Acctually I'm not sure about having Solidscape written all over it or if Picza
was really designed to do just that. I was wondering if what you were doing is
more on the lines of Copyright infringement...Here comes Disney....oops sorry
about that
Doug Groh
Chris Lawrie wrote:
> Jack
> I do not claim to be an expert on Picza's, but I think you'll find that the
> Picza was designed to do just what you are trying to do.
> As for detail, the Picza is very good at getting detail from intricate
> parts. It does not have very high resolution (eg scanning an angular plane
> may be difficult) but I do not think that this is applicable to your parts
> anyway.
>
> My advice (for what it is worth) is to contact Picza and ask them to scan a
> part for you
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Best Regards
> Chris lawrie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Jones [mailto:jjones9999@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:38 AM
> To: Chris Lawrie
> Cc: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
> Subject: RE: PICZA/MODELA question
>
> --- Chris Lawrie <cl@delcam.com> wrote:
>
> > What is your application?
>
> I am a model maker. Mostly historical miniatures
> (toy soldiers) and wargaming figures. What I
> would like to do is scale down larger miniatures
> to smaller size, so I could sell them in different
> scales. I am able to reduce the main body parts
> using a shrinking casting material, but for
> small or thin items like their rifles and
> equipment the material warps too badly and
> loses a lot of detail, so I thought of trying
> the Picza & Modela to scale them down.
> I am just wondering if it can handle the detail
> of something like a tiny rifle less than 20mm
> long.
>
> Thanks & regards
> Jack
>
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