3D Scan Flat surfaces for Print

Hey all,

I’ve got really good scans over last year with the MetroX, however scanning is not the Problem i’m a Noob in Modelling and CAD-Software and i dont know how i get these Surfaces clean in Revo Design or Meshmixer.

Usually i just cut a Millimeter in the Slicer to get the Surface clean but it doesn’t work on all Modells simply to formfactor.

Thank all for helping!

You need to recreate the 3d scan in CAD.It is a manual process.

3d scanning is normally used to get the specs of the item.

Below are a few photos of a gear I recreated (reverse-engineered) in CAD.

You can see how the scan is very clean, but surfces are not going to be 100% flat.

Scan left/ cad right.

And here is the scan (blue), then cad model/scan over lap, cad model (grey) and comparison map.

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