3d space builder...

Marks256 said:

How would YOU set it up?

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HarveyH42 said:

Exactly what I was trying to tell you. You can add the third dimension purely with software.
Have you taken a look at what a commercial 3d laser scanner can/cannot do, price, software. How much work you need to do on the model after the scan? Even at very low resolution, it'll be a considerable investment of time and money.

I had similar ideas a few years ago, but found it well beyond my means, but maybe someday. I make pewter figurines (sometimes), but modeling and making molds is a major hassle. Thought it would be cool to laser scan or even download the models and use a CNC Mill to carve out the mold or produce a model I can make a mold from, using silicon rubber. Figured there was money to be made, if you could make figurines of people, pets, kids in just a few days, instead of months.

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theinfamousbob said:

If you're thinking the xy plane being parallel with the ground, I'd have a stepper motor with its shaft on the z-axis, turning the laser and voice coil which scans planes parallel to the z-axis. The only problem I can think of is if an obstruction protrudes more than objects around it (example: being three inches away from a 2' tall coffee table and trying to scan a bookshelf...the coffee table would be in the way and cause erroneous readings.)

You'd also have to account for the degree marking the voice coil's at...otherwise the scanned area would be spherical.

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Marks256 said:

Nope. Looks to complicated. Well, more expensive than complicated...

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Marks256 said:

Well, i currently have $8, and i don't own a junk drawer. I own a junk basement, and a junk shed(both of which are so full of crap, you can barely walk through)....

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Marks256 said:

You wanna know something? I DO have all of that stuff lying around. The problem is the webcam is a piece of crap. Soon i will be getting two identical USB webcams.

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