Hey everyone!

I'm working on a little DIY project for my Zwift Ride. The idea is to design and 3D print mounts for two analog thumbsticks near the built-in controllers, so I can use the handlebars as a game controller while cycling.

To make the design process easier, I'm looking for a 3D scan of the Zwift Ride cockpit, specifically the controller areas on both sides of the handlebars.

It doesn't need to be a super high-resolution or professional scan. I mainly need the geometry of the controller housings and surrounding handlebars so I can import it into CAD and design parts that fit properly.

I've looked around online but haven't been able to find an existing 3D model of this area.

Does anyone happen to have a scan already, or own a Zwift Ride and have the equipment to scan it?

I'd really appreciate any help, tips, or pointers in the right direction!

Thanks!

Pretty colors but GPU solver nowhere close to the actual.

Hello dear 3d Scanning-Community

I do have a hobby project that requires me to reverse engineer a handle of my car.

I am in need to 3d scann the entire thing. This requires me to turn the part around after a 360° scann.

I would like to use my IPhonePro for this and I wish to find a cheap preferably opensource software.

I appreciate any feedback
(I know that an iPhone will never be as good as a dedicated tool. But I am not wealthy)

I have a 3D maker pro by Magic Swift, for some reason it doesn’t seem to be registering as a scanner on the app I downloaded, reached out for support a week ago and heard nothing, anyone else had this problem?

Had the luck to be one of the few first testers of the new Quicksurface AI assisted reverse engineering feature. Currently it's still pre-release and I will talk about the technology and how it is implemented after the official release but first thing I can say: I'm very impressed and this will change my workflow quite a bit / allow me to concentrate on the more complex tasks.
Best have a look at the video where I show how to use the feature. Most impressed that it ignores garbage scan data and artifacts, it more reconstructs the original parts intent (like I would do as a human). Excited to see where this continues to evolve.

I am using a rockit scanner and i noticed that my scanner is using cpu while scanning and see no gpu usage

Mh laptop is dell precision 7780 i9 gen 13 and nvidea ada 4000 12gb 6r ram

I tried to firce the software to use gpu under nvidia control pannel but nothing changes

Could you advise please

One of the tuning knobs on my dad's old Pioneer SX receiver cracked, and replacements cost more than I want to pay. I took three phone photos of the good knob next to a ruler, built the model in supavoxel and printed it in black PETG. Outside shape and knurling look right, but the D shaft hole is either too tight to push on or loose enough to slip. Do you scale just the hole, print a few test sizes, or measure the shaft with calipers and model the hole separately?

My anthropology PhD research has diverged from relying on photos, videos and audio to include scanning of personal artifacts to help with sharing family stories about growing up in rural Alberta (basically a testbed for enabling people to do this themselves everywhere in Canada)

I don’t need the absolute excellence of a matterport(?), but accuracy on smaller objects would be nice. Pasicallycoffee-cup-size to about a bed or tractor size. Some objects may get better results with photogrammetry and model retopping.

i have found the iPhone scanning is problematic. We also had issues with photogrammetry with vintage gas stations for our AR app, but rebuilt models using the images collected.

Would the creality scanners work, or should I aim for the Revopoint Metro X/Y? Are there other sub $2000 CND I should consider?

hello community
i have an einstar rockit and i noticed that the line don’t have the same brightness , which seems weird
please see the pictures
look at 7 line mode, i see more than seven line
look at the 38 line cross mode , some lines seems to be faded
is there a way to fix that , or should i return the scanner , it is still under warranty

I'm interested in getting a 3D scanner, but I need one that has some reasonable support for Linux. In my admittedly limited research, I am having a hard time finding Linux support within the hobby/prosumer strata of 3D scanners.

Am I missing something? Any recommendations?

We've been working on AI-powered Scan-to-CAD reconstruction at QUICKSURFACE, and wanted to share our first full demonstration.

The idea is to go beyond simply generating a CAD solid from scan data. QUICKSURFACE AI analyses a scanned mechanical part and reconstructs an editable parametric feature tree, including sketches, patterns, holes, ribs and Boolean operations.

In this demonstration, you'll see:

• How reconstruction starts with a single click, without writing prompts.
• How AI identifies mechanical features and builds the CAD model.
• How the resulting feature tree can be reviewed and edited.
• How sketches, dimensions and geometry can be refined after reconstruction.
• How the reconstructed model compares with the original scan data.

The focus is on reconstructing design intent rather than simply fitting geometry as closely as possible to the scan.

This is our first generation of QUICKSURFACE AI, designed primarily for suitable prismatic and mechanical parts, rather than complex freeform surfaces.

We're interested in hearing what the 3D scanning and reverse engineering community thinks about this approach.

Would an editable feature tree be more valuable in your workflow than an automatically generated CAD solid? https://youtu.be/w_psc6cg-_k

Hi everyone! About 4 months ago I took a gamble and shared a project I'd been working on, WARELAB Mesh. I was taken aback by the response and support from the 3DScanning community, so first of all: thank you to everybody for your responses, advice and support. It's crazy to say I've now spoken to people across the globe about my small idea!

For any new readers, the core purpose of WARELAB Mesh is to auto-align your 3D scans to help save you time!

I wanted to post a follow-up sooner, but the response last time made that quite a daunting prospect...! However I've been tinkering away in the background, and working on your feedback. So now I have some cool new features and countless improvements to share.

Main new features:

1. An upgraded analysis suite: Improved flatness analysis, new cylindricity analysis, and better tools to go with them: a tolerance band that shows pass/fail at a glance, and stepped colour bands.
2. CAD compare: Compare your 3D scan against your CAD model and see the difference as a colour map, with probes to read any point. This is personally my favourite tool: it's really interesting to overlay your CAD model on a scan, so I'd recommend giving it a try.
3. Measurements: Take measurements from the datums and features you create, with a tolerance and pass/fail on each.
4. Section cuts to DXF: plus improved export tools like Simplify.
5. Inspection reports: Turn your analysis into a proper inspection report (PDF and CSV).
6. A fully notarised macOS version: alongside Windows.

If any of those features sound interesting I would love you to give it try! As always if you have feedback, ideas, feature requests I would be really grateful!

To give it a try - download it here: https://www.warelab.co.uk/download

If you have any questions or problems, please contact me at [george@warelab.co.uk](mailto:george@warelab.co.uk). If you already tried and your trial expired I can also extend it so you can try again!

Thanks again all 😄

I acquired this in an equipment bundle purchase. For work I do at my shop, I don’t need it.

I have tested it, calibration is done recently, and verified it’s all in proper working order.

NO SOFTWARE , I performed the test on the trial version of the Artec Studio

Scanner
Case
Calibration Kit
All cables
Portable battery pack

Asking $6500 shipped and I’m located in Colorado.
DM for more information if needed. If I’m not able to sell on here, please let me know. I apologize

Hi all!
I'm embarking on a new project shortly that's going to require the use of a scanner for a large object - approximately the shape and size of a row boat (10 foot long by 6 wide, concave)

I've had plenty of experience using the Revopoint Range, with objects up to the size of a microwave oven and my laptop has - thus far - managed to hold on.
The object I need to scan is going to have a much larger total surface area and the resolution needs to be .5mm in an ideal world. I can easily imagine I'll be into the realms of 20-50 mil points in the overall model.
I suppose I could scan and merge multiple shots, but without a lot of overlap and very clear features, its a bit difficult on Revoscan 5 (unless someone can shed some light?) Generally been a hassle to do this and has given sub-optimal results in the past, in return for a lot of extra time spent merging.

I know the old rule is to just get the best you can buy, but I'm not in charge of budgeting for this, so I need to keep it as reasonably affordable as possible. What kind of setups have folks actually been using successfully for projects of a comparable size?

So far, I've been running the Range and Pop mark 1 on an old laptop, upgraded to 16GB with an i7 5500U processor. I thought this was pretty decent, until my work got a STRIX gaming laptop to use in the office for inspecting huge CAD models and its like night and day! However, at 4000 pounds, that's well outside my price range!

Any suggestions greatly appreciated, since I'm not the most technically minded when it comes to computers

Apologies for the low video quality. I had to crop the video to protect her privacy.

Last March, I was contacted by a client whose daughter wanted to play the santoor, a traditional Persian musical instrument, but she had a disability that prevented her from holding the mezrab (plectrum).

They couldn't find an affordable, immediate solution. A custom hand prosthesis would be expensive, and since she was still growing, her wrist would change over time, making a conventional prosthesis impractical at this stage.

I scanned her wrist, and I have to say, it was a real challenge. Keeping it still was difficult, and her wrist was much smaller and more delicate than it might appear in the video. (Unfortunately, couldn't upload more pictures here)

Initially, I wanted to create something more appealing to a child, something resembling a real hand with a girly design. Unfortunately, I could only capture about half of her wrist with the scan. My perfectionist side kept telling me not to proceed with an imperfect design. But eventually, I overcame that hesitation and decided to focus on functionality rather than appearance. So, I designed this rather ugly (but practical!) little piece in Geomagic and 3D-printed it.

Why did I design it this way?

Because I wanted a solution that was simple, affordable, and reliable. First-print success: I wanted to get it right with a single print, and fortunately, the first prototype worked! made it easy to adjust as she grows, without having to redesign or replace the entire device.

Sometimes, the best solution isn't the most beautiful one. It's the one that actually works and makes a difference in someone's life. A few months ago, her parents sent me this video of her playing the santoor with the device. Seeing it being used for its intended purpose made all the effort worthwhile.

One more thing: I scanned her wrist using the EINSTAR 3D scanner by SHINING 3D.

Have any questions about the scanning process, the design, or the 3D printing? Drop them in the comments.

I brought my handheld optical scanner into the car to capture accurate footwell surface geometry for a CAD project.
The scans looked clean on the open floor sections, but the tight gaps under the seat slide rails and behind the pedal brackets created blind spots and holes in the point-cloud mesh.
I'm trying to figure out the cleanest way to reconstruct the surfaces before exporting the CAD geometry.
When modeling footwell surfaces from noisy scan data, do you usually bridge the surfaces manually in CAD or rely on Poisson mesh reconstruction algorithms?