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5. 3D Scanning and printing

This week should have been easy in theory, but it wasn't at all, as you had to scan and print 3D files.

3D scanner

In the local class they explained to us how and what tools we could use, some 3d scanning programs were: Qlon, polycam, kir engine, Artcode, neRF and EinScan. I chose EinScan for the accuracy and ease, but above all for convenience, this is a small scanner that has a sensor/reader and a swivel base to put your objects.

Once the scanner was assembled and the driver program installed, it was calibrated to start. working

First the program opens, you create a new project, you place your piece to be scanned, you set the steps and the brightness, you hit start and the scanner will start rotating little by little until it finishes capturing the images of your object, once it finishes you give it checkmark to confirm that it captured the information well or you cancel and delete, In case it doesn't fit the first time your piece you can start it again, splice the two scans and unify, you will see how your piece looks much better, finish me.

Results

Personally, I scanned a skull that I took from my mother's office, I was curious and wanted to see what happened, fortunately it was the second time, since the first time I scanned it the sensor was not well calibrated and it was quite outdated.

Files

• G code
• STL

3D Printing

To print we need the final file already with a thickness and size, in extension stl. We open it in the 3D Wox program compatible with our Sindow 3D printer, check that the scale is correct, the supports if needed, the type of filling we want and its direction, the rotation or position in which it is going to be printed and save it as Gcode.

Once saved, we put the USB in the printer and hit print, here it will tell us how long the printing will take and it is a matter of pressing play to start

The first thing the printer will do is raise the bed where the nozzle begins printing and at the same time the temperature will rise until it reaches the optimum, once these requirements are ready it will start printing and all that remains is to wait for your piece to come out warm.

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