What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?  

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

Even with the worlds best 3d scanner you are still likely to need to clean up the scan before it can be printed properly.  You might want to learn some form of 3d cad to achieve that.  

For a lot of things a good calliper and modelling software is all that's needed to model up a repair part.

Look up Photogrammetry for the cheapest effective solution - IF you already have an nvidea GPU - so if you are gamer you may be there already.

BUT

Scanning broken parts to print a fix is rarely successful, what you get is a newly printed broken part - usually plastics deform before breaking so unless you had the foresight to scan the part when brand new you are likely to be disappointed.

Instead get some decent measuring equipment; your basic unit of accuracy is half an extrusion width, by default 0.225mm but you can reasonably expect to calibrate to around 0.1mm when it matters... and learn some basic CAD.  It is usually fairly easy to reverse engineer what a simple part is meant to look like and if you get it a little wrong you can go back, tweak the CAD and print again.  Begin with the simple shapes and slowly work up to the complex stuff.

So now go look up the many threads here 'debating' which is the best CAD software.

For what it's worth I spent many of my younger years scale drawing and surveying in the field and then for a few more taught Autocad to young engineering and architect students but I was also coding throughout so I now do almost all of my 3D design with OpenSCAD - pure text scripts.  Try a bunch of the free CAD options, there *will* be one that suits you.

Cheerio,

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

I hate to say it, but I have to echo what everyone else is - 3D scanning isn't as plug-and-play as one might think. I've done a lot of research to see if 3D scanning is worth it, but I always come to the same conclusion: that it's faster, more accurate and more flexible to just CAD yourself (albeit that's coming from a CAD teacher so take it with a grain of salt). At least for functional parts. For more organic decorative parts, it might be better with 3D scanning (although I can't think of an example off the top of my head). 

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So now go look up the many threads here 'debating' which is the best CAD software.

The short version is: 

• If you want parametric CAD modeling (i.e. "engineering" where every dimension matters, where you can change different dimensions to make different variants / fine tune) then FreeCAD is a free and open source CAD software that's most certainly good enough for beginners. 
  • Solidworks or Fusion 360 are popular cheaper CAD software for beginners, but they're paid and you'll be locking yourself into their software. 
• If you want organic CAD modeling (i.e. figurines, decorative stuff, faces, etc) then Blender is the best choice for a beginner. Also free and open source, but really powerful and good. 

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

Posted by: @ujindesign

• • Solidworks or Fusion 360 are popular cheaper CAD software for beginners, but they're paid and you'll be locking yourself into their softwar

One correction:  Fusion 360 has a free tier for personal/educational use - I'm using it that way. 

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

For now you are yes.  Until they change their mind and restrict fusion further.  Like they have done in the past.  

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Posted by: @ujindesign

• • Solidworks or Fusion 360 are popular cheaper CAD software for beginners, but they're paid and you'll be locking yourself into their softwar

One correction:  Fusion 360 has a free tier for personal/educational use - I'm using it that way. 

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

Looking for the Hardware to capture the scanning, more than the software at this point. Thanks for all of y'alls suggestions.

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Posted by: @ke5wth

Looking for the Hardware to capture the scanning, more than the software at this point. Thanks for all of y'alls suggestions.

 

Unfortunately, 3D scanning requires software... Something to convert the point cloud to a mesh. And, with anything optical, there will be noise that needs to be edited out. The current state of the art (read: the best performance out of the top of the line (super expensive) 3D scanners) isn't yet suitable to create an accurate printable object without (often significant) post processing. Thus the advice, above, to learn how to reverse engineer something with measurement tools and CAD software can often be faster than scanning and cleaning up the scan. Not to mention repairing the model of the scanned object to the object's unbroken state.

So sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

https://github.com/OpenScanEu/OpenScanBenchy try this as an enty point for the further searches in hardware and software.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

If you're looking for an affordable 3D scanner to pair with the Core One, I'd recommend checking out the Revopoint POP 3 or Creality CR-Scan Ferret. Both are relatively budget-friendly, portable, and work well for medium-detail scans.

Revopoint POP 3 offers decent accuracy (~0.05mm), supports Wi-Fi connection, and has good compatibility with most CAD and modeling workflows. It also pairs well via USB or wireless with many setups.

Creality CR-Scan Ferret is cheaper, lightweight, and pretty intuitive for beginners. While its accuracy is slightly lower (~0.1mm), it’s still great for hobbyist-level work, especially when paired with a device like the Core One.

Make sure to check compatibility depending on your operating system and use case. For best results, use good lighting and consider post-processing with software like MeshLab or Blender.

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I'm new to 3d printing. One reason i bought this awesome printer was to be able to print parts that are broken around the house and such. Looking to understand if there are any suggestion that are easy to use with Prusa Slicer and the Core One.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

Buy a scanner made for the size of parts you intend to scan, they are good at different things. I bought a dirt cheap 300$ Creality lizard a few years ago, its been very useful, a much better scanner wouldnt have made that much difference, since as most people say its all about the work in CAD, thats where the large majority of work is, at least in my case. Going from scanned mesh to print is not something I do, but it depends a bit on what you want to use it for. I use it for references for my CAD designs, so not directly used in the prints.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

I’d recommend checking out the 3DeVOK MQ 3D scanner. It’s a solid option if you're pairing with the Core One for practical stuff like scanning broken parts around the house. It supports wireless scanning, doesn’t require markers, and has decent accuracy (up to 0.08mm), which is more than enough for printing usable replacement parts. Here's a video:

I can't help thinking that video owes more to an advertising department leveraging wishful thinking that to practicality.  Yes, all that can be done, with the aid of several CAD experts and many hours of post scanning work.

Cheerio.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

It depends what you mean by "affordable".   Professional scanners can cost tens of thousands of dollars. 

A decent prosumer grade can be bought for around $1500 to $2000. 

Hobbyist scanners can be got for between $300 and $1000.   I own several, and the best scanner for under $2000 is the Einstar Vega.  

Spend any less than $1000 and the results and tracking are not great.

RE: What is the best affordable 3d Scanner that can be paired with the Core One?

Where I used to work, they have a selection of professional scanners and the hardware and software is not easy to use.  It was tried for large items, even then there were issues getting it into a working model for further CAD work.  Lots of time for setup of the reference markers.  Without the markers, things don't work.

I have seen some very impressive Photogrammetry work for making small models using open source software.  If done properly, it is very time and cost effective.

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Yeah scanners all have different learning curves.  They take some practice, and some need more markers than others.

But for engineering work, they are vastly superior to photogrammetry-based methods.  The photogrammetry results look good, but it lacks the precision of a laser line scanner.  

I have 6 different scanners, and the VEGA is by far the easiest to use.  I can scan a whole motorbike in around 15 minutes. 

The MetroX is precise, but it's a pain in the ass and the "need more markers" error pops up a lot.  But it does get easier to use with time.