This is photogrammetry and we’ve written about such products here at Architosh in the past. With 123D Catch you capture photographs of an object you are interested in from various angles and create a 3D model from the photographic data. Autodesk 123D Catch is the new name for the old Autodesk Labs Photofly technology and is only for Windows at the moment. These flat plates are then assembled together to create a physical 3D model. A Young and Rubicon study puts the DIY (do it yourself) market at $700 billion.Īutodesk 123D Make is Mac OS X only at the moment and allows you to slice up a 3D model into flat plates or sheets which can easily be cut out by hand or via a laser cutter or similar device. These join 123D Sculpt and 123D.Īutodesk sees the maker movement as a key step in the next industrial revolution, whereby local manufacturing and product making becomes a growing industry. The company has recently introduced two new products for the 123 family of software: Autodesk 123D Catch and Autodesk 123D Make. Autodesk has been busy expanding its new “maker”-oriented product line of 3D software products.

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