Printing and scanning
Scanning
I used the Arch Shop's ZScanner 700. Initially I tried to scan a flower..
![](realflower.png)
This didn't work out very well and I wasn't able to get the underside at all.
![](badflower.png)
So then I went to scan a bananna
![](realban.png)
This worked much better! Notice how you can see the sticker on the banana itself.
![](badban2.png)
But its still a little dirty...thankfully meshlab can clean that up.
![](ban1.png)
![](ban2.png)
Rejoice! I didn't have geomagic, but MeshLab, a free cross platform piece of software worked great. I was able to clean it up by just running two filters.
Tip: I found the most complex sounding filters to be the best. If the filter description cites research papers less than a year old, its probably a good one!
Penguin design
Here's a penguin I made! I based it off a design I got from google's 3d warehouse. They have over 100 different penguin designs.
![](penguin2.png)
Sadly, when it went to print, some strange things happened..
![](badreal.png)
James told me the filler material didn't print correctly, but I'm not sure why the other penguin has a 90 degree bend in it though! Its a mystery at the moment.