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Anyway, here’s the model if you want to download and play with it. There’s higher res. versions if you need one, just let me know. Note, this is just the outer shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Well this one was a long time coming. I’d been wanting to scan my nose cone for ages. Mainly with the intention of modeling and printing a “bracket” for the number plate – which flaps around a bit on its velcro mount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the first thing to do was get a scan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tried a few different ways of scanning, structure-laser and IR textured\/non-textured with the Shining 3D HX and textured IR scanning with the Einstar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As expected, the structured-laser scan was by far the better scan – as long as I scan in low light and with loads of markers. Next came the rapid and textured scan with the HX. Then propping up the rear was the Einstar. I need to spend more time with the Einstar ‘cos I’m not getting the results I’ve seen others achieve. After scanning the nose cone, I measured across the 7 logo on the front and across the ~200mm the Einstar with 2mm short. The structure-light HX scan was within 0.1mm and the rapid scan about 0.5mm. Though both of those measurements are well within a confirmation-biased measurement and should be taken with a large pinch of salt (I may not be as objective a tester as I should be!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s a picture of the nose-cone covered in scanning markers…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, here’s the model if you want to download and play with it. There’s higher res. versions if you need one, just let me know. Note, this is just the outer shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t