Chris's laser scanning workbench for MTT43 mold scanning! Using a 3D scanner Jay Leno also uses ! http://www.nextengine.com/ (http://www.nextengine.com/)
In the picture he is testing it with a flywheel
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After days of testing the new software and tool, Chris is finally ready to scan and 3D model the MTT43 mold for tooling. A new top of the Monster tank will soon be born!
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Look at the lasers:
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I just now was able to coax all of the hardwares and softwares to start to do what I want... put a nice surface of the MTT tank top mold into my preferred CAD program. Now I'll use some organic modelling tools to tweak on it and make the top a little taller so we can eek out some more capacity.
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Wow, looks good
NEEEEEED that new tank! any updated ETA on it? ???
@MonsterInDark: I'm the idiot savant of crashing one of the tools I need. So working with Autodesk to find a solution... And I haven't even started getting tricky with it. :P
OOOO geez....Bad news! Im never gonna get the new tank :'( ..... [bang]
OK, we're back to work. After spending all day yesterday uninstalling, downgrading versions, and all that... today I reinstall to the latest version of the CAD software and everything is working again. [bang]
Analyzing draft angle:
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Curvature analysis:
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The green-ish mesh looking stuff is the scan of the inside of the original mold.
Hey!
I'm a practicing product design engineer and do lots of Solidworks surfacing. (I work at www.whipsaw.com (//http://)) If you need a hand with this project I'm sure we could work out a deal. PM me if you're interested! [thumbsup]
-Mickey