to designing an object to be 3D printed.įor one group of designers, at Creative Tools, they wanted to do something not only unique, but something that was monumental, quite literally. When it comes to 3D printing, you have to love the customization aspects that this technology provides to artists, designers, and hobbyists.
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