I’m looking to get a halfway decent general purpose scanner, and the market is all over the place. I don’t need anything with industrial engineering precision, but I would like to be able to scan broken parts around the house to print replacements with at least decent precision.
I expect most of my use cases would be in the 1cm³-1dm³ range, but it would also be fun to be able to scan bigger subjects. Mostly people, so I can make personalized tabletop minis, but I also like the prospect of miniaturizing other things.
Blue laser looks super cool, but also very pricey.
What are the best options in the $500-1000 range? I’m kinda outta my depth here.
Yeah that’s what I’ve done so far, but anything that’s not made of a few simple shapes gets annoying real fast. Compound curves, tons of details, and organic shapes are more time commitment than I’m willing to spend modeling from scratch.
I wonder if it will be less annoying with a point cloud. You’ll still need to model it, only with a digital reference, correct?