Laser scan to 3D Solid

[an-cadsolutions]

Yes, I follow that. Rapidform is best definetly!!
It's not cheap but it's worth it. It has powerfull tools to work with scanned data. If You work a lot with scanned data this software pays investment back.

I love it and I would like to have it.

I was in June on one university training that software with Roland LPX-600 3D laserscanner.

[fergusda]

O.k, I've tried RapidForm/Polyworks/Geomagic and everything in between. I do this for a living. Every project is different, so no one solution works all the time, but here is my input:

Please keep in mind, scanned surfaces/point clouds and NURBS/CAD surfaces are different. Meshlab is a useful tool for scanned surfaces. There are no free resources for NURBS/CAD surfaces that I have found.

To generate surfaces for machining/CAD:

Free solution 1: Use free Rhino3D trial (25 free saves) to generate NURBS surface patches. You have to trace over the mesh or you can drape a patch (like a cloth) over the surface. You can also buy Rhino outright; it's cheap, powerful, and can do a lot (but not all) scan-to-NURBS translations.

Free solution 2: To create CNC toolpaths straight from scanned meshes, use FreeMill. Easy, free, but limited options.

Purchase option 1: Buy Leios surfacing/patching license. Definitely the most cost effective tool to get to CAD/NURBS surfaces. The Autosurfacing tool is easy, and can generate surfaces for CNC machining without any brainpower.

Purchase option 2: Buy RapidForm. It'l cost you a fortune, but it has the best package for reverse engineering mechanical parts and parametric solids. Basically a good fit for recreating parts, as opposed to statues and carvings.

Or contact me directly, and I can convert for you.

-Dan
Global Inspection Solutions
www.globalinspectionsolutions.com

[vinot]

I agree with Dan. For me, Meshlab is a must have: can work with scanned data with professional results, first step to get a good scanned and workable object.

Then you can go to any cad or design software that can handle scanned data (most of them) and generate nurbs objects (less of them).

Anyway I suggest all you that read this very nice guide-example:
http://www.rhino3d.com/resources/dis...n&listing=1055

wich explains perfectly what we are talking about.

toni

[RnD Precision]

There are many different softwares to choose from. Meshlab is a great option to choose.

Ron
RnD Precision Imaging
Welcome to RnD Precision Imaging, Inc

[Khalid]

Rapidform is the best but with high cost..

[RnD Precision]

Meshlab ....free, open source, capable...

Welcome to RnD Precision Imaging, Inc

[TGSTP]

I'm starting to look around for a company to do some 3d scanning for me. I do custom car parts and some of the ideas coming from my clients are just impossible to create on my cad system. What kind of price range are we looking at to scan a clay model? Can it be converted into an IGES file? I would be using CATIA. This is all new to me

Thanks

[awerby]

from what you've told us here. How big is your clay model? Do you just need a raw scan, or are you trying to regenerate a clean CAD model? The clay itself probably isn't good enough to make a part from, and the scan will not reproduce it perfectly; there's always some loss in translation. An IGES file isn't that hard to produce, but recovering "design intent" takes some expensive software and a skilled operator. Clay models aren't easy to transport either - have you thought about getting a scanner and doing this in-house? I can help with that. It might work better than trying to ship fragile clay models around the country...

Andrew Werby
ComputerSculpture.com — Home Page for Discount Hardware & Software

I'm starting to look around for a company to do some 3d scanning for me. I do custom car parts and some of the ideas coming from my clients are just impossible to create on my cad system. What kind of price range are we looking at to scan a clay model? Can it be converted into an IGES file? I would be using CATIA. This is all new to me

Thanks

[TGSTP]

This is all new to me. I do billet aluminum custom car parts for a hobby. My new project is for a 69 charger. The guy has pretty crazy ideas and It's different than what I've done in the past. He wants to have like human features on his car like a hand grasping the mopar logo. Now I have done some crazy stuff in the past, but nothing like this. Now I have a lot of design experience in AutoCad and Catia but human hands would take forever. That is why I was thinking of modeling it and scanning it. If you have any better ideas, I would love to here them. My thought of the quality is that if I could just get an idea, I could just use it as a pattern. Like I said, This is new to me.

[awerby]

But I might be able to help. If you could show me what position you need the hand in, I could probably scan one and send it to you. That's probably easier than making clay models and shipping them around. $250 should cover that. Milling it is another problem, though...

Andrew Werby
ComputerSculpture.com — Home Page for Discount Hardware & Software

[Pplug]

This is all new to me. I do billet aluminum custom car parts for a hobby. My new project is for a 69 charger. The guy has pretty crazy ideas and It's different than what I've done in the past. He wants to have like human features on his car like a hand grasping the mopar logo. Now I have done some crazy stuff in the past, but nothing like this. Now I have a lot of design experience in AutoCad and Catia but human hands would take forever. That is why I was thinking of modeling it and scanning it. If you have any better ideas, I would love to here them. My thought of the quality is that if I could just get an idea, I could just use it as a pattern. Like I said, This is new to me.

Why don't you model the part in poser. It's human modeling software. I've used it before to model human hands holding a key for a coat of arms. Poser is very versatile and people have made several different types of human models to choose from. You cam also import other models into the software for props. Poser can also render out just the hands for import into just about any 3d software package

[TGSTP]

I'm not sure thats in the budget. What kind of price range are we talking about for this software?