Generate 3D meshes from scan data or photogrammetry Previously available as an Autodesk Labs tech preview, Memento fills a gap between Autodesk’s consumer photogrammetry and mesh-editing apps like 123D Catch and its high-end ReCap reality-capture system.Īlthough the company is targeting Memento at a wide range of users, including fine artists, the Etsy community, researchers and museum curators, it has obvious applications in the entertainment industry.Īutodesk tells us that the software is currently being trialled at “all the usual suspects” – that is, the major VFX studios – as a possible means of reconstructing props and sets. I always intended to create a tutorial on how we created the cardboard skulls but never got around to it.Autodesk has launched Memento: a new professional-grade tool for converting photos or scan data of real-world objects into 3D meshes, then cleaning and optimising those meshes for export or 3D printing.įilling the gap between 123D Catch and ReCap Great for education and also great for Halloween props.Ī few years back I created some replicas of some human (hominid) fossil skulls from Northern Kenya from which are great teaching tool to allow any classroom to study fossil specimens for little cost.

You could use Autodesk 123D Catch or Autodesk ReMake formerly known as Autodesk Memento to generate a 3D model from photos then create the cardboard or clay version in real life. You can create some really cool abstract sculptures from cardboard as well.

Check out this tutorial created by David of Make Something using the free and fun Autodesk 123D Make to create a full size 3D skull. Have you ever wanted your own 3D skull or other unique object? Now you can make any 3D model you create or find on the web into a real physical 3D object of cardboard or clay without a 3D printer.

Autodesk memento tutorial