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Looking for a 3D scanner that is good for small parts

Jack Sparrow

Jack Sparrow

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Well,
I am in the mood for shopping for a 3D scanner and was wondering if anyone knows a good one for small parts (<2 cm x <2 cm)
 
Scanner is easy. What are going to do with the point cloud once you've scanned the parts? Here is a scan I did of a ski helmet. Now this needs to be turned into a part. I thought it would be easy but it is a huge and tedious job to do that.

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rshousha said:
Scanner is easy. What are going to do with the point cloud once you've scanned the parts? Here is a scan I did of a ski helmet. Now this needs to be turned into a part. I thought it would be easy but it is a huge and tedious job to do that.

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I think there is a function to export the image into an stl or obj file. my problem is that I have returned 2 scanners so far because they can't scan the fittings that I was testing.
 
May I ask what specific fittings you want to make up? Remember, scanning reduces the detail of the original, and the smaller the part, the more detail you will lose. Depending on what you mean by "fitting" it might be much easier to simply draw up the parts yourself, skipping over several steps in your quest.
 
rshousha said:
May I ask what specific fittings you want to make up? Remember, scanning reduces the detail of the original, and the smaller the part, the more detail you will lose. Depending on what you mean by "fitting" it might be much easier to simply draw up the parts yourself, skipping over several steps in your quest.
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I wish I could draw them up. It's not feasible for me. I am talking about the ornamentation on such things as the Soleil Royal.
 
Well, you got me there. Indeed, it would be wonderful to make up those types of fittings, in a variety of scales! I am sure, if you can get your system to work, you will have a lot of envious modellers.

Best of luck!

Rick
 
rshousha said:
Well, you got me there. Indeed, it would be wonderful to make up those types of fittings, in a variety of scales! I am sure, if you can get your system to work, you will have a lot of envious modellers.

Best of luck!

Rick
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It's a scanner made for jewelry. I hope it does what it is intended to do. If not I will return it like the other two that I tried.
THanks
 
Jack Sparrow said:
It's a scanner made for jewelry. I hope it does what it is intended to do. If not I will return it like the other two that I tried.
THanks
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As a note, there is an addon for Blender that allows one to convert an 2D image into a depth image. It's called Truedepth. I tried it a couple of times and didn't get what I wanted. Maybe it's because I didn't use it properly. Not sure.
 
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