3D Scanning Service
In order to copy or change the design of any physical object, it needs to be 3D scanned into a digital 3D file.
Our 3D Scanning Service can take any object, no matter how large or small, simple or complex, moveable or immovable, alive or still, and 3D scan it into printable or editable 3D file for you.
Even out of sight internal structures can be scanned with a CT scanner.
This once-futuristic technology, is now done routinely, and can even be done in lower resolutions with your own phone.
Types of 3D Scanning Services we offer
Laser triangulation & pulse 3D Scanning
A laser is beamed at the object and a camera either measures the reflected angle of the beam or the time to return.
Structured light 3D Scanning
A white or blue geometric LED light pattern is projected onto the object and a camera analyses the distortion.
Photogrammetry
Photos are taken of the object from many angles and software is able to stich them together to form the digital shape.
Computerized Tomography CT Scan
X-rays are used to scan the outside and inside of the object with the highest resolutions of 3D scanners.
How can 3D Scanning help you?
Duplication
In order to create an accurate identical copy of an object, a 3D scanner can be used to create a digital version of the object, which will be used in the production of the duplicate. For example, making a copy of a hand carved/sculpted statue, or replacing a broken plastic bracket.
Closer inspection
If you need to inspect a physical object more accurately than the human eye and hand are able to, a 3D scanner can display that higher level of resolution for you. Down to the nanometre. For example, fine animal and plant structures like insects and flowers, or jewellery.
Internal structures
When there is a need to view the inside of an object that is not visible from the outside, x-rays can be used to create a digital model of that internal structure. Such as stress fractures inside a metal engine part. A tumour inside a body. And also the bone structure inside dinosaur fossils and mummified remains.
Scale
If you need to create a larger or smaller version of a physical object, you can 3D scan it into a digital model, and then change its scale using software. Before producing it at the new size. For example, when sculpture artist wants to produce miniature version of their artworks to sell.
Design alteration
When you need to alter the shape of a physical object. Or when you want to create an entirely new version, based on some of the characteristics of a physical object. It can be 3D scanned, edited and reproduced. For example, if the cover on an appliance keep breaking because it is not strong enough, the design of the affected area can be re-enforced after 3D scanning and then reproduced.
Shape Analysis
If a physical object needs to be compared to its digital design, 3D scanners can display that difference very accurately. In many cases, a physical object may have undergone some physical change in shape or structure since being manufactured. Which is not very clear to the naked eye, externally or internally. For example, if the high-speed turbine blade in an engine has deformed, the engine could fail.
Create a new design in a specific space
When you want to design a new object that must accurately connect or fit between or around other objects already in place, then those objects can be 3D scanned into their digital versions and to used to design the new object off of. For example, when vehicle modification designers want to design a custom bumper to fit exactly how and where the original did.
Digital use
When the digital version of a physical object is needed for a digital render or animation, a 3D scanner can scan the object to create the 3D file. For example, a building can be 3D scanned in order to place it the scene of a photograph or movie. Or a new dress can be 3D scanned in order to place it on the online store of a clothing business.
Accurate measurement
If highly accurate dimensions of an object are required, a high-resolution 3D scanner can provide them down to the nanometer. For example, the high-speed parts of a jet engine. Additionally, 3D scanners also make it possible to measure organically shaped or tiny objects that might be difficult to measure normally. For example, 3D scanning a body part for the fitment of an orthosis, or the intricate mechanisms of a watch.
Preservation
If a unique physical object is at risk of deterioration or damage, it can be 3D scanned in order to have a digital version of it saved. Which can be viewed or produced if something happens to it. For example, vintage items or ancient statues can be 3D scanned and recorded. Then viewed, shared, studied or reproduced at any point in the future.
Volumetric measurement
3D scanners are routinely used to measure the internal volumes of object, buildings and structures in nature. For example, the volumes of a sculpture, hall or underground cave.