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2D to 3D model and 3D print it

https://www.amodeling.com/
19•Jimmy6929•4d ago

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Jimmy6929•4d ago
I’ve been working on 3D modeling and 3D printing for Warhammer, and me and my friend thought it would be really cool if we could easily create custom landscapes or buildings. That’s what sparked the idea for Amodeling.

ran into a lot of breakdowns along the way, but we’ve managed to fix most of them. There are still a few issues with the download feature, though.

magic_hamster•12h ago
How is this better than some of the other 2D to 3D AIs out there? Once you have a 3D model, you can just send it to any shop for 3D printing..?
overgard•13h ago
Meta question, but why do these AI apps always have pink-to-blue gradients on buttons? I see it all over the place!
amelius•12h ago
I'm more concerned about why these AI apps always show cherry-picked examples on the front page.
dylan604•12h ago
I'd love to see the AI slop site that shows the dirty laundry of examples that don't work. It would be valuable if I had a something similar to the failure to know that mine would not work without have to go through the process.
hnlmorg•13h ago
You might want to update one of the examples:

> A sleek robot with glowing blue eyes and modern design

Unfortunately that looks almost identical to “Astro Bot”, Sony’s PlayStation mascot.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=+playstation+astro+bot&iar=images&...

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Update: I love the idea for this site. I’ve been looking for something like this too. But I don’t like the idea of a monthly subscription.

I could be tempted to pay, but I’d rather have n models generated rather than a monthly plan.

I suspect the kind of people who would use this would be more infrequent designers. If they are generating enough each month to justify a monthly subscription then I suspect they’d be interested in this field enough to design their own models.

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Update 2: I just noticed there is a PAYG option available. Easy to miss when reading on mobile.

One question regarding it: what happens if the model generated isn’t very good? Do you get a few options to choose from and then only get charged for the (for example) STL? Or is it basically pay your £5 and hope for the best?

marcodiego•13h ago
"Application error: a client-side exception has occurred while loading www.amodeling.com (see the browser console for more information)."

Great start

Animats•11h ago
Now, "This deployment is temporarily paused".
ed_mercer•11h ago
Crashes on my iPhone 12 mini, OOM?
specproc•8h ago
I'm getting an error so can't check it out properly, but from what I've seen of 2D to 3D so far, this sort of tech is very much still in the "nice idea" phase.

There's such a big difference in quality between human-designed models. Some fantastic stuff out there, shout out to PiperMakes, LazyForger, Beastarium and Rescale, but so much that's really derivative and pedestrian.

I've got limited hobby time. Whilst I like the idea of running up something from a sketch, I'm confident these models won't touch the quality of lesser human designers for some time, if at all. I'd rather support an artist and paint something great.

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