I’m a brand-new 3D scanning user—I’ve never had the chance to do this before. I recently got a Revopoint METRO PRO Y and am just starting to get to grips with it. Naturally, I have a lot of questions!
My main goal is to scan small parts so I can replicate them using my 3D printers (FDM or SLA). My first project was to recreate an interior car light that’s no longer available. The catch? The part is transparent. I used a special spray to prepare it, then made 8 different scans from various angles and using different modes. I started with 2 scans on the turntable, each with 3 passes (at different tilts). Then, I switched to handheld mode with line scanning to capture the holes and other details. After merging all the scans, the result is close, but far from what I expected. Many details are missing or inaccurate.
How could I have achieved a much better result? Below is a photo of the original part and my 3D-printed replica based on my scan.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated—thanks in advance for your help!
The best thing to do is spray both sides without f the plastic with 3D spray , put it on the turntable vertical , scan everything possible using Full Field or Auto mode , then reverse the position and scan the other part around .
Then after scanning fuse both scans at best settings 0.10 mm , cut off everything that do not belong to the original object, clean lose points and overlapped points and merge them after, then mesh it at high quality setting 0.10 mm
Don’t use Quick edit mode or fast Meshing , use the best setting to preserve the details
You should have very good scan using this method in no time .
Looking forward to see your results , you should get perfect copy of the scanned object with all the details included while scanning it vertically side by side and then merge . More marker points for merge and less errors .
