So far the Rubicon is the best scanner for capturing the shape of an object, if not the scale. But shortly after the my last post about their latest software the table stopped turning without significant effort. To figure it out I disassembled the table. I discovered the motor turned just fine. So I could rule out a locked up …
Rubicon Software Update
A while back the Rubicon Scanner people announced they had a new version of their software that I’ve been unable to check out (for the same technical problems that’s why I haven’t had a lot of 3D printing news lately) until just recently. Spoiler alert, it’s a vast improvement, but not quite there yet. The new version has a new …
Ciclop Scanner First pass
Since the Rubtech Scanner wasn’t working out the way I hoped I was excited when the Ciclop folks reached out to me to let me try their scanner out. It’s about the same price as what I paid for the Rubicon, but it uses open source software and looks to be a much more open machine. So how does it …
More adventures with the Rubicon Scanner
My Rubicon Scanner just keeps getting more and more worthless the more I play with it. Turns out not only are the scans not acurate to real life, they’re significantly warped. And the reason is their calibration instructions: Make sure that the laser lines cross in the center of the rotating disk. If they don’t, you might want to adjust the …
Rubicon 3D Scanner
It was a long time ago I back the Rubicon 3D Scanner on kickstarter. Delays are to be expected with kickstarters. But finally it delivered. Setup was easy, the software wasn’t too bad, calibration was well documented. Drivers were a bit hard to find the download link for, but not too bad after that. After that it was time to grab …
Just file this under the “If I had $1000000”
In my research of 3D scanners I kinda decided that I’d like to have a bank of cameras that took simultaneous pictures from multiple angles. However, that’s expensive and difficult to coordinate from a technical perspective. That is until Richard from the Netherlands thought to use a networked bank of Raspberry pis with camera modules. They receive a network message, snap …
3D Scanning Pick 2 list
Seems to be a lot of talk lately about 3D scanning on various forums I’m on so I thought I’d collect and condense my thoughts in one place where I can drive traffic [winky emoticon]. It is the next logical step after 3D printing. My take on 3D scanning, with the footwork I’ve already done, is that you have 3 options and …