3D Printing Fun

[FLSpartan04]

This is awesome! How easy is it to use, and how good are the results? The videos I found showed the object on a lazy Susan to scan it. I was wondering how it would do with fixed items, as it would be really useful to me. Did it require a lot of tweaking after the scan? Did you use your phone, or was it connected to a PC. You may have informed my next big purchase based on your answers!

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[DIEProphezeiung]

Ok, so I'll try and answer your questions in order, and based on my experience of testing it with a few previously printed parts and on the truck shifter hole I posted about. Full disclosure: I have only owned and used it for a few days.
1. How easy is it to use, and how good are the results?
It is honestly a little finicky. If you are not smoothly moving it around the subject, it can lose tracking, and you have to hold it steady or return it to a known position so it will pick up tracking again. That being said, the app/program is very quick to let you know that it has lost tracking so that you can resolve the issue. But based on the few things I have scanned with it, it is very accurate. I printed the fitting part for the shifter hole at 100%, and it fits very snuggly and feels like a solid connection.
2. How is it with a lazy Susan vs fixed items?
I got a lazy Susan with it also and scanned a few models on it. It has been hard for me to get a good scan of smaller models, but items as large as a fist scan much better. I scanned the shifter hole in the truck using some stickers that came with the scanner, and I took my time doing it to make sure all the surfaces were scanned well enough. The parts I designed from the scans of the shifter hole were printed in ASA at default settings for ASA and not scaled up or down, and they fit like they were made to.
3. Did you use your phone or PC?
I tried to use my phone (S23 Ultra) to scan the shifter hole in the truck, but the app kept crashing, and the scanner would randomly disconnect from the phone. After multiple attempts with my phone, I grabbed my laptop and used it to scan the fixed shifter hole in the truck without issues.

So far, I'm very happy with the quality of scans I've gotten with the device. Feel free to message me with any more questions!

 

[FLSpartan04]

Thanks for the detailed response! I’ll have to look into this some more! I may message you to learn more about the sticker setup and such.

 

[carys98]

Ok, so I'll try and answer your questions in order, and based on my experience of testing it with a few previously printed parts and on the truck shifter hole I posted about. Full disclosure: I have only owned and used it for a few days.
1. How easy is it to use, and how good are the results?
It is honestly a little finicky. If you are not smoothly moving it around the subject, it can lose tracking, and you have to hold it steady or return it to a known position so it will pick up tracking again. That being said, the app/program is very quick to let you know that it has lost tracking so that you can resolve the issue. But based on the few things I have scanned with it, it is very accurate. I printed the fitting part for the shifter hole at 100%, and it fits very snuggly and feels like a solid connection.
2. How is it with a lazy Susan vs fixed items?
I got a lazy Susan with it also and scanned a few models on it. It has been hard for me to get a good scan of smaller models, but items as large as a fist scan much better. I scanned the shifter hole in the truck using some stickers that came with the scanner, and I took my time doing it to make sure all the surfaces were scanned well enough. The parts I designed from the scans of the shifter hole were printed in ASA at default settings for ASA and not scaled up or down, and they fit like they were made to.
3. Did you use your phone or PC?
I tried to use my phone (S23 Ultra) to scan the shifter hole in the truck, but the app kept crashing, and the scanner would randomly disconnect from the phone. After multiple attempts with my phone, I grabbed my laptop and used it to scan the fixed shifter hole in the truck without issues.

So far, I'm very happy with the quality of scans I've gotten with the device. Feel free to message me with any more questions!

The mechanical engineers I used to work with had one of the high end scanners ($10k+). They used foot powder on darker colored parts to improve the scans. They sell some spray powders specifically for 3d scanning.

 

[DIEProphezeiung]

The mechanical engineers I used to work with had one of the high end scanners ($10k+). They used foot powder on darker colored parts to improve the scans. They sell some spray powders specifically for 3d scanning.

Good to know! I'll try some powder next time I'm having an issue getting a good scan.

 

[tannerk89]

Good to know! I'll try some powder next time I'm having an issue getting a good scan.

There’s an aerosol spray version that we used at work for scanning glass. That in combination with the dots made anything scannable!

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