Richard Shan - Fab Academy Documentation

3D Scanning

Richard Shan - Fab Academy Documentation

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- Pre-Fab
  Pre-Fab
- Week 1: Principles and Practices, Project Management
  Week 1: Principles and Practices, Project Management
- Week 2: Computer-Aided Design
  Week 2: Computer-Aided Design
- Week 3: Computer-Controlled Cutting
  Week 3: Computer-Controlled Cutting
- Week 4: Electronics Design
  Week 4: Electronics Design
- Week 5: 3D Scanning and Printing
  Week 5: 3D Scanning and Printing
  - 3D Printing
  - 3D Scanning 3D Scanning
    Table of contents
    
    Assignment
    
    Scanning
  - Group Project
  - Reflection
  - File Downloads
- Week 6: Embedded Programming
  Week 6: Embedded Programming
- Week 7: Computer-Controlled Machining
  Week 7: Computer-Controlled Machining
- Week 8: Electronics Design
  Week 8: Electronics Design
- Week 9: Output Devices
  Week 9: Output Devices
- Week 10: Mechanical Design and Machine Design
  Week 10: Mechanical Design and Machine Design
- Week 11: Input Devices
  Week 11: Input Devices
- Week 12: Molding and Casting
  Week 12: Molding and Casting
- Week 13: Networking and Communications
  Week 13: Networking and Communications
- Week 14: Interface and Application Programming
  Week 14: Interface and Application Programming
- Week 15: Wildcard Week
  Week 15: Wildcard Week

3D Scanning

Assignment

3D scan an object

Scanning

As per recommendations from my instructors and previous years' Fab graduates, I used the app Polycam for my scanning. I decided to 3D scan a gaming microphone that was sitting in our lab.

To use Polycam to generate a 3D model, I then took around 60 photos of the microphone from a multitude of different angles around the mic. After uploading the photos to Polycam, it generated a GLB file which I could view and convert to other formats.

I then imported the .OBJ file into Fusion360, where I could view and modify the design.

As is shown in the scanned model, the actual design is very rough. While shapes are roughly preserved, there is a lot of background that is scanned and there is no geometry in the actual model. However, this was a cool skill to learn and I might try this out in the future on other objects.