3D print people figures

[philipy]

What's not so good is some files have multiple holes in them, so won't print. It seems there'll be some repair work needed before I can actually print one and a learning curve on how to do that :-(

Don't know if this might help?

The since I registered the other day I've had several emails from them and this link is from one of them. Haven't actually looked at it though so might not be quite what you want.

[Paul_in_Ricky]

Don't know if this might help?

Thanks, but that's not the problem I encountered.

Annoyingly the best of the models offered at my first attempt seems to be hollow (at least in places) with holes. I can't see any immediate easy way to fix that.
The next attempt gave a solid figure that ought to print OK.

Having found their YouTube channel, I'll have to work through anything relevant and do some more research before using any more credits. I don't want to subscribe as I can't see enough use for me, so I don't want to waste any.

<later>
Having done a little more research, sadly for us documentation seems pitched at the animation and fantasy market which isn't very helpful.
I've had another go;

First annoyance is the language model used. The AI just doesn't seem to understand some basic English terms, eg flat cap and bowler hat, both easily recognised by Google, but not understood by the AI. I'd assume there are a fair few more terms it won't understand and that will waste credits. Frustrating as there's no prior indication of this sort of failure.

Secondly, the models seem to vary in quality a lot. So my first one was hollow with holes and unprintable. Another one is crude, highly faceted and effectively useless for printing. Others seem OK to be resized and printed.

[Scrat]

Not too happy with the results.
Uploaded a picture of the late M J Price in Deutsche Reichsbahn Unitorm and got......
a soldier that looks absolutely nothing like John.
I guess I expected too much of it.

Sometimes people generated from words have three legs or four arms. Strange phenomenon.

[Paul_in_Ricky]

Not too happy with the results.

The silly aspect is that there is no way of providing feedback to say whether the generated figure has any merit. Surely the point of AI is learning from it's own failures and improving it's success rate.

[philipy]

do some more research before using any more credits. I don't want to subscribe as I can't see enough use for me, so I don't want to waste any.

Paul,
Your various points are all correct, of course, and I don't intend to take a subscription either, but as I understand it, editing and altering things are available in the various subscriptions, and I'd guess the monthly credit limit is intended to get new users hooked enough ( frustrated enough?) to take out a sub . It isn't really in their commercial interest to have people just using their tools to generate good quality models for free.

[drewzero1]

That's how they get'cha! Be just useful enough to get you hooked, but not useful enough to get by indefinitely on the free plan.

Plus each generation feels like gambling with the credits: will this give me the result I'm looking for, or will I need to tweak the prompt and roll again? Next one's gonna be my lucky shot, I know it!

[Paul_in_Ricky]

That's how they get'cha! Be just useful enough to get you hooked,

Maybe a bit unfair. Creating the software, hosting it and making it available has to be paid for somehow.
It's just the creation side of the site still seems a bit too 'beta'.

I suspect that 'our' requirements of accurate figures are a small percentage of most of the site's user's needs. Most items on the site are fantasy figures.

[drewzero1]

That's how they get'cha! Be just useful enough to get you hooked,

Maybe a bit unfair. Creating the software, hosting it and making it available has to be paid for somehow.
It's just the creation side of the site still seems a bit too 'beta'.

I suspect that 'our' requirements of accurate figures are a small percentage of most of the site's user's needs. Most items on the site are fantasy figures.

Yes, I'm being a bit facetious. There's no secret or scandal that a demo version of a product is intended to showcase some features of a product, but not offer so many that there's no reason to buy the full version.

[Paul_in_Ricky]

Just thought I'd use up this month's credits on Meshy before Christmas just to find they've a promotion with 50% off credits used. So a good time to experiment if you have any spare credits.