I am trying to laser scan something with my Romer Arm, but for some reason the scan is super delayed and my scans are coming across very choppy compared to a smooth scan that I'm use to. I have a feeling it's in the settings. But I've never had this problem before and I don't understand what is going on.
The company I work for is considering upgrading our scanning capability to include the 3D laser scanner for our CMMs. The one question that was asked was "Can we export the scanned data directly into a 3D printer?" I currently perform 2D scans of components and export them as a DXF file to be opened with AutoCAD to compare to the customer print.
Scanning something in PCDMIS (or any software, really) produced a mesh that isn't always watertight. There are holes, gaps, noise, and other anomalies that would make 3d printing difficult.
Other softwares (geomagic/polyworks/rapidform?) have STL manipulation capabilities that one could use to seal holes, remove noise, etc. The range of parts you can scan with softwares with more developed tools is just wider. I think with PCDMIS, you'd scan as an STL, then end up having to manipulate the data in some way before it was ready to be utilized in production. Just my opinion.
Scanning something in PCDMIS (or any software, really) produced a mesh that isn't always watertight. There are holes, gaps, noise, and other anomalies that would make 3d printing difficult.
Other softwares (geomagic/polyworks/rapidform?) have STL manipulation capabilities that one could use to seal holes, remove noise, etc. The range of parts you can scan with softwares with more developed tools is just wider. I think with PCDMIS, you'd scan as an STL, then end up having to manipulate the data in some way before it was ready to be utilized in production. Just my opinion.
