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Laser Scanner?

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james.lynch

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Hi All,


I put this on the Hardware section but got no responce so I thought I'd try here... sorry if anybody is reading this twice..


can anybody recommend a good laser scanner?


Any price at the moment.. just doing some research!


Cheers,


James
 
James,


[url]http://www.metris.com/products/handheld_scanners/modelmaker_ d/[/url]


A friend of a friend of a friend was looking at this before. Not too sure what the final outcome of his search was, but this may be of some help.


And even less vague...On MCAD CENTRAL and few weeks ago there was an article about a new 3D scanner that had just been released to the market (I think Cadwire carried the article) but I can't find it (after a brief look, I'll give another trawl thru the archives later for you)



Cheers


Kev


PS Small world by the way...I did a contract a few years ago for your next door neighbours (Bronway)
 
Hi Kev, Small world indeed! :)


Cheers for the info! I think that article was about the Next engine Scanner - really cheap - kinda sounds almost too good to be true to be honest ... only $2.5k..


the model maker looks good.. I must seeif it'spossible to get a demo!


Cheers,


James
 
looks good alright! I must get in contact with them and see if we can get a price and maybe a demo!


Keep the suggestionscoming! :)


James
 
Hi James


go to www.nextengine.comthis is a little guy can do big jobs.
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Hi Zaki,


Have you used the Next engine scanner? is it any good?


Prohammy, Trillicomm,


Have you used either the Handyscan or the zcorp? anything good/bad to say about it?


Cheers,


James
 
James,


I've never tried the Handyscan, just saw the press release blurb on Cadwire and thought it might be of interest


Kev
 
Cheers for the great info guys!


if anybody has any fisrt hand experience using laser scanners I'd love to hear about it!


Thanks,


James
 
I have been laser scanning for nearly ten years, although most of it has been relatively long range (100M) for civil structures, and now Marine vessels.
I have a Leica 3500 which is very strong and accurate. What do you want to scan?
Cheers
 
Hi Pnicol! welcome to the forum!


Wow! scaning entire building and ships! tha's quite impressive!


Typically we're scanning hand held devices and computeraccessories .. stuff like that!
 
Hi to you James
I watched this forum for years while I worked for a plastics manufacturer on the side which is where I got my meager training in ProE. You are always one of the ones in the lead.
This is the stuff I scan...
www.summitmetrology.com
Cheers
 
Very Very nice! :)


CAn I ask what kind of accuracy you get on something that sizeand also what software would you typically employ to look at somethign so big (there must be a serious number of points)?
 
I use Cyclone which is by Cyrax, and Innovmetric.
Depending on what the project is, there can be many millions of points. I did a waterfront recently that had 24M.
The accuracy is billed as in the order of 6mm. although there are many ways to mess it up to a much higher value.
 
I scanned a clay mockup tractor interior twice and each time built it in Pro/E. The front end of a stock car and built that for wind tunnel testing.Again amotorola cellphone for a charger manufacturer who is out of business now. Seats for Harley D. Milsco,and Sears Seating.Andfinger bones once.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><O:p></O:p>


http://www.proetools.com/courses/pro_surface/advanced_import .htm

Hearing aid manufactures scan in 2 days and basically sell prototypes back to the customers and do it. wax - scan - cad - and grow - ship all in 2 day turn around. I saw 30 <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:smarttags" /><ST1:pLACE w:st="on">SLA</ST1:pLACE> machines making custom hearing aids 20 hrs per day. Starky is king of the hill.<O:p></O:p>


There are scanners out now that scan 3d in real time w/ binocular scan vision and instantly compare that with Pro/E data. This type of scanning is done on the assembly line.<O:p></O:p>


Tell them james you learned some of that surfacing techniqefrom design-engine! <O:p></O:p>



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