![]() Hopefully the 100mw laser will not be too bright and damage the camera. My next idea is to get some kind of USB type device that is typically used to record real-time video from a video source. I tried using an S-Video camera output feeding into the input on my video card, but I think the video card wasn't designed for the wide format as I can't seem to get the right screen ratio. I have a hand-held Canon HD camera that I would like to try to use, but I haven't quite figured out how to get live camera data into the software. I'll see how that works with my standard web cam, but I expect that I will not get great results until I use a high quality camera. I ordered a 100mw laser with (supposedly) high quality focusing, but it has not yet arrived. The 5mw laser used a low quality focusing system and the laser line was not very well defined. There were many errors in the creation of the 3D model, but that was just my first try. ![]() ![]() I tried using a 5mw line laser and a $60 web cam. Still, I think it's a great product at an unbeatable price, that helped my product development process tremendously. You have to be able to calibrate off the background pattern that David uses, which can limit certain scanning operations. You will not likely get results to rival the expensive systems. I plan to buy the full version, heck it's cheap, and should improve future results. Now I would like to automate the sweep of the laser for better control. I made a shutter to tighten the laser line width as the line was still a bit wide for small parts.Ī tripod helps to support the laser for hand scanning. Good prices on the lasers and power source. I ordered a line generating laser from AixiZ on eBay. I determined early that my laser line generating level from Home Depot was inadequate. The meshes are sufficient for me to use as a guide to build finished surfaces over and have confidence that I am maintaining design intent of shapes that would otherwise be difficult to recreate accurately in CAD. I have used the free David software with success to document in 3D, a series of hand held ergonomic tool prototypes that have complex organic forms. ![]()
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