Hi, Yesterday I was teaching lecturers from several TAFE (Vocational Training) campuses how to scan and 3D model various objects.We were using my MIRACO and MetroYPro scanners, plus a few from other manufacturers owned bay TAFE staff.
The MetroYPro really stood head and shoulders above the rest, with the MIRACO also being very popular due to its performance, ease of use and convenience.
I was amazed by how well the MetroYPro could scan this shiny, machined block of aluminium.
The Single Line function is amazing, we could pick up most of the depth in the holes machined into the block.
I am running another course on Friday, I am really looking forward to sharing the workflow of these Revo products with more TAFE Staff.
What is the distance of the merging points? the detail is rather weak, the impressions are almost invisible, the edges are licked off. I hope Metro is capable of more
I thought the result was pretty good for the students first scans with the MetroY Pro
From memory, we did two scans to get the top and the bottom, merged them together, then reduced the mesh by 50 percent so that we could import the mesh into Fusion360 software used by TAFE.
If I was doing the scans for myself I would leave the mesh at 100 percent, then import it into Rhino 3D and reduce the mesh there if needed.
now it’s clear why everything is so slick on the first screenshots, the surface is very noisy, but it’s probably not bad for a polished shiny metal, but you can see the impressions and sharp edges.
The noisiness of the surface will be based on how much frames was captured and from the latest screenshot it indicate that was not enough , because the author was about to fuse it at 0.37 mm anyway for the presentation on the teaching classes .
That absolutely don’t indicate the absolute performance and quality of the scanner , different context and purpose.
maybe you’re right, and it’s sad that no one wants to test the scanner for what it’s capable of, they’re content with the result of lower-level scanners. does this mean that it is difficult enough to get a good edge? as for the necessary and sufficient completion of the task, it is obvious that the part was scanned not for further work, but simply for beauty and learning.
True @Yan but don’t expect a 3D scanner to deliver to you CAD level hard edge at 0.02mm accuracy , they don’t exist .
You will need to go to level 0.01 and that is very much cost effective and don’t expect hand free scanning and maximum objects than 5 inches.
MetroY Pro is absolutely not a low level scanner , I worked with $100K scanners that don’t even delivered 0.02 mm accuracy , and the results costed month to clean up.
I feel like we got spoiled too much with the consumer level scanners that we really stopped appreciate its power.
We reached a level where we can’t go higher using this technology , only AI can brings us up where we want to go on consumer price level , the next big step in 3D Universe.
Thanks Yan, I had 13 people in the class so my priority was to let everyone have hands on experience with the scanners. I think they did a pretty good job for first timers with a difficult object to scan.
For RE work, that scan would be fine. You want dimensions and locations; it’s a hydraulic valve block, so the valves and threads all follow well-known standards. So, in its context, that scan was sufficient if you read the shirts of the participants; they were essentially Diesel fitters, and it would be perfectly fine for them. I have reversed a bunch of these from all sorts of machines, and it’s basically a fixed price job at this point. Why would I waste more time on site when I could be delivering a CAD model along with my invoice?
I am sure the NeXt scanner (name copy of a Jobs project–everything has to be so Apple-esk these days) is going to be a Metro scanner on a Miraco body. I think that because a sea-reality company just teased a stand alone laser scanner and everybody has to copy everybody else.
