3DVF.com - Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner Showcase

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Like many people on this forum, you probably learned about the Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner Kickstarter campaign.
https://revo.ink/3QITQVy

Following our previous reviews and showcases, Revopoint sent us a preproduction/beta unit.

A (sponsored) video is coming on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/3dvfMag alongside an article on Le Magazine Online de l'Infographie Francophone , but I’ll be sharing our experiments here along the way. So don’t forget to subscribe to the topic, more scans are coming!

Here are our first scans. Processed on PC using Revo Scan, no other software: of course, small scanning issues could be corrected using free software such as Meshlab, Blender.

Massive vase by Isidore De Rudder
enameled ceramic

This object is really massive (about 2 meters tall), so I used single shot mode, which I find especially useful in this kind of situation: it allowed me to scan parts of the interior by extending my arms as high up as I could.
I wanted to try the scanner on a variety of subjects, so I only scanned the upper part.

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Sculpture by Jean Carriès
enameled sandstone

This piece must be around 1.75 meters tall.
Lots of interesting details, si I decided to focus on specific parts: here is the face at the top, I also scanned the small creature at the bottom right but I haven’t processed it yet.
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Saint Gregory
waxed wood sculpture, behind glass

Quite a challenging subject: the sculpture is presented behind a very reflective glass panel. I used single shot mode and shot a few frames. Scanning items behind glass is doable but of course, you won’t get as much detail.

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Diptych
Near Mode, behind glass
A small ivory dyptich, esposed behind glass. Since there are fine details, I used near mode, even though I couldn’t get close enough to be at the perfect scanning distance.

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More scans are on the way, so follow this topic for more examples!
And if you want to get the Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner:

https://revo.ink/3QITQVy

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Oh my god! Oh my god! You’re amazing！

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Sculpture by Jean Carriès
enameled sandstone

This statue is located in the corner of a room, so the back and left are not easy to access. Once again, single shot mode to the rescue: you can put the device against the wall and try to scan parts of the back. With a bit of cleanup and hole filling using Revo Scan, the end result is quite nice.
I especially like the detail on the hair.

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Check out the back on the Sketchfab version: not bad!

Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner on Kickstarter: https://revo.ink/3QITQVy

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Painting

Can you scan paintings using MIRACO? Yes, you can, if you choose the painting carefully.
This painting (artist is unkown, the painting was created circa 1650 — 1699 CE) is small and has a nice frame, so I scanned the frame and the painting was captured during this process.

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Sketchfab:

I should mention that I tweaked the texture: below is a cropped version of the texture straight out of Revo Scan. I just selected the three artifacts in photoshopped and used generative fill to remove them.

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[PUTV]

Beautiful showcase Benoit ! Thanks for sharing my friend !

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Antique Sculpture from Palmyra, Syria

This sculpture was quite high up on the wall: a perfect use case for single shot mode: this way you can shoot handheld, sometimes even without looking at the screen.

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Here is the textured 3D model. Please note that at the moment, texturing is still in beta, so this isn’t an accurate depiction of what textures will look like using Miraco. Still, the end result is quite nice.

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wooden pencil holder

Near mode / continuous. 11,8cm high (4.7 inches).

To scan the bottom of the object, I just turned it upside down, held it by hand while avoiding to scan the hand: this way I also got the bottom.
No issue whatsoever during the scan, and the processing was very easy.

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As you can see, small details are well preserved.

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Rabbid figurine

About 10cm/4 inches tall. I used the turntable, continuous scanning and near mode.
Using pause/restart and putting the figurine on its side allowed me to scan under the feet as well.
The end result is pretty nice: the only areas with issues are the chromed screws in the back, and a little area in the corner of the mouth (the open mouth is black and a bit shiny). I didn’t have any scanning spray/corn starch/baby powder available when I scanned this.

Scanning the figurine only took a couple of minutes (I tried single shot mode at first, bit continuous mode works way better on this subject), processing was pretty straightforward: advanced fusion in Revo Scan, isolation & overlap detection, a bit of smoothing to clean things up, then I created the mesh. No postprocessing whatsoever.

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Human
A Quick scan of a colleague from work. Far mode, subject on a turntable.
The vest he’s wearing is a bit shiny, but as you can see this wasn’t a big deal. There were misaligned frames (I think he moved during the scan): I used the Raw data editing tool to remove them.
I cleaned up the point cloud before reconstruction, and the 3D model was also cleaned up using Meshmixer (free and very easy to use).

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[PUTV]

Hi Benoit , you used Far mode ? Standard, High or 16 FPS, Body, Feature ?

Any screenshots from Miraco ?

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I used Far Mode, High accuracy, Feature alignment.
Looks like, however, I didn’t adjust the settings properly after the scan I did before, and forgot to do it in General or body mode: I actually used Dark Mode by mistake! (that being said, the vest is dark, so I might have ended up using it on purpose anyway)

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Just a Tip : Always check the Grid vs Meshing settings , if Fused in Advanced mode at 0.2mm use proper Meshing Grid settings reflecting it , you will get less noises and higher details results .

Thanks for sharing !

[ivan]

if the settings don’t exactly match, should meshing grid rather be higher or lower than value for the fusion? TIA!

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Hi Ivan

For example Fused in Advanced mode at point distance of 0.20mm The Mesh Grid should be at 0.20 or higher 0.19 -0.18 but never below 0.20 if Fused at 0.20mm

Higher level will add additional points that will cause artificial noises … making the surface sandy in appearance …

You fused at 0.30 use Mesh Grid 0.30 for always best balance between the details and smooth surface …

This is not an option , this should be processed this way .

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dinosaur figurine

About 19cm long.

sculpted wooden panel

About 30-40cm in height. Tricky subject to scan, as it is dark and reflective.
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(Near mode, Standard accuracy, Ferature tracking, General Object)

Get the Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner:

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What about transparent objects?
Well, spray a little bit of 3D scan spray on your subject, or some dry shampoo (your results will probably be less precise), and voila!
Here is a bottle of Coke.

Marker mode, continuous mode. Two scans fused together.

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Rabbit skull

Near/High/Continuous.
Quite tricky to scan, lots of overhangs. I cleaned up the scan using Revo Scan, Meshlab.

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Marble statue

The Nymph Echo, by Paul Lemoyne aka Lemoine Saint Paul. 1821.
Settings: Large/Standard/Continuous.
I couldn’t get all the details I wanted: since this is an antique, there is of course no way I would take any risk, so I couldn’t access areas that are difficult to reach without leaning over the statue, such as the underside of the body or the non-visible part of the left arm.
This means I got more artifacts in these areas, but Revo Scan and Meshmixer allowed me to clean up the scan.

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Get the Revopoint MIRACO 3D Scanner on Kickstarter:

https://revo.ink/3QITQVy