Topic: MakerBot Digitizer
After a few delays, looks like it is here. $1550:
http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer.html
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After a few delays, looks like it is here. $1550:
http://store.makerbot.com/digitizer.html
I hope it is insanely accurate for that amount of money. The matterform gadget is supposed to be available for preorder in a couple of weeks and it is apparently more like $500.
1500 seems about right.
Not a MakerBot product of course, and many months away from availability, but @ $1099 http://fabtotum.com/ offers more for the money in their "Multipurpose Open Source Low Cost Personal Fabricator." "Scan, 3D Print, Cut/Mill. A seamless interaction between the digital and physical world."
But does it also texture the model in full colour? I would like my scanned models to have original texture/colours.
I'm in the first batch of indiegogo materform kickstart...
I will do a review as soon as i receive my unit... in september
These guys.. http://www.mebotics.com/ are also about to launch a 'Microfactory' with additive and subtractive in one box. No scanning, but 4 colour printing with ABS!
1500 seems about right.
You're the first person I've heard with that opinion. Especially since someone over in the Makerbot Operators Google Group estimated it to be about $300 in hardware. But hey, maybe you like that kind of mark-up. Courtesy of the same thread, here is the direct comparison against the Matterform scanner:
scan size 8" dia x 8" H 7.5" dia x 9.5" H
accuracy +/- 2mm +/- 0.2mm
resolution 0.5mm 0.43mm
triangles ~200K 200K up, user selectable
steps/rotation 800 720?
file types STL STL, OBJ, PLY
camera 1.3 Mp "high definition"
weight on table 6.6lb ?
package awkward folds neatly
color no yes
shoots lasers yes yes
threaded bed center no? yes
z-axis motion no yes
price $1400/$1500 $599/ ?
But does it also texture the model in full colour? I would like my scanned models to have original texture/colours.
Capturing the flowing manes of your ponies is a tall task for any scanner.
DePartedPrinter wrote:1500 seems about right.
You're the first person I've heard with that opinion. Especially since someone over in the Makerbot Operators Google Group estimated it to be about $300 in hardware. But hey, maybe you like that kind of mark-up. Courtesy of the same thread, here is the direct comparison against the Matterform scanner:
scan size 8" dia x 8" H 7.5" dia x 9.5" H
accuracy +/- 2mm +/- 0.2mm
resolution 0.5mm 0.43mm
triangles ~200K 200K up, user selectable
steps/rotation 800 720?
file types STL STL, OBJ, PLY
camera 1.3 Mp "high definition"
weight on table 6.6lb ?
package awkward folds neatly
color no yes
shoots lasers yes yes
threaded bed center no? yes
z-axis motion no yes
price $1400/$1500 $599/ ?
Makerbot is running a business. R&D cost more than $300 and they are not here to give away cheap stuff. They are basically the Apple of 3D printing right now. Ill bet they sell 10 Digitizers for every 1 Matterform
Also, have you looked at the software for the digitizer? They are on the right path here...
Just FYI got this email from: Matterform
We're very close to opening our online store. Once that happens, people can pre-order a unit for shipment later this fall. The online store should be up and running in a few days. You can check back on the site for updates. We'll also announce on our Facebook and through our IndieGoGo campaign page as well.
So, we'll find out how popular matterform is if their online store crashes as soon as they announce it is open for business :-).
LOL l'll do my part I really want one.
I can not wait because I go into the 1st batch and just want to see what kind of things I can scan for a start.
Bob
But isn't it all just pretty exciting? Damn we live in interesting times.
I see the matterform site has been edited. Now instead of $599, the price is listed as $579 (though you still can't actually order one yet - it now says "a few days" instead of "the first week in September").
I just checked the matterform site again and I see the online store is open for preorders now (well, the web page renders like it is, I didn't actually try to order one yet :-).
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