Week 6:

This week the group did not make that much progress in terms of working on the actual project, but reorganizing the project and figuring the next steps. 
            De spent a while during class figuring out how to use 123d catch and getting the pictures in order. It was difficult to use the pictures we used to create a 3-d model because all of the photos looked the same. We took about 200 pictures for the long side of the Building and the program was unable to recognize them as being individual pictures, so the program made De manually select common points. We also discovered how long it takes to actually stitch the photos together. 
            Susan waited for the blog to be checked as well as fixed it so it comprised all of the required parts. This included a bio for the professor and a FAQ tab. She also discussed an updated target calendar for the remaining of the weeks. It was surprising how close to the actual caleneder the group was. 
            Alex spent a while trying to work with meshmixer and figure out how we were going to make our model water tight. The software has some premade pieces and shapes that he was using to play around. 

Week 5:

Thursday:

            We were having a rough time at the beginning of the week because we had no pictures and really no measurements, however, it quickly turned around. On Monday Albert tried to fly the drone to get pictures, however, a gust of wind broke it. On Thursday the group was unsure about what to do because we might have had to pay for it, but we were able to hot glue it back together. 

            Now on to the exciting part! We not only got all of the pictures we needed, but was able to get the CAD model as well as the information needed for measurements. We are well on our way in this process and the future for the Paul Peck 3-D model is looking up. We thankfully had excellent sunlight last Thursday and was able to use the Iphone 6 plus to take fairly good photos. We were all shocked. 

            Albert is attempting to stitch together the photos and have at least one side done by class week six, but an update will follow. He has had some issues reinstalling AutoCAD. 

One of the photos we took to stitch together

Another!

  

Alex and Susan had some fun with the caution tape