MetroX and Shiny stuff

I wish it would scan like this in laser and no spray, but this is the result of a sprayed part and feature tracking full field mode. Note: in this mode there is no shiny setting.

Cross lines yield something like this w/ no spray, just the shiny part.

Why is there no ‘shiny metal’ in full field mode? I think that’d be the trick.

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I thought I’d give it a try in parallel mode to see what I get. Meshed no smoothing on the final model or on the point cloud. Bout 15000 frames captured.

I agree a full field shiny object mode might yield quicker results but I’m happy with the laser scan on this kinda part.

That full-field scan looks great man! nice work

i have the similar result as yours, especially rough surface s, i think it needed to be more scan (getting green?) in the scan

You need lots of frames and proper settings according to your object surface , I see the high laser brightness created a scars , or it was too long in one place or the brightness was too high or in Auto mode .

Don’t get below 8K frames , more better for another surfaces .

You also can deal with micro reflections caused by the brushed surface .

I’m new at this. I just got my Metro Y (not plus). And I’m trying it out. The software is Revo Metro 5.8.0. I’m attaching a picture of the pill jar I’m using for a subject. The band that isn’t appearing in the scan is a very dark green, not black. I don’t think it’s any shinier than the white plastic of the jar. I tried cross lines, parallel lines, and single lines, and they all miss that dark band.

Can one tell me settings to use that will do this? (I’m new enough that I don’t even know what settings are there.)

Hi @dgolber you should not scan contrast color objects with white and black areas without 3D spray just for one reason as the surface reflects differently from the surface and there is difference in accuracy , professionally you should use 3D spray to equal the high contrast .

But if you still want to scan contrast object it will be not easy since the dark print absorbing the laser and need higher laser and depth exposure settings , but when you set it on higher the white part will be no more visible to the sensors , for that reason contrast colors need 3D spray .

Resume the scan and set the exposure on higher level until you see the dark part visible in the view port while scanning , you should be able to catch it as half of it is already scanned .

Please post new thread in the future since this one is for another software and scanner .