3D Scanned Tree Texture - Ideas For 3D Printing

In this gallery, we offer you to take a look at what can be done from 3D scanned tree textures to give you ideas for 3D printing. There are many trees that carry a piece of history, sentimental value, or that are rare varieties in some well-kept gardens. Even though we have a few free and premium files to download, we want to encourage visitors to use this idea together with the 3D printing technology to achieve the original and unique results using local trees. Click on pictures to zoom and start a carousel.

Planter Pots in Vase Mode

Let’s use 3D scanning and vase mode 3D printing to achieve a real tree texture effect for functional or decorative items.

Vase Mode 3D Printing - 3D Scanned Tree Vases - Oak, Birch, and Pine Textures — 3D Printed in Vase Mode – Oak, Birch, and Pine Textures

3D Scanned Tree Texture - Oak, Birch, and Pine Plant Pots — Used as Plant Pots – Wood Filament

3D Printed Planter Pots for My Little Garden Plants — My Little Garden Seeds and Plants

Planter Pots in Vase Mode 10 — A Few Months Later – Onion, Chili, Beetroot, Pepper and Basil

Lamp Shades in Vase Mode

Our recent success with transferring 3D scanned textures on objects and 3D printing them in the vase mode, made us want to dig into the subject and learn more about 3D printed lamp shades. Here is what we found out.

Vase Mode Ideas - 3D Scanned Pine Texture Lamp Shades — 3D Scanned Pine Texture Shades

3D Printed Lamp Shades - Ideas & Safety Test — Lamp Shades – Rainbow PLA

3D Printed in PLA Lamp Shade - Test - LED vs Incandescent Bulbs — PLA Lamp Shade – Test – LED vs Incandescent Bulbs

Disclaimer: We can’t stress enough that every electrical appliance is a potential fire hazard if treated/maintained inappropriately. Therefore, extra care has to be taken while undertaking any 3D printing DIY project that involves electricity.

3D Scanned Textures – 3D Printed Tree Stump Coasters

Highly customizable and functional 3D printed coasters can serve for a long time and be an inspirational object on any table. They are easily printable on a desktop 3D printer at home and can be made in different materials.

3D Scanned Tree Texture - Oak, Birch, and Pine Plant Coasters — Oak, Birch, and Pine Plant Coasters

3D Printed Coasters - Tree Stumps in Wood Filament - Pints of Beer — 3D Printed Coasters – Tree Stumps in Wood Filament

Tree Stump Coasters - 3D Printed in Wood Filament — Tree Stump Coasters

3D Printed Coaster - Color Changing PLA - Cup of Tea and Candle in a Glass — 3D Printed Coasters – Color Changing PLA

Fastigiate Hornbeam – 3D Printed Pen Holder

A vast collection of interesting trees can be found in Kew Gardens (London). Fastigiate Hornbeam is unique and very suitable for 3D printing ideas. It has many branches and they are even in width. As this photogrammetry scan involved more than just bark texture, Meshroom, a 3D scanning software, was slightly moody to process the images. It took us three attempts before we achieved the desired result. This object can be turned into an original pen holder or decorative lamp for example.

Fastigiate Hornbeam - Kew Gardens — Fastigiate Hornbeam – Kew Gardens

Fastigiate Hornbeam - Tree Scan From Kew Gardens — Ideas for 3D Printing – Fastigiate Hornbeam

Dawn Redwood Precursor Vase – Ogre Mace

Here is another beauty from Kew Gardens (London). This tree is very short compared to others from the Redwood collection but it strikes with its unique curves. If there are Ogres in this forest, they would use it as a mace, no doubt. Scan created via Polycam Photo Mode. Texture bake and STL files can be found as usual in Scanned Tree Trunk and Bark Models on Cults.

Dawn Redwood Trunk, Precursor Vase, and Ogre Mace
If an ogre in the forest would have a mace, it would be probably made out of Dawn Redwood.
©3DWithUs – MP4: Max Funkner

3D Printed and Airbrushed Decorative Flower Pot Cases

The first impression is that it’s a real log. But it’s not. It is a 3d printed and airbrushed 3D scan. Cool make by Timid_Ranger on Thigiverse On his page, Timid Ranger explains that he used these prints to disguise less appealing flower pots.

3D Scanned 3D Printed and Airbrushed Birch Tree Log 1024 — 3D Scanned 3D Printed and Airbrushed Birch Tree Trunk

3D Printed and Airbrushed Decorative Flower Pot Cases 1024 — Flower Pot Cases

3D Printed in Flexible Filament with 0.8 mm Nozzle

We used Monkey Puzzle’s and Redwood Giant’s tree trunk 3D scans to test vases for water tightness. SainSmart Orange TPU, Filament PM RUBBERJet Blue & Black TPE.

Vase Mode with 0.8mm Nozzle — Scanned Tree Textured Vases – Watertight Test

Print in Flexible Filament — Ideas For 3D Printing

Molds from 3D Scans

White cement replica molded in a scanned oak texture print. Idea and make by Akeko on Thigiverse 3D printing is widely used as part of molding process. Here is an example of how 3D scanned tree textures can be used for such projects.

Oak Tree 3D Scan Used for Mold - Cement — Oak Tree 3D Scan Used for Mold – Cement

Tool Holder & Apple

3D Scanning and Printing a Tree using Metashape (photogrammetry software) and Meshmixer. YouTube video by Andrew Sink.

Turntable Photogrammetry - 3D Scanning with Agisoft Metashape — Turntable Photogrammetry – 3D Scanning with Agisoft Metashape

Monkey Puzzle Tree Trunk – Processed in Autodesk ReCap Photo

Monkey Puzzle Tree Trunk 3D Scan in Autodesk ReCap Photo. Processed, but not cleaned. Transparent PLA and Wood Filament Vases – 3D Printed with 0.8mm nozzle. More images coming soon …

Giant Redwood Precursor Vase

While testing 3D printing with a 0.6 mm nozzle and in a wood filament on Elegoo Neptune 3 Plus we featured a Giant Redwood precursor vase in abundance. It was also a good trick to stack the prints together. Have a look at the results.

Stacked Tree Trunk Vases
©3DWithUs – Photo: Max Funkner

Stacked Tree Trunk Vases - 3D Printed in Timberfill — Stacked Tree Trunk Vases – 3D Printed in Timberfill
©3DWithUs – Photo: Max Funkner

Wood composite filaments and 0.6-0.8mm nozzles are the best picks for such a project. A wide range of colors in the Fillamentum Timberfill series added even more fun as we can play with different shades featuring various combinations. Here is my Fillamentum Timberfill review.

Source & Links

Most of the STL files for the featured designs that we use come from file-sharing repositories. You can find the sources by following the links to the blogs. We feature some of 3D printing ideas in our 3DWithUs YouTube Channel.
3D Scanned Tree Texture Collection on Cults.

More Ideas For 3D Printing

If you have any other ideas for 3D printing using tree 3D scans, please contact us. We will be happy to collaborate and publish your idea with images here. If you want your local tree to be turned into something functional or decorative, also contact us, and we may help you to achieve this.

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