123D Catch Available on iPhone

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By Adam Flaherty
Posted 2012/09/07 @ 4:00 am
Category 3D Printing, Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video, Workshop

Autodesk recently released an update to their 123D Catch photogrammetry app that now runs on the iPhone. Similar in function to the previously iPad-only app, a user captures a series of photographs that get forwarded to an online service for processing into a 3D model. This has to be one of the easiest ways of capturing 3D objects–just take a series of photos and upload to get a useable 3D object suitable for output on a 3D printer.

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5 Responses to 123D Catch Available on iPhone

lrwickerdesign on September 7th, 2012 at 8:55 am said:

Now we need it for Android please!!

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Robert on September 8th, 2012 at 4:44 am said:

Hooray, proprietary software that can be taken away from you at any point at Apple or Autodesk’s whim.

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- lrwickerdesign on September 8th, 2012 at 6:47 pm said:
  
  So enjoy it while you can, there is always time to whine about it going away when it does : )
  
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- me on September 9th, 2012 at 4:45 pm said:
  
  Stop being alarmist. It’s trivial to backup ipa files. Also, the program can output to obj format.
  
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Codecrafter on September 12th, 2012 at 7:11 am said:

Everything old is new again. We did this with the Picture3D product at Real3D around the turn of the millennium. Of course now there are convergence devices (smart phones) that streamline acquisition and upload, and possibly more compelling uses for the models such as 3D printers.

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