AgitatedPancake
Frobot
So some of you may know I've been getting into laser scanning and reverse engineering over the last year or so, but what I've come to experience is many people are hesitant not because they're not capable, but more because they're just not familiar with the capabilities. I wanted to make a thread I can continually bump just to talk about scanning and show people what they can realistically be capable of. Show you guys pictures of scanned components, the capabilities of the software paired with the actual scanner itself, and how it can be useful to just about everyone CAD tinkering (especially as computers get more powerful). For instance, did you know you can make assemblies in Solidworks strictly based on the scanned data without even having to make a solid model if you're just looking to use features of certain scans without having to reconstruct the whole component? It takes extra graphical computing power to not be slow just due to the extra amount of surfaces observed by the program, but can prove extremely valuable when it comes to time invested per assembly.
But I'll start with just some cool scanned 4x4 components, with followup posts showing some solid model creation and using raw scans in assemblies. Maybe some videos of the actual scanning process at a later date.
But I'll start with just some cool scanned 4x4 components, with followup posts showing some solid model creation and using raw scans in assemblies. Maybe some videos of the actual scanning process at a later date.