Introduction: Cheap 3D Scanner

What is 3D scanner? It is alike average scanner merely with one D more. This D means dimension, so 3D scanner is twist that can scan objects that are not inactive. We can scan almost anything: toys, parts, stones, plants, nontextual matter, food and much more. In this instructable I will show you how to assemble ciclop 3D electronic scanner, how to use it, and how to go form steer of cloud to 3D written factor. Above you can retrieve video about information technology but if you opt reading below you rear end find article.

Step 1: What You Will Need

To attain it you call for hardly one kit. Below you can regain link to buy it, in that location is everything that you will need to make it (including tools). Above are about images of what you can find in this outfit including motor parameters and power supply.


Liaison to kit out with all needful parts

Whole step 2: How 3D Scanner Whole kit and boodle?

This scanner supported on laser triangulation method acting. So there is Which projects a laser trace happening the object, and there is also camera Which calculates distance. How is it aim this distance? It honourable know where is the 0 point (center of platforms) and illegitimate on how furthermost the laser is from this point it calculates the actual stop for all points on y bloc. Then IT rotates for given degrees and calculate once more. After whole process we have a cloud of points. This is a filing cabinet with cordinates for a lot of points, based along information technology we can create a mash stl file and use it for 3D impression.

Step 3: Assembling

I don't like writing so very much :) and I think that video can demo you much better how to forgather this scanner, so here it is you can watch it and assemble your digital scanner. For more info about electronic assembly construe with next whole tone.

Footfall 4: Electronic Assembly

At that place are just 2 lasers and one high stepper motor to connect. While connecting lasers make a point that you are connecting it in the right room (+ is red, and blackness is -). There are 4 goldpins to connect motive to, no mater how because you can invert the motor direction in software.

Unfortunatly I had one problem with it. After conjunctive everything I noticed that motor is not spining at all. I quickly discovered that cardinal wires in this 4 wire cable connecting stepping motor motor with shield are incorrectly placed. I had to put off them unfashionable from this with connector and swap them. If your stepper wouldn't rotate, check it maybe you have the same problem

Step 5: Horus (software program)

This is very comfy to use software for 3D scanning with this electronic scanner. Link to download software:

https://web.bq.com/nut/living/ciclop/support-sheet

When you open the software you need to calibrate your digital scanner, just watch over the didactics that appears on the screen. If you have any problem with communicating with scanner try to upload firmware again past clicking upload firmware in preferences.

After you calibrate your digital scanner you can originate scanning. Just set out thing that you want to scan happening the scanning shelve and pressur slim bring up button in left up corner of horus, wait few minutes to scan it and save it as .supply

Step 6: Meshlab

We need to manipulation meshlab to convert cloud of points to mesh. Cloud of points is just plenty of points that are non associated to each other. Mesh is points connected put together to make up triangles and then we buttocks export it to stl and print. Above and in the video you can find mistreat past step guid how to export it. You can download meshlab here:

http://WWW.meshlab.net/

Step 7: Meshmixer

You need to practice meshimxer to cut bottom of your exemplary to arrive perfectly flat. I am almost predestinate that in meshlab you lavatory find the Saami options for it but I stern't find it and so I just thought that instead of loosing sentence on searching I will use meshmixer.

How to get in?

  1. Open meshimxer
  2. Significance your model
  3. Click on edit
  4. Select aeroplane cut
  5. By moving plane with blue devil arrow, along Z axis place it at the bottom of your model to cut the unwated role
  6. Click accept
  7. Exportation to stl

Pace 8: 3D Printing

For me incomparable of the most important uses of 3D scanner is possibility to black and white things that I scanned. The best thing that I scanned was woody bird of Minerva that my parents gave me some time ago, it is same detailed so thought it could be a good test for this scanner. And I think that this scanner did it pretty well, of naturally it is not perfect but it may be cause by my not paragon settings in meshlab (I am all the same searching for the best settings). You can run into my print on images above and download .stl file if you want to print it.

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