Chris's laser scanning workbench for MTT43 mold scanning! Using a 3D scanner Jay Leno also uses ! http://www.nextengine.com/

In the picture he is testing it with a flywheel

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!





Look at the lasers:

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.

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.

OOOO geez....Bad news! Im never gonna get the new tank .....

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. 

Analyzing draft angle:


Curvature analysis:


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)  If you need a hand with this project I'm sure we could work out a deal.  PM me if you're interested!   

-Mickey