

To find out more we reached out to Autodesk’s production manager of reality capture and digital fabrication, Tatjana Dzambazova. According to the company, this 3D mesh can be cleaned up, fixed, compared over time and optimized for further digital use, physical fabrication methods like 3D printing and 3D interactive experiences on the Web. Visitors to Leakey’s website can get an up-close view, albeit a digital one, of many of her most impressive fossils, as well as take a virtual tour of her lab.Not long ago, Autodesk made Memento available globally as a free public beta. Memento is an end-to-end solution for converting reality capture input (such as photos or scans) into 3D high-quality models. In the past, the need to utilize multiple systems has been a bottleneck that made it impractical for many people, Autodesk argues.Īlready, Leakey and many others have used Memento to take their real-world work and bring it into the digital realm. With Memento, it is trying to attract a wide variety of users from industries like art and entertainment, science, manufacturing, and design who want the ability to create 3D models without having to use multiple tools to do so. Now, as part of a new broad software initiative known as ReCap - for “reality capture” - the company is hoping to simplify the process of creating 3D models for everyone, from seasoned professional to first-timer.

Whether it’s helping contractors visualize giant construction projects or visual effects companies make Oscar-winning films, Autodesk is involved. Autodesk has built a $14.27 billion market cap with a wide variety of design tools aimed at everyone from the biggest companies to individual makers.
