Back in 2007 I was an industrial design intern working on splitting a 3D modeled car body into separate components, for creating carbon fiber molds. Back then they used a hideously expensive 3D arm to only create a point cloud rather than a stitched mesh, based on the axial angles of the arm. Forward 16 years and I just picked up a very accurate handheld scanner for car body parts for 1000 Euros.
7:15 one helpful way I’ve used to find the scale factor is to take the real life (known) measurement and divide it by the CAD measurement. That should give you a quick and accurate scale factor ratio for your design. In this example 95mm/1113.648=0.08530523.
Want to give 3D scanning a crack? You have a TON of App options and Conner has listed a few on the forum to help you out: www.hpacademy.com/forum/practical-motorsport-cad-design/show/smartphone-3d-scanning-apps
Scanning can be really useful, i have used my 300usd creality lizard to make some car stuff, precision on reasonably sized stuff is impressive. The big time consumer is the cad work afterwards.
If you've got a solid phone and use case for this you might as well make the most of it. A commercial setup is always going to be more accurate, but it is pretty amazing what we can do without one these days compared to just a few years ago! - Taz.
Love the recent proliferation of 3D scanning and 3D printing in motorsports and auto enthusiast space
Back in 2007 I was an industrial design intern working on splitting a 3D modeled car body into separate components, for creating carbon fiber molds. Back then they used a hideously expensive 3D arm to only create a point cloud rather than a stitched mesh, based on the axial angles of the arm. Forward 16 years and I just picked up a very accurate handheld scanner for car body parts for 1000 Euros.
Interesting insight, cheers for sharing Jochem! It's certainly an area that has seen an amazing amount of progress in our lifetimes - Taz.
Could you please share the scanner you've chosen. TIA
7:15 one helpful way I’ve used to find the scale factor is to take the real life (known) measurement and divide it by the CAD measurement. That should give you a quick and accurate scale factor ratio for your design. In this example 95mm/1113.648=0.08530523.
What a time to be alive !
It's pretty wild!
Want to give 3D scanning a crack? You have a TON of App options and Conner has listed a few on the forum to help you out: www.hpacademy.com/forum/practical-motorsport-cad-design/show/smartphone-3d-scanning-apps
Scanning can be really useful, i have used my 300usd creality lizard to make some car stuff, precision on reasonably sized stuff is impressive. The big time consumer is the cad work afterwards.
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now I just need to spend $80 on ploycam lol
If you've got a solid phone and use case for this you might as well make the most of it. A commercial setup is always going to be more accurate, but it is pretty amazing what we can do without one these days compared to just a few years ago! - Taz.