Experience I've been in the 3D/2D CAD industry for 10 yrs. & also had the opportunity/exposure to operate with several mainstream design packages. I've assisted many firms facilitate their 3D migration process.
Question QUESTION: I Have a sries of 3D images of the index finger from all point of views. I want to convert it to a CAD format or STL format.
I want to work on the index finger on a CAD software for my biomedical engineering project.
What is the best and fastest way software or way to do it?
ANSWER: Hans,
Where did you acquire these 3D images and what software were they generated from? What software is currently in use in your company?
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QUESTION: Hi,
I need to transfer 3D pictures from Interactive Hand software into CAD package :
It is basically the index finger only. I want to make a model of the index
finger with the bones and tendons in a CAD software such as 4D Visual Nanstran
or Comsol Multiphysics.
My question is would MIMICS be able to transform the pictures into CAD model or
STL models that could be transfered to another CAD software.
Also, can it do it for pictures of bones only or with bones and tendons all
together. My aim is to actuate the finger through the tendons using a program
that I wrote.
Answer Hans, unfortunately you can't extract any usable 3D data from an image or a picture. You need the 3D legacy data that generated these images in order for your software to read the 3d coordinates. From mechanical standpoint - It is possible to interpolate or reverse engineer discrete linear objects from pictures & even hand-sketches given that you have orthographic views. In your case, i don't think it's possible. However, another route you can take is to scan someones index finger using 3d scanners & then import the data points into your software. Additionally, there's a plethora of free 3d models of the human hand in the net from sources generated from maya, 3d studio, etc. Here's an stl archive i just found of a hand skeleton:
