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Introduction
We will say this upfront… bad scans can happen. Anyone who has spent time
scanning objects with a 3D scanner knows the frustration of setting up a scan,
waiting for it to finish and then coming back when it’s done only to find that there
are giant holes of missing data or the object has fallen over mid scan. These
setbacks can be overcome, however, if we keep in mind a few key principles.
To demonstrate how quick and easy it is to get exceptional results with the
scanner, we thought we’d showcase a few indisputably bad scans, discuss the
root causes, and highlight the best practices we employed to subsequently
produce better scans of the same object.
Topics covered are Lighting, Calibration, Missing Points, Errant Points, Strange
scans, Missing scans, and Wrinkled Meshes.