WEEK ASSIGNMENT:

3D Scanning and Printing

Design and 3D print an object (small, few cm) that could not be made subtractively

3D scan an object (and optionally print it)

For this week  activity , first we print a 3D object using a 3D printer that could not be made subtractively, and subsequently  scan a 3D object.

This 3D printer can use ABS and PLA filament versions of 3mm and 1.75mm.

Also when this printer was built, we do different calibration tests in which we seek to have a higher resolution.

This software is very useful because it allows us to change various printing conditions as the number of layers, extruder temperature, bed temperature,  material, thickness of the filament extruder tip, fill percentage, last layer thickness and is even able to estimated construction time, weight and material used along the filament.

Three different attempts posters were made, however, in the first test piece moved due to lack of platform subjection in l second test the extruder stopped working and stopped printing, finally in the third test printing was successful .

3D Scan

For 3D scanning tooling for KUKA robot scan, using a laser scanner arm which generates Rommer us a point cloud and mesh which can be exported to IGS or STL. Finally Geomagic software was used to debug the scanned meshes.