tiikki
March 12, 2015, 11:36am
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I’ve got old Z510 and I have toyed with an idea of scanning people and printing miniatures of them. I’m looking for budget solution to this as I’ve spent most of my money when I bought my other (new) printers last year.
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Hi,
We’ve been scanning and printing with Sense and ZCorp and, to be honest, there is a curve of learning you need to go thru.
First, Sense will be good only for head and shoulders. The info taken for a whole body is not good enough for a product that you plan to sell to someone…
Since Sense does all the reverse engineering for you, closing all the holes you may have left in the model (and other problems you might have), you have to know in which parts you have to pay more attention, such as ears, neck… Even a haircut can be problematic!!
Then there is the light… Sense is going to catch the colors as you see them… with all shadows… and what you are thinking is to directly print from the result coming out of Sense’s software, right? Then you need to have a constant warm light coming from the scanner… We used a torch attached to the top of it…
The results we got, after a couple tests are quite good… however, you’ll never get the quality the others can get, since they use much more expensive scanners, and probably they do reverse engineering…bla, bla, bla…
But, since you don’t loose that much time in each client, you could scan nice busts and sell them cheaper !!! (we can talk about good price per bust, depending on the number of units you order), which is the only way you could compete with the perfect-colors-and-form-full-body prints that many other are doing…
If you want to keep talking about this, don’t hesitate to contact me: https://www.3dhubs.com/madrid/hubs/telecor
Cheers,
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He, I have a ZPrinter 650, and would be happy to offer service. A lot of free time, can service you fast. And it is difficult to get better quality than 650 offers…
I have tried some scanning with 3D Systems Sense, but software is useless. Then tried with Skanect software (trial version), looks much better, but still some problem with export of files.
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First of all, the Cubify Sense is far from high definition. It will give you selfies that lack precision in texture and spacial resolution. We have a couple here and we just don’t use them. It is good for non-commercial use.
I would recommend using an Artec 3D scanner. It is much better. We do a lot of color prints with a Projet 660. With the limitations of any color 3D printer, you can’t afford to have a bad source file - it would only make the prints worse.
We are in Canada but perhaps it could still work. After all our canadian dollar is not doing well right now.
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Lil_3D
March 12, 2015, 1:26pm
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I’m unsure on the lockdown that I expect there is on the 3d systems version, but ideally based on your statements, you would want to get a structure io and run the aftermarket app itseez3d. While lower quality then an Eva, for the difference in price, it’s more then acceptable. There are several companies out there that will do touchups on the scans for a low cost. Basically you also want to ensure you have the correct setup. It’s best to have a turn table for the person and photo lights on both sides of you to ensure consistent lighting. This set up only cost about $700 but really improves the quality of the scans.
https://www.3dhubs.com/toronto/hubs/lil-3d-printing
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Hello, We have a Projet X660 and we commercialize full body 3D Scanner.
We use a 3D Scan Sens Cubify with Recfusion (possible with Reconstructme and Skanect) which is better than the 3D System’s software.
The most important is to have :
- Good lighting light
- Full body 3D scanner (turntable, automatic vertical rail with universal support for 3d scanner)
Have a nice day !!
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Attached Full body 3d scan with Sens
For printing 3d scanned with a particular texture or color scanning application we found the press by Projet 660 ( http://www.gaiasolution3d.com/prodotti/stampanti-3d/projet-x60/ ) have no terms of comparison is terms of cost and quality.http://www.gaiasolution3d.com/prodotti/scanner-3d/scanner-3d-insight-3/ ) or by a stage of our creation that will be soon on the market .
LAD3
March 14, 2015, 3:48am
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Wonderful to get well ground feedback from all of you ! Tks. I am assimilating info and will be answering individually to you shortly.
One thing is clear and is that SENSE 3d printer is out of consideration for professional use. While most probably will buy an EVA, am meanwhile
interested in low costs alternatives (Kinect and a couple of etceteras). With your support i may come out with a couple of printing qualities,
high & super high or so…
LAD3
March 16, 2015, 8:33pm
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Hello Gaa, How soon will you be in the market? Pls keep us posted. Best wishes.
LAD3
March 16, 2015, 8:34pm
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Gaia,i mean, pardon for typo.
Good evening the theater is already built and we’re finishing the complete automation of the system .gaiasolutionsnc@gmail.com
LAD3
March 17, 2015, 2:00pm
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Hello KauPang,
I would like you to evaluate a couple of files. See if quality is print worthy (no need to print yet) and give me a quotation for 3 sizes : 9, 12 & 15 cm in full glorious colours.
I will send you first .PLY and then .OBJ. One of the files has good lightning not so much the other.
Is it OK to send you the files? Your quotation would be exworks, no postage required yet.
Tks & rgds
LAD
PSD. And where are you located?
Although Sense 3D and the structure sensor might have pretty much the same precision, the structure sensor is definitely better if you compare both scans. This is because Occipital, the guys behind the strcuture sensor, have released an SDK therefore there are a lot of good apps that are already available for scanning objects, people or even spaces (like room or interiors).
Some of these apps (like itseez 3d ) do a post-processing of the scan that ends up in very good results. Obviously still not comparable to professional scanners but sill good considering the price of the device.
Here you can find some of the scans I have done with the Structure (it was during an event with very bad lighting and I used an older version of the app, now you can also do full body scan and not just busts…):https://sketchfab.com/FrancescoPusterla/folders/817b53f4ad7d4fad8ef7322d204821df
Gaia solution advice to after extensive testing using the ProJect 660 Pro for the construction of minimum , Shapies … we also tested a printing process to make the best joints for info please visit …
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