Miraco has a new design and allows us to use it totally free: no computer, no smartphone, no cables, no powerbank. It is a lightweight design, compact and unobtrusive, and allows you to take it anywhere ( I use it really comfortable and easy on a scaffold). The ability to use it in continuos or single shot mode (in an integrated and complementary way as well) is really amazing. Also you can use it in both far and near mode.
It also allows you to use it without the need of a pc (all operations can be done directly with Miraco: scanning, fusing, editing and meshing- made the test and it works -watch my video).
Author: (after) Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (Valenciennes 1827 – Courbevoie 1875) Type: Sculpture Age: early XX century Material and technique: patinated Bronze, black marble, casting, carving
Size: 20 x 15 x 9 cm ca (including the marble base)
Single Module device, near mode, single shot, high accuracy Light condition: Artificial
In this post, I tested MIRACO’s ability to scan a very dark surface.
Is a small bronze sculpture with dark patina, mounted on a molded base of black veined marble.
All of the scanning and follow-up stages were recorded with MIRACO’s screen shot function.
I conducted two scanning tests: the first without any kind of surface treatment, the second test was done by treating the surface with Attblime spray (a specific scanning product that does not negatively interact with, nor damage in any way, the materials to which it is applied, and sublimates after a few hours).
As you can see the scan of the dark bronze surface was acquired by MIRACO without any particular problems.
Instead, the polished black marble base was partially scanned.
Travertine fountain mask - Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli Monument Autore: Michele Tripisciano (1860-1913 ) Dating: 1913 Materials: Travertine, Marble
Single Module device, far mode, continuos mode, standard accuracy Light condition: Natural
One of MIRACO’s most important features is undoubtedly the to simply carry-on, thanks to its size and weight (only 750 g), as if it were a camera.
Let’s see how it behaves in an outdoor scanning situation.
For this test I chose a monument with a fountain; the scan was taken at 8 a.m. on a cloudy day.
Below are pictures monument, the different fases and the result della scansione. There is also a video of scanning (made with screen recording option by MIRACO) and other one with “frame by frame” scanning animation.
Hi Ron,
Thanks for you appreciation!
The post-processing work is entirely done with RevoScan. In one case, the terracotta sculpture, everything was done directly on MIRACO - scanning, fusing, cleaning and editing, meshing- as you can see in the video (screen recording mode of MIRACO).
Meshmixer and Meshlab were used only for visualization, because the glossy rendering on RevoScan does not render the quality of the mesh obtained.
How many sculptures are you able to capture in a single trip on a single charge (in general)? Curious about internal memory and battery capacity on these kinds of scans. I assume you can just keep scanning and do all the post later on…? Of course it helps to do a quick check to see if your scan was sufficient I guess.
Curious if you’ve done any full body scans? I’m really curious to see full body scans with the level of detail (face mostly) that you demonstrate with your showcase.
The posts MIRACO SCANNING in MUSEUM are five sculptures (and one is a sarcophagus’s more 2 meter long) scanned in the same morning, and after the battery MIRACO are not fully discharged (anyway the MIRACO battery lasts for 2 hours - I have done the test). The scans were made not by assembling separate parts but by scanning them into a single solution. The scans then were edited on pc once back to studio. If you want to see full body scans other beta testers in the MIRACO showcase section have done some.
From my experience, the internal memory is very, very generous. I tried to do tests that are similar to those showcased by @dfodaro and I never ran out of storage, far from it.
Also, a small tip: Miraco can scan objects that are behind glass, which can be useful for museums/heritage.
In an effort to showcase MIRACO’s scanning capabilities on different, untreated, dark, reflective surfaces and in suboptimal ambient light conditions, I scanned a foot of a big, gilded bronze sculpture of Hercules preserved in the Capitoline Museums.
Single Module device, near mode, single-shot mode, standard accuracy Light condition: mixed Natural and Artificial
Type : Sculpture Age : 2nd century B.C. Material and technique : Gilded bronze Size: height 241 cm Provenance: Discovered in the 15th century in Rome, in the Foro Boario (near Campidoglio)
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