Impressa

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  Base Example Lithophane Prints

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  Shinjuku Showdown Lithophane Lit Up

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  Hurry Up Tomorrow Album Cover Lithophane Lit Up

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  Satoru Gojo Lithophane Lit Up

Inspiration

I used to 3d model Lithophanes to 3d print back home. However, it was a tiring process. So, I thought to just solve my own problem

What it does

The program will ask for a image file. Then it will take that image file, and make it greyscale, editing it either with the default settings or what the user specified. It then gives a preview of a grayscale version for approval, before it converts the adjusted image to a heightmap before generating a closed STL ready to be 3d printed

How we built it

I mainly used Python, Html, caffeine, and a need for said project to work

Challenges we ran into

Honestly, implementation, documentation, and the math for the most part. I also didn't really know how to get the HTML to "speak" with the python file, which took some brainpower to work out

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Getting it to work. I mean, i had wanted to do this project, but never got to starting it due to a mix of lack of motivation as well as my schedule

What we learned

Closed meshes are essential for print-ready STLs, especially when they are computer generated without my hand in them

What's next for Impressa

The use of gemini is finicky. It most of the time has some issue, but sometimes works well. I might try for a different model later on.

Built With

• gemini
• html
• python