Chance’s 3D Scan

3D scanning is far more complex than I initially perceived. Professor H, made it look very easy during our demonstration which threw me off after my first failed attempt. What I learned it that technology is amazing, but going slow to help it out is necessary. When scanning it’s also easy to miss tiny parts of the scan which result in odd deformations in the final product. For my scan I did multiple tries in an effort to get the best result and I feel as though that’s the best method. To scan we used a LiDAR camera attachment on an iPad. After the scan, I took the product into tinkercad to upscale it. This was very easy as it is familiar software. To export it from the 3D scanning software I had to export as an OBJ which I airdropped to my Mac and then imported through tinkercad. After I scaled the scan up (to about an inch and 1/2) I exported as an STL file and printed in the lab. Print time only took about 4-5 hours, but honestly I’m pretty surprised at the detail it captured. I have very wavy/curly hair and it did a good job of picking it up still. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and would like to explore the technology more in the future.

Initial 3D Scan Using “ScandyPro”