# first attempt at 3d printing
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i have never tried 3d printing before. so as a first attempt, i decided to find a readymade stl design on thingiverse and try printing it on the prusa printer in the lab. my favorite animals are bears and so i found a design of a brown bear (ursus arctos). here is the stl file i used. i imported the design into prusaslicer and then scaled it down so it wouldn't take too long to print.
despite scaling the design down, the printing time was still extremely long. so i set the resolution at 0.20mm and was able to get the printing time down to 14 minutes. i exported the g-code to a flash drive, plugged it into the prusa printer and started the print. and here is what the print looked like!
# photogrammetry
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next, i used the computer in the lab, the turntable & camera, and revoscan & revostudio to try some photogrammetry. i found some 3d printed objects lying around in the lab and decided to try to scan them. here is an interesting white blob i found.
this was my photogrammetric scan on revostudio. here is the ply file for the blob.
i also found a very expressive face of a blue cartoon character.
this was the photogrammetric scan of the partial action figure on revostudio. here is the ply file for the head.
