| Quick: Weird Model Display & Pricing issues [message #51957] Fri, 27 July 2012 02:44 UTC |
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Hey,
Uploaded several models.
However, before I can list them, I noticed they have bizarre display/pricing issues.
I contacted support and they recommended I post here.
See image.
I'm almost entirely certain I measured these.
I used blender 3d, exported to .x3d as per shapeways requirements.
Specifics:
The plate is far too expensive.
The "flat" shape is supposed to be a pyramid.
The keepsake box is far too expensive.
The "orb" is supposed to look like an igloo. And is far to expensive.
(However I uploaded another version of that....larger, and less thick, in fact, and it's listed for $7...odd)
Why these discrepancies?
Just need to get the kinks out of the formatting...
[Updated on: Fri, 27 July 2012 02:45 UTC]
Entelechy Studios
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| Re: Quick: Weird Model Display & Pricing issues [message #52012 is a reply to message #51957 ] Sat, 28 July 2012 06:30 UTC |
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Hey there. My guess is your exporting incorrectly.
I work with blender as well, and despite working in mm, or working in the mindset of 1 UNIT - 1CM.
Somehow things still get screwed up, maybe it's a scale you applied in object mode, and didn't apply?
Either way, I recomend importing into either Mesh Lab or NetFabb.
There was one case where I exported at 11cm, working in the metric scale, and the model size came out at .11mm. This was because while I was working in metric, I had set the global scale to be .01
So that 1M would be 1CM
(I had this set up, as my default scene)
What texture problems are you having exactly? You know that material colours won't display right? Only UV Textures.
The keepsake box may actually be that expensive depending on what size you uploaded at, and if it's hollow.
Don't forget to check what scale you upload at.
Can't help you with the "sciFI pyramid" All I see is a square.
The orb house may be from again, scaling in object mode.
I don't know what it is, but when you go from a high scale, to .001. Some areas get twisted if you do it in object mode.
Sometimes applying the scale fixes it, sometimes no.
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| Re: Quick: Weird Model Display & Pricing issues [message #52041 is a reply to message #51957 ] Sat, 28 July 2012 19:57 UTC |
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I will run some tests for exporting in .x3d in a few, and report back.
Have any questions regarding Blender, and need fast answers, you are always welcome at the IRC Server Freenode, channel #blender. As a bonus, several there have experience in modelling for 3D prints.
Keith
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| Re: Quick: Weird Model Display & Pricing issues [message #52358 is a reply to message #52053 ] Tue, 07 August 2012 21:47 UTC |
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Can't say for sure but I'm guessing that the pyramid is just rotated at an angle so it looks like a square and is really just facing away from the camera. If you look at it in the 3D view it should show you what it actually looks like.
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| Re: Quick: Weird Model Display & Pricing issues [message #54157 is a reply to message #52041 ] Mon, 17 September 2012 11:12 UTC |
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Fredd, DId you run any tests?
Everyone else, thank you, this deserves further research...
Entelechy Studios
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