alt.hn

3/30/2026 at 3:56:59 PM

Show HN: A 3D Body Scan for Nine Cents – Without SMPL

https://clad.you/blog/posts/body-pipeline/

by arkadiuss

3/31/2026 at 1:17:43 AM

Ive been taking courses on CLO 3D for digital fashion design, and this article was a nice crash-course on the available technologies for 3D body scanning.

Recently, I wanted to turn my hand-drawn jeans pattern into a 3D one to troubleshoot fit, and I found the CLO avatar editor surprisingly capable of generating a body type like my own with just a few measurements. It extrapolated a lot from a little, and I'd been wondering how. Good stuff!

Another comment accuses the original post of being AI slop, and I can't prove or disprove that. But, the author (whether human or LLM) did at least cite sources, open-source their tool, and teach me a few things either way.

by manifoldgeo

3/31/2026 at 9:22:05 AM

Really glad it helped! Thanks!

I do believe that thanks to Anny and Sam3D it will get better, cheaper and more accessible than in tools like CLO3D. Extrapolating body from a few inputs is going to be my next one so hope you will like it too.

by arkadiuss

3/30/2026 at 9:01:47 PM

AI slop article.

by jacquesm

3/31/2026 at 9:32:47 AM

Actually not this time. Wrote it by myself, but I'm not native speaker and engineer not writer so then used for review and reframing couple sentences.

by arkadiuss