Prepare Models For 3D Printing

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then open 3D coat (you can DL a trial)

Click Voxel Sculpting

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kkk... select your obj. exported from Pscan

Click first Auto Scale... then Apply... you will be prompt with a message.. click yes..
(make sure the panel options are the same as mine)

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next step..

click smooth tool to make the merge panel disappear... and because your model may be out of range, click show all to get your model in view.

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kk next

you can use the cut off tool to verify your model inside...

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oki, if you did verify you model inside.. click CTRL-Z to undo...

now is the fun part....

Right click on your Item layer and choose make hull

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after a few seconds, you can use the cut tool again to verify your thickness. see the part showed by the arrow.. that would have been a no way with any polygonal modeler , because that detail is thinner than the hull thickness... but with Voxels, no problems

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next re-export your hollowed model...

btw, you can decimate it here til 50%... you will find back your original model polycount (x2 because of hollowed part)... at import, 3D coat doubles your model polycount to make sure no details are missed, so at export, you can re-decimate at 50%)

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export menu

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Then, final step... re-import that hollow model in Pscan (that will replace your original non hollowed model.. )

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and then, do a texturing.... done...

Hope this helps.. 

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btw, I forgot a step...

prior exporting your hollowed model from 3D coat, use the carve tool (inverted) to make a hole somewhere to remove the excess powder... hehe

[Mfranquelo]

Wow, thank you a lot FoodMan, very usefull tutorial! 

[FoodMan]

You're welcome..

 

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[chadfx]

...and I guess this ends the mystery of the origins of your login name.  ;-)

thanks for the great step-by-step walkthrough!

-C

[Behold]

Foodman, awesome method!