Gallery: Sandboxr's Animation Interface Offers Completely Customizable 3-D Printed Figurines
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*Sandboxr software allows people with lots of taste, but little training, to customize products via an intuitive slider-based interface. There's no need to spend thousands of hours learning how to use an advanced CAD program and it gets people animating, and buying, faster.*
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*With a little tweaking, the Sandboxr mascot "Lupa" can go from a sword-wielding savage to a crane-kicking ninja that would make Mr. Miyagi proud.*
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*Founder Berk Frei comes from an animation background and brings an arty vibe to an industry dominated by engineering applications.*
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*ZCorp technology allows Sandboxr to print models in full color, from powder white to zombie blue.*
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*Sandboxr decided to develop a 3-D printed zoetrope to help launch their service. Characters were designed and animated in Maya, one of the animation tools used at Pixar, and are simulated as a traditional 2-D animation before committing to the time and expense of 3-D printing. There are no videos of this installation yet, but this* Toy Story*-themed zoetrope captures the effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5khDGKGv088*
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*Once the design is locked, hundreds of models need to be printed. This takes time and is expensive, but is still much easier than drawing each one by hand.*
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*Animators create key frame models that embody the extreme states of movement. Interstitial states are generated programmatically and 3-D parts are produced from the data.*
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*Models need to be carefully spaced out on the zoetrope to create the illusion of smooth movement. Slightly misplacing a model can lead to a "skipping" appearance.*
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*The model is spun at a high speed and strobe lights breaks up the motion, creating the appearance of movement to viewers.*
