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3D Scanner Test

A project log for 2005 Yamaha XT 225 Motorcycle Frame Modeling

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david-troetschelDavid Troetschel 05/05/2020 at 16:130 Comments

Okay; all the parts for the scanner came yesterday. Had to jump through some hoops to get the necessary software but I was able to create a decent scan of myself this morning in absolutely terrible lighting, and in general terrible conditions for this technology. Even still, it worked well enough and I was able to import directly into Rhino as well!

Here is a rendered view:

and then rendered still in Rhino hahaha; obviously I should have aligned the mesh better.

I think this is definitely good enough to justify scanning the bike, likely several times and then its sub components, etc. It'll be a good training exercise and super useful in the future. I guess the real question will be how useful digital form finding will be or whether it should only be used as guide for more mechanical layout from a concept sketch.

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