Calling all technophiles! This month’s 3D scanning challenge is a chance to capture your favourite piece of technology – large or small, gadgets or machines, electronic or mechanical – anything goes.
Lots of plain plastics, shiny metal and transparent parts should provide you with quite a bit of work to overcome, be sure to share your tips and tricks on the forum.
If you want to push your scans to the next level, also consider de-lighting them with PhotoScan or Unity.
Update – Winner: Turbo Shaft Engine Ivchenko AL-20
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TL;DR: 3D scan your favourite gadget or piece of technology using your favourite scanning workflow, upload it to Sketchfab and add the tag #TechScanChallenge
Rules
- Scan your favourite piece of technology with your preferred scanning workflow.
- Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple scenes.
- Once you’ve created your scene, upload it to Sketchfab, tag it #TechScanChallenge.
- Share work-in-progress, tips and ask for advice on the challenge thread in the forum!
- Submission deadline is Monday, November 27 (23:59 New York time – EST)
Judges
Prizes
- $100 Amazon gift card (or equivalent if you don’t have access to Amazon)
- 3 months of Sketchfab PRO to your account
- Staff Pick for the winning entry
Terms and Conditions
- No purchase necessary.
- By entering this competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the conditions.
- This is a contest for individuals, no teams.
- No alternative prizes available. The prize draw is not open to Sketchfab employees or their families.
- No ripping of models from anywhere on the Internet, all entries must be original works.
- The judges’ decision are final – in case of dispute, no correspondence will be entered into.
- Winning entries will be documented and may be used for promotional purposes.
- Contestants models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #TechScanChallenge to be considered.
- Winners retain all Intellectual Property as per Sketchfab standard Terms and Conditions.
- Winners and winning entries may be required to take part in any publicity resulting from this competition.
- The winners will be contacted by Friday, December 1st.
- Promoter: Sketchfab Inc, 1123 Broadway, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010, USA.
About the author
Thomas Flynn
Community & Cultural Heritage Lead at Sketchfab.
Expert in 3D scanning, photogrammetry, online publishing & dissemination.
