Engine Laser Scanning Demo with Portable CMM

[BrendonD]

We were fortunate to find a local sponsor who was willing to come out and do a demo of their portable CMM unit with a laser scanning head. We made a video about the process and wanted to share it because frankly I thought the whole thing was freakin' sweet.

Laser Scanning Video with ROMER Absolute Arm (http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=558)

[BrendonD]

We were fortunate to find a local sponsor who was willing to come out and do a demo of their portable CMM unit with a laser scanning head. We made a video about the process and wanted to share it because frankly I thought the whole thing was freakin' sweet.

Laser Scanning Video with ROMER Absolute Arm (http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=558)

[Brandon Wilen]

Now that you have a scan of the engine what software do you plan on using to convert the STL? I have access to a Atos white light scanner and have scanned Portland State's engine but unfortunately I do not have access to any software to convert the file.

[BrendonD]

We got a demo of the software to export the file as well.

[Brandon Wilen]

So what format is the file you received? IGES?

[Ben K]

A point cloud I believe. (It is so fine it looks like surface)

Ben

[cvargas]

That is pretty cool, how much does a set up like that cost?

[Kirk Feldkamp]

Geomagic is the way to go. It's an pretty incredible program that can take you from a point cloud to useful surfaces very quickly. As with any scanning and reverse engineering, garbage in = garbage out.

-Kirk

[Ben K]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Santorican:
That is pretty cool, how much does a set up like that cost? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think they said something about the arm costing like 70k. The time was donated to us, so I am not 100% sure.

Ben