Che Guava 2,592 Report post Posted December 1, 2020 There has been mucho chat about drawing up items in a 3D drawing program, and I have seen some non-aero production that is sooo-perb. But does anyone have any experience/knowledge of 3D scanners (hand-held or turntable mount), their output, and their ability to be imported into a 3D drawing program for editing? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 5,777 Report post Posted December 1, 2020 That's a question I'd be interested to know the answer as well. I don't know if our resident 3D bod @Lost Cosmonauts knows anything about scanners. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,350 Report post Posted December 1, 2020 Sorry, I've not had a play with one yet. I've seen them marketed and was thinking about getting a Microsoft Kinect sensor to try it out https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/3d-scan/9nblggh68pmc?activetab=pivot:overviewtab 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Brown 2,795 Report post Posted December 1, 2020 My experience of raw, unprocessed scan data is that there is so much noise in it, you might as well draw from first principles. Maybe it's better now and maybe there's software that can filter out the dross, but looking at the scans Airfix put up on their blog from time to time there's a lot of work involved in creating a 3D model from a scan. I need to get up to speed in 3D modelling because I'm looking to get a printer some time, but I don't think a scanner will be on my shopping list. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,350 Report post Posted January 10 Looks like about £200 and you could build your own open-source scanner https://fabscan.org/ Complete kits are available if you don’t want the hassle of sourcing the gubbins yourself https://shop.watterott.com/FabScan-Pi-Bausatz-mit-Raspberry-Pi-3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
