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Creating a sculpture of a person

I'm MV from the UAE. We have a 3D printer (Z Corporation) system which can fabricate 3D models from digital data.

We want to use it to build a sculpture of a person of whom we only have photographs from a suitable angle. (We can't use a laser scanning system). For this project, we need suitable software which can generate CAD data from digital images.

Do you know about this software? Please give me information about it if you do.

Best regards.
MV

Sir:

There are a number of packages available, but I have no recent references for them. Some are probably no longer available. Try asking:

Dr. Rafael Santillan
rsanti@3drapid.com

He knows how to do this, but may require you pay something to have him perform the service for you.

This company also might do it. In the past they've asked for US$30 to convert photos to an STL file:

Chatham Research
ChathamRes@aol.com

Regards,

Ed Grenda
Castle Island Co.
The Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping

Mr. Grenda:

Thank you very much.
MV