Hey all, For those you offering scanning services, what kind of scanners are you using? Low-end like Kinect, or Sense? Or do you use some high end stuff? Recommendations greatly appreciated!
10 years, 1 month ago
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makerbeck
- Kinect and Sense so far. No demand for a commercial scanner yet. Will receive a Matterform Desktop in May.
10 years, 1 month ago
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vinnie90
- I offer it, however I never really get anyone who wants it. How is your business with scanning. Are people receptive towards it? High demand where your at?
10 years, 1 month ago
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makerbeck
- I have had some people inquire, but I do not have the type of equipment that would be needed. (and they are not aware of what commercial scanners cost and how much is charged)
printedsolid
- I have a David SL system. It is versatile and quite accurate. Like the two of you mention, demand definitely seems to be soft to say the least.
10 years, 1 month ago
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mkapras
- No one uses them to get a start on a CAD file for an object? I'm guessing the affordable scanners aren't accurate enough for that?
10 years, 1 month ago
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vinnie90
- Personally I like to start a Inventor file from scratch because I have the flexibility to do small changes in my browser menu and also you model will have minimum triangles as well and just a whole lot cleaner.
Any of you guys who have scanners live around LA? If I have a project that needs a real nice scan it would be nice to know of someone. For the small projects that I do 123D catch works perfect, but you never know when I would need a better scan.
10 years, 1 month ago
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printedsolid
- I'm in Delaware. Your answer is typical of the reason why there isn't more demand from engineers. You have a ton of flexibility in your native modeling program and give most of that up when you work off of a scan.
10 years, 1 month ago
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mkapras
- Huh! Who's buying all those ~40k+ scanners and why? I can see some obvious need in the medical field. Other than that, how much do yo want to spend so you can sell people a little plastic "mini-me"? ;-)
10 years, 1 month ago
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vinnie90
- I think it is just mainly getting some geometry of a certain part to just have things fit exactly to it. I dont think people scan and modify the that model on a regular basis.
I do know of a jewelry designer that uses it to start a model though. also to make rings that fit right up to the old ring. He uses the scanner alot because he works just in wire frame.
10 years, 1 month ago
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makerbeck
- There is a lot of demand for high end scanners, just not among the types of customers we get through this site. I used a Sense scanner to scan a small heat exchanger which I then imported and supplemented with photos and measurements to replicate. I have had very good luck with the Sense and Kinect for doing people. Obviously, that has to be done face to face, not something this site is geared towards.
10 years, 1 month ago
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jms3dprinting
- I just got a request to print a foot orthotic out of solid plastic. he has one but would need it scanned. It is about 9 inches long, so I can't print it anyway but was wondering if there was any one with a scanner in the Florida region who could scan it and help him.
10 years ago
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mkapras
- Sense or Kinect for people scanning (for 3D Selfies) both work well? What about the ones in the 2k range? Any one have any experience with David Laser or Nextengine? Worth it for scanning parts? Or do you really need to spend mega-bucks to scan parts to get a good start on a cad file?
10 years ago
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cymon
- 3D scanning is a pick 2 of 3 list: Fast, accurate, cheap. Kinect or scansense are fast and cheap, but looks like mud. Laser-line is more accurate and cheaper than the higher end alternatives. Structured light is accurate and fast but more expensive. Photometric scanning is also accurate and very fast and very expensive.
Makerbeck is right. For the sort of customer you'll be shopping for on MakeXYZ you can keep yourself on the cheap side for now with a Kinect or Matterform and start small and slow.
centex_3d
- I have a Nextengine it works awesome. I have used a Faro Laser line Scanner for a couple years and the results are almost just as good. One suggestion would be to purchase the extra modules for the Nextengine it makes the process alot easier.
9 years, 12 months ago
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plastiverse123
- We're currently using the Sense handheld scanner, were mainly scanning people for solid single color prints of themselves
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Any of you guys who have scanners live around LA? If I have a project that needs a real nice scan it would be nice to know of someone. For the small projects that I do 123D catch works perfect, but you never know when I would need a better scan.
I do know of a jewelry designer that uses it to start a model though. also to make rings that fit right up to the old ring. He uses the scanner alot because he works just in wire frame.
Makerbeck is right. For the sort of customer you'll be shopping for on MakeXYZ you can keep yourself on the cheap side for now with a Kinect or Matterform and start small and slow.
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