A group of graphics experts atHarvardhave come up with a add-on software tool that translates three dimensional animated characters into fully articulated action figures. This new development is an exiting follow up from our previous report of the use of 3D printers in the latest 3D animation movie by Aardman Animations and the static characters created for the stop-motion feature film.
Instead of creating static 3D printed characters, the team at Harvard came up with a tool that enables the designer to create fully articulated models that have moving joints and then it optimizes the size and location of those joints for the physical world. The software uses a series of optimization techniques to incorporate both hinges and ball-and-socket joints, as well as building some friction into these surfaces so that the printed figure will be able to hold its poses.
动画行业很快就将3D打印技术采用到他们的作品中，这主要是由于在设计师屏幕上创建它到产品现实生活中的数字中节省了时间。Coraline的创建者Laika Animation House的另一部大片动画喜剧“ Paranorman”正在用3D印刷人物构建其150万个角色表达式中的大多数。这部电影定于8月17日上映Th2012.
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