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Trimensional and MakerBot Team on 3D Scanning

Partnership makes it easier to 3D scan and create models with an iPhone.

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By DE Editors  

May 23, 2012

By DE Editors

MakerBot Industries and Trimensional have released a new app that lets users scan an object, upload it to the Internet, and make a physical replica on a MakerBot 3D printer, all in one quick and seamless process.

Trimensional


Trimensional: MakerBot Edition, allows a user to scan something, such as a friends face, and turn it immediately into a 3D model. This model can be printed to make a physical object for the user to hold.

The solution has a new set of features that help a user take a quick four-second scan of something using an iPhone. That scan is then easily uploaded to Thingiverse.com, a community site powered by MakerBot which includes free, downloadable designs for more than 20,000 objects.

For more information, visit MakerBot Industries and Trimensional.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.

 
 

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