I made a small clay sculpture. I would like to get this design into a CAD file for upload to a 3D printing company such as Shapeways.com, which supports the following file types: DAE, OBJ, STL, X3D, X3DB, X3DV, WRL.
I tried using some CAD software to make it from scratch, but I lacked the skills. Ideally, it would be cool if I could take a series of photos of it and have some software analyze and stitch it together into a 3D model, sort of like Microsoft Photosynth does. That’s probably a lot to ask, though.
I have been meaning to try it out properly. My first attempt failed miserably, but I did it quickly and didn’t properly follow the instructions. Maybe worth a try.
ETA: I believe this will output a standard AutoCAD DWG file. AutoCAD itself will export a STL file.