Great work! The Dewalt battery was actually one of the objects I was looking to scan.
I am also interested in workflows using CloudCompare (merging multiple scanes, eliminating redundant points, etc). I’m wondering if I could say use the Mini at high and low resolution for detail and non-detail merging to minimize data capture except where it is needed.
This all don’t matters …
By meshing it , you cleaning it already partially so you getting less noises and overlapped points. Converting meshed OBJ to point cloud gives you the most clean point cloud you can get .
You don’t have to export anything , it is already saved inside the project , once you click fusing or meshing button .
And regarding exporting from Revo Scan, both obj and ply including all the same informations . So ply or obj don’t really matters .
And btw point cloud created from MINI scans is not POP2 point cloud, it is a mess, so meshing it do half of the job already.
If you mean fast scan? No , don’t do that , use low resolution pitch point setting for fuse like 0.1 for the less detailed part and 0.02 for the detailed parts .
This way you keep the volume accuracy intact . And faster processing time with higher values for pitch point .
Cloud compare is where you want to deal with the point clouds created by Revo Scan, as there are better tools that can do the job much more accurate and quicker .
Go to Tutorials section in the forum here, I posted there a tutorial how to deal with it .
The Point Clouds created from scanning with MINI are more time consuming because too much data , the good and bad . I was not able yet to get as clean meshing in Revo Studio as I can get in Revo Scan or Cloud compare .
But that really don’t matters , as long your final mesh looks the way you want it .
A unique Father’s Day gift!
Thank you Selina , my husband love it , as it is so much more personal and unique.
for a special request I tried to scan the US quarter , it was not so simple, the relief is very fine for a 0.02mm resolution , not as spectacular but at least something .
While testing the best position for scanning it, I found out that scanning it in vertical position , captured the relief much better than just flat on the turntable .
The relief is only 0.21 mm on the us quarter .
I think for now that is the best I can do with this object .
For comparison
left is scanned in vertical position and right in flat on the turntable .
I used Attblime 3D scanning spray AB2 as it is so much finer , and do not clogged the fine details too much.
For scanning this type of stuff you should not use 3D spray anyway as you literally capture the 3D spray on the surface , but I have nothing finer at home right now to use .
Hi,
I know it’s not recommended, but any chance you could try scanning some objects outside in the sun? I’m interested is scanning natural objects in situ e.g. a mushroom or plant. But wondering if the mini falls down completely. Could it work on overcast days or even just some shade.
Thanks
Good that you asking , since going to scan outdoor stuff on Sunday using MINI and POP2, actually in the woods , as I want to see how well I can capture natural textures and natural elements .
It gonna be sunny and very hot but I will try to get out early morning before the sun reach the noon.
Great, look forward to seeing the results!
@PUTV thanks! I was the one who asked for the quarter. I realize there is not much height difference but it does show the resolution. Do you think your zinc oxide mixture would improve the resolution or do you think this new spray is on par with your zinc oxide solution?
Bruce
I don’t think you can get better but I was hoping for more .
Maybe when using special dental spray for scanning crowns , but right now I can’t get my hands on it as it is out of stock for some time .
Zinc oxide will not do better as Attblime , I spray just a slightly mist almost invisible on the surface to preserve the fine details
I have one more idea to try with that , it may works better.
Did you manage to use the scanner in the woods?
Sadly I don’t have anything to show, the temperatures got quick over 33C/92F , my MINI started flickering randomly I had to end it , I was afraid I will kill it , before that I could not scan single leave or anything that had green in it or brown, the green light overcast from the tree leaves made it even more difficult so total failure. I nearly could see anything in the Depth camera preview at the gain set to max 10.
Yellow/Green/Orange/Brown/Black surfaces are just invisible since the colors totally absorb the blue light .
On top the green overcast light from the fresh green leaves on the trees did not helped .
I did not took with me POP2 as it was too hot for use it outdoors.
I guess have to wait for the fall .
I believe the final MINI will have some infrared support to go with the blue light to scan colorful objects, other way I don’t see how it going to work when 69% of colors are mostly invisible for the sensors.
And it is nothing negative about , your scanned surface needs to reflect the blue light back to the sensors , and if the surface absorb blue light by nature it is normal that nothing is reflected back to be captured by the sensors.
here us what happening when the object is green
and here I used just slightly Attblime spray
covered with very fine Attblime 3D spray mist
And we are back in the business
and here final scan in 3D of the Arabica Coffee Leaf
3D Scan
Same with yellow objects
yellow area without spray was missed , the yellow top plastic without spray got scanned somehow at gain setting 10 but very noisy .
look how fine the mist is of Attblime AB2 , no more “frosting” effects on the smooth surfaces .
the optimized Cyclododecane that the spray is using is still engineers favorite , no bumps or sand paper effect on scans.
Preview before scanning on normal gain settings .
Today is less hot and the sky is over cast , but scanning in outdoor light do not cause any issues as long it is not direct sunlight .
I scanned using MINI and my phone couple of things to see how the outdoors light affect it , and everything was just fine, the point clouds was ok . No tracking issues and much easier than using POP2, the maximum distance that I could scan was 25cm and the minimum and best resolution was at 10cm .
The point cloud after fusing was much better on Android phone than I expected compared to POP2.
Before fusing at 25cm distance
Now if my MINI prototype can scan actually colored objects that would be great , but we will not know it, until it is out. Most of the objects I am scanning are or white or beige for now.
it is what it is.
Great work @PUTV with the woods trials, it is sad that it doesn’t scan those colors, it seems that the spray is a must have.
Another thing, I saw a comment on the Kickstarter that someone was wandering how would hair or beard scan? You should probably use spray for darker hair? Or neither blonde is able to get picked up by the MINI? Is hair in general picked up?
I have platinum blonde hair color so MINI has no issues to scan it , but any other color not so . The best is to use just cosmetic or baby powder, I have a gel based hair dye for white hair and it did not worked . So simple powder do the trick . Also airbrush water based make up works the best for eyebrows and beards .
Scanning face without covering the hair with anything is almost impossible task as you will lose the tracking so quick on the forehead and temples .
I was not able yet to successfully scan anybody’s head with MINI .
But I did not given up yet on that yet.
You see if I can’t scan human face at 10cm then I prefer a POP2 , if you move MINI at 20cm from the face , you starting to lose the micro details ending with the same result as POP2 ( almost) since the accuracy is better . But the finest details will be gone for obvious reason .
How far you go , how bigger the fringe pattern, how bigger the fringe pattern, how less micro details you get.
MINI scanning better flatter hard edges details so reverse engineering gurus going to be very happy with .
I noticed that scanning reliefs on flatter surfaces do the tracking better on bigger objects , but big round organic objects less. I can scan a whole wall of bricks , but not single 16x16 pillow if you know what I mean .
It was not design for scanning humans in first place , but it scan things what POP2 had issues with . So it is not replacement for POP2 but a great companion.
I am trying to be honest with my opinion here .
I see lots of comments on Kickstarter that really going to disappoint people , because they do not read proper the specifications and buy a device based on their expectations and not the actual specifications.
It is like buying a hammer , nails and a saw. Some can build a house using it, others can’t.
Everything is possible, it all depends of your skills and how you going to use it wisely.
I am going to make one more aproch for scanning human head 
this evening .
It will involve lots of baby powder for the hair / beard and airbrushed water based make up to cover the golden brown tan my husband got , right now he is invisible to MINI.
And my husband going to hate that so much … but he promised to do that in the name of the science 
Respect for your husband 
It is not going to be so smooth … I also want to record Revo Scan processing it for future references. But he already stated no pictures of him on internet wearing make up
