1. Find a good background to take the photos. This
will allow the software to do a better job at stitching the photos.
2.
Take a few dozen photos on the upper, strait on
and lower areas of a person’s head.
3.
Make sure to overlap the photos as shown in the
image below.
4.
Copy the photos to the project folder.
5.
Launch the Autodesk 123D Catch Software.
6.
Click Create a new Photo Scene.
7.
Select the photos in the project folder.
8.
Click Compute Photo Scene. (If you need to add
additional photos, click Add More Images.)
9.
Type your email and a Project Scene Name or
leave the name default then click Wait. If the scene is large and are not able
to wait, click Email Me. The software will send an email when the process is
complete.
10.
If this is your first time using the software,
you’ll need to agree to the Terms of Services.
11.
The images are uploaded to Autodesk’s servers to
process the model.
12.
The scene has finished processing.
13.
Save the scene to the project folder.
14.
Clean up the areas as needed using the toolbar
at the top.
15.
The Toolbar contains tools such as:
a.
Rectangular Selection
b.
Lasso Selection
c.
Pan
d.
Dolly
e.
Orbit
f.
Photo Lock
g.
Export Video
h.
Send the Photoscene by email.
i.
Export to Youtube.
j.
Creation Tools
k.
Synchronize Scene with Server.
l.
Generate Mesh
m.
Display Settings
16.
The scene can be exported to other software
formats such as Autodesk Drawing (dwg),
Autodesk FBX (fbx), RZI (rzi), OBJ (obj), IMP (imp), LAS (las).
17.
I created a YouTube video of the scene.
