{"id":18347,"date":"2014-10-15T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=18347"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:27","slug":"learn-how-to-make-your-own-action-figure-with-3d-scanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/learn-how-to-make-your-own-action-figure-with-3d-scanning","title":{"rendered":"Learn How To Make Your Own Action Figure With 3D Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the questions that we always get asked is how do you do 3D scanning? And how do you prepare a 3D scan for 3D printing? Our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CorridorDigital\">Corridor Digital<\/a> made a video to explain just that and more. 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