- #Nextengine scanstudio hd link Patch
- #Nextengine scanstudio hd link full
- #Nextengine scanstudio hd link portable
- #Nextengine scanstudio hd link pro
This sounds interesting and id like to know more and see some of the items you have scanned and taken to cam. That would be awesome to have, but it's too rich for my blood!!!
#Nextengine scanstudio hd link full
The full $25k software can accept data from "any" source of pointcloud or generic STL. I do say "full" as it ONLY works with NextEngine scans, but all the tools in the program work. The ability to have "full" RapidWorks for so cheap is awesome. I could NOT be happier with the NextEngine, given it's price compared to competitors. I also have both the single and double stage rotary units. When you Fuse the model, you do lose a good bit of data, so by scanning more times you are most likely to have a full model when you Fuse.Īlso, I do use a camera tripod but prefer to go from a tabletop if I can. Distance from the scanner to the object is critical, and I do often scan MANY times and stitch the image together. I have painted with white before, but this is not at all necessary. I normally only use a light dusting of talc powder on the parts to matte them. If I need to reverse engineer to get the model in to SolidWorks (IGS, STEP, many formats possible) then it is done in RapidWorks. I use the STL files in BobCAD to make CAM programs. You can also edit the mesh with RapidWorks, but likely not as well as with a dedicated program meant for STLs (Maya, et al).
#Nextengine scanstudio hd link Patch
I too have RapidWorks (there IS a very large learning curve on this one!!!) to patch the model and fill holes. I have done 20+ projects and it is normal to go from scan to CNC ready parts. Your experience is quite different from mine. If you have a MSME with CAD experience, they may be able to get fantastic results from this if given some training and then also a month to just screw around with testing the work flow to try and come up with something useful. Then you might not be disappointed and if you get it done faster, you can be pleasantly surprised. Consider time from scan to usable drawing to be a week of CAD engineer's time for every 2 square inches of surface scanned. This is definitely not "production-ready". and after 5 tries got something 3D printed that fitted to the bike and looks OK. I did ultimately build a nice cover for that area. I used the scanned STP as landmarks and then built my part by hand afterwards. :PĮven still, the end result of the above STP was that I tweaked and massaged other surfaces to more-or-less conform to the scanned data.
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The bigger scans I do require me to pay others to take the scan data and build surfaces from them. The NextEngine, imho, takes too much effort for the results I get. From the propaganda I've seen, the Sense might be appropriately plug and play. It seems more promising for my macro needs. I have a 3D Systems "Sense" on backorder that should arrive soon. I basically set up a cardboard box shade over big scans if the data isn't as complete as I'd like. Something else not exactly promoted is that you need to cover the area being scanned for the best results. ( Pics of this setup) And then it was a couple hours of playing with the GUI's tools to try and massage the scan data the best I could. I don't quite yet trust a camera tripod with the scanner and the drill press contraption is quite stable. Then I use 1/4-20 screw to bolt the scanner to the table.
#Nextengine scanstudio hd link portable
I use a portable cart and a drill press stand with adjustable table. Then it took repositioning the scanner a few times to get an angle that works. The 1st scan showed the powder wasn't thick enough, so I touched it up. It took several tries to get a scan of this quality. (Please right click and Save As) The whole area is roughly 6 inches long, so if it is 6 mm across, scale by 25.4. The STP output from "CAD Tools" I was able to obtain via iterative results is located here. It is powder so can wash off (with enough water). I used magnaflux developer from a spray can to get the white coating.
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It's on a motorcycle and when you remove a luggage rack, this is left behind. I spent a week on it last month and was eventually able to come close to something resembling scan-to-CAD-to-CNC that one would wish for. I haven't been able to scan something and easily import it to Rhino as STL or IGS and immediately get working.
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Overall, I am somewhat unimpressed with the GUI that comes with the NextEngine scanner. Rapid Works is so "advanced" that it's almost unusable. I only got " CAD Tools" because it is bundled with " Rapid Works". I couldn't do much with that so I bought " Rapid Works", which is $2995.
#Nextengine scanstudio hd link pro
When I bought the NextEngine scanner, I initially bought the HD Pro package for $995 so as to unlock the extra range and scan area. For another $995 their " CAD Tools" can output STEP and IGES files. scn files, which can be imported to most CAD softwares as point clouds. Their scanner and base package only output. Hence my comment about "doing something useful with the data".