Software/Hardware – Biological Anthropology 3D Lab https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab Imaging Lab Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:27:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 RStudio https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/rstudio/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/rstudio/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:24:31 +0000 https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=552 RStudio Website

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and work space management.

To use RStudio, the base program of R has to be installed. Click the link below to install R.

R Website

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/rstudio/feed/ 0 Landmark Editor https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/landmark-editor/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/landmark-editor/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:19:47 +0000 https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=550 Landmark Editor Website

Landmark was developed by the scientists at the Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV) and the University of California, Davis. Working together with collaborators at the American Museum of Natural History, the team was able to build an easy to use tool for landmark editing and placement on geometric surfaces typically obtained via laser range scans.

The main purpose of Landmark is to easily place landmark points and semi-landmark points accurately and with high repeat ability on complex surfaces for the purpose of registration, alignment, morphing, and computation of hypothetical ancestors in evolutionary trees.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/landmark-editor/feed/ 0 MorphoJ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/morphoj-2/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/morphoj-2/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:59:17 +0000 https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=548 MorphoJ Website

MorphoJ is an integrated program package for doing geometric morphometrics. The goal of the program is to provide a platform for the most important types of analyses in geometric morphometrics in a user-friendly package. The program is written for both 2D and 3D data, with some inevitable differences in the graphical output possibilities etc. MorphoJ is available for free under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/morphoj-2/feed/ 0 Geomagic Wrap/Capture https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/geomagic-wrap/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/geomagic-wrap/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:23:32 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=371 In the imaging lab, Geomagic Wrap is used to perform tasks such as scanning objects, filling holes and reducing unnecessary noise on the 3D models created in the lab. This software is also used to perform analyses on 3D models, like calculating surface area and volume.

Link to Geomagic Website

Help with Geomagic Wrap: Tutorial Video

This is a very helpful video narrated by Craig Crane, a visual effects artist. In this video, you are walked through the basic tools and processes that Geomagic Wrap offers.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/geomagic-wrap/feed/ 0 Photoshop https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/photoshop/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/photoshop/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:23:29 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=154 Photoshop is a type of software that is used to digitally alter a photographic image. In the imaging lab, Photoshop is used for a variety of purposes, but it’s main use is to mask the background out of photos that will be used for photogrammetry.

Link to Photoshop Website

Help with Photoshop: Support Section of Photoshop Website

There are a variety of tutorials available for Photoshop, but for those just getting started using this software, there is a lot of useful information available through the support section of the Photoshop website.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/photoshop/feed/ 0 MeshLab https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/meshlab/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/meshlab/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:13:26 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=150 MeshLab is an open source program that is used for the processing and editing of 3D models. This can be used to edit and clean up models created in the lab to prepare them for printing or digital analysis.

Link to MeshLab Website

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/meshlab/feed/ 0 Tinkercad https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/tinkercad/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/tinkercad/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:59:21 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=144 This is an easy to use, browser based, 3D design and modeling tool, that is free. There is a limit to the size of the file that can be uploaded, which is 25 MB, but anything under that size can be altered using this website. The main purpose for this in the imaging lab is to hollow out models in order to save on the amount of material the 3D printer will use to create the model.

Link to Tinkercad Website

Help with Tinkercad: Tinkercad Lessons

If you are having problems understanding how to use Tinkercad, on their website they have posted simple lessons that will walk you through the basics of using it.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/tinkercad/feed/ 0 FormLabs Form 1+ 3D Printer https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/formlabs-form-1-3d-printer/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/formlabs-form-1-3d-printer/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:25:19 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=69 This is a 3D Printer that uses stereolithography to make physical, three-dimensional prints of the models that are created in the lab. Stereolithography is a method of printing in which the print is produced, slice by slice from bottom to top, by stacking thin layers of plastic on top of each other. This particular printer uses a photo-reactive resin, which cures in the presence of a laser housed within the printer itself. When the laser hits the resin, it hardens, and this hardened resin will constitute one layer of the model, and each successive layer of resin will be hardened on top of the previous layer until the model is formed.

FormLabs Website

Help with FormLabs 1+ 3D Printer: Support Section of FormLabs Website

The support section of the FormLabs website provides a very useful way to get answers on preparing the 3D printer, performing a print, and going through the post print steps, as well as connecting you to the support staff at FormLabs if the question you have is not answered.

 

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/formlabs-form-1-3d-printer/feed/ 0 Agisoft PhotoScan https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/software-2/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/software-2/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:34:00 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=19 PhotoScan is a type of software that uses photogrammetry to create 3D models of objects. Photogrammetry is the use of photography in the measuring of distances between objects. By taking multiple pictures of the object you wish to create a 3D model of, PhotoScan is able to look at the areas where the photos overlap to produce three-dimensional coordinates of the points of interest, much like the way your eyes can gauge distance, and using this information, a 3D model can be created.

PhotoScan Website

Help with PhotoScan: Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3

These videos created by Samantha Porter, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, are very helpful with understanding how to operate PhotoScan and walk you through the process of making a 3D model using photogrammetric methods.

]]> https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/software-2/feed/ 0 NextEngine 3D Scanner/ RapidWorks https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/software-1/ https://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/software-1/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:33:34 +0000 http://anthropology.uncg.edu/imaging-lab/?p=16 A 3D scanner is used to transform an object into a 3D model. This is done using a laser that is passed over the object you are trying to scan, and a sensor on the scanner is able to pick up the laser light that is reflected off of the surface of the object, and the system is then able to use to calculate the distance from the object to the scanner. Multiple scans are done on the same object, exposing all surfaces to the scanner, and using ScanStudio and RapidWorks, these scans can be fused together into a 3D model.

NextEngine Website

Help with NextEngine Scanner: Useful Instruction Guide for First Time Users

This is a good jumping off point for first time users of the NextEngine 3D Scanner, there is a more detailed instruction manual in the lab for students to reference while working.

Help with RapidWorks: Video Tutorial for Finishing Models using RapidWorks

This is a useful video recording of a webinar in which the use of RapidWorks to clean up models created with the NextEngine Scanner is discussed in detail.

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