Reverse Engineering

Yes you can easily scan an object without a model. You are supposed to be able to reverse engineer the scan into a CAD. We were told the same thing when we received our training.

When I have tried this, the exported model file was large, like 500mb, to 1gb. And even if you could get SolidWorks to open it, it would be a giant condensed sphere. If you figure something out I'd like to know.

just tried it but everytime I would do a manual scan; pcdmis kept seizing up on me. It did it during our class during manual scans too, but would work whenever we had a model for whatever reason. 

So I'm probably doing something wrong. Time to go through the class again XD 

For manual scans, you can just use the probe enable button(top left button on NJB Jogbox) as long as the HP-L-10.10 is attached to start a scan, and each press of the probe enable will add a point for a path the laser scan will follow.

For example, start the laser scanner where you want it, press probe enable, move it a few inches in the direction of your scan path desired, probe enable again. Repeat in smaller or larger increments for however much you need

No need to hit "insert > scan" it just will insert it for you

I have had PC-DMIS seize up on me as well, but it was due to the parameters of the scan being too tight, causing PC-DMIS to generate like thousands of points along the scan path

Yeah, that's how I was doing it. Monday I will have to look at the filter settings they might be too tight. We have the same head, the L-10.10.

I thought you had to adjust the filer scanning after the actual scan though. Where are the filter scan settings?

Cloudpoint Operator > Select > Filter you mean? Make sure you add the Cloudpoint toolbar for easier access

Cloudpoint Operator > Select > Filter you mean? Make sure you add the Cloudpoint toolbar for easier access

Thanks !