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- Page 1 Matter and Form 3D Scanner V2 User Manual ...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Regular Scan 12 +Quickscan 12 Matter and Form 1 Geometry Settings 13 3D Scanner 1 Picking the Best Laser Exposure 13 Legal & Safety Stuff 4 High Contrast Scanning (Regular scan) 14 Laser Stuff 5 How Do I Identify High Contrast Objects? 14 ... - Page 3 Save and Export 23 Saving Your Project 23 Exporting 23 Pro Tips 24 Positioning your laser 24 Symmetrical Objects 25 +Quickscan, then Regular Scan 25 Using other so ware with your scanner 25 3D printing 25 3D Lingo 26 +Quickscan Purchasing and Activation 27 ...
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Page 4: Matter And Form
Matter and Form 3D Scanner or Matter and ● Do not touch the camera lens, laser lenses or laser Form Inc. online services. The Matter and Form 3D Scanner ... -
Page 5: Laser Stuff
Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are is subject to the following two conditions: not approved by Matter and Form Inc. may void the authority 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment. ... -
Page 6: Inside The Box
Inside the Box Thank you for purchasing the Matter and Form 3D Scanner. Included in your box, you'll find: 1. One (1) Matter and Form 3D Scanner 2. One (1) AC Power Adapter 3. Four (4) Interchangeable Power Adapter Plugs ... -
Page 7: Before You Begin
Before You Begin Problem Materials and Surfaces There are some materials that laser scanners have trouble scanning. Because the scanner works by capturing the data The Importance of Lighting that is made by the laser hitting the surface of the object, any material that makes the lasers difficult to see will not scan ... -
Page 8: Preparing Your Object For Scanning
Preparing Your Object for Scanning Setting Up Your Scanner Some objects (as listed above) will require a bit of prep work Choose a location close to your computer that has even, to allow them to scan properly, or at all. Pre-treating your ambient light and a stable, level surface. -
Page 9: Mfstudio
MFStudio Calibration Starting a New Project Calibrating the Scanner To start a new project, click New Project on the MFStudio Calibration is very important to getting the best out of your homepage. Enter a Filename , select a Save to: location, then scanner. - Page 10 Follow the instructions for Calibration Steps 1 and 2 in the so ware to calibrate you scanner. The scanner turntable will rotate le and right, firing its lasers and collecting a range of data. Be patient and do not move the calibration card or scanner. ...
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Page 11: Scanning
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Page 12: Starting A New Scan
Starting a New Scan Regular Scan Regular Scan (10-15 minutes per pass) uses two lasers to capture geometry with optional textures. Regular scan uses a process called “Adaptive Scanning”, in which the bed will rotate forward, but will also rotate back. This is to capture extra data when the distance between new ... -
Page 13: Geometry Settings
Geometry Settings Dark-colored areas need a bright camera exposure and light-colored areas need a darker camera exposure for the best laser line detection. Picking the Best Laser Exposure Here is an The Geometry Settings can be found at the top of the Scan example of noisy ... -
Page 14: High Contrast Scanning (Regular Scan)
Setting High Contrast Laser Exposures When more than one exposure gives good results, choose the lowest value, as this reduces total Some models cannot be scanning time and the capturing of noise points scanned with only one laser from the scan bed. exposure due to their high contrast colors: grey and white both contrast with High Contrast Scanning (Regular scan) ... -
Page 15: Texture Settings
Check the High-Contrast checkbox, which enables the Texture Settings second exposure slider. Texturing captures color information from photos taken Then, adjust the bottom slider for Exposure 2 until the dark during scanning and applies them to the generated point areas of the model fill in with a clean laser line. ... -
Page 16: Picking The Best Exposure For Color
Picking the best exposure for color Scan Path Here are three examples for Texture Settings exposures: Adjusting the sliders in the Scan Path toolbox will restrict This is underexposed. scanning to only a portion of the object. Capturing textures with this exposure will result in a ... -
Page 17: Scan Progress
Scan Progress The Scan Progress window displays points as they are captured during scanning. Click the X icon by the progress bar to finish scanning at any time. The scan will load into the Project Editor as-is. You can interact with the point cloud while scanning: ... -
Page 18: Editing
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Page 19: Project Editor
Project Editor Aligning Scans The Project Editor is designed for working on multiple scans The most effective way to get complete geometry of an of the same object simultaneously (though it functions the object is to scan it from different angles and align the same with a single scan). ... -
Page 20: Cleaning Scans
Cleaning Scans Noise Tool The scanner can pick up unintended points caused by The Noise Selection tool automatically highlights points for reflections off the surface of the object or captured cleaning. Move the slider to choose how aggressive the background movement. -
Page 21: Brush Tool
Brush Tool Crop Tool The Brush tool manually selects (+) or deselects (-) points. The Crop tool removes all points outside an area you specify. Control the brush size using the square bracket tools ] and [. Use the sliders to choose points from the top down, the The hand button returns regular mouse functionality. ... -
Page 22: Meshing
Meshing Detail level 8 To mesh a project for export, navigate to the Mesh tab within Surface is smooth and the Project Editor. detail is accurate. The Mesh Options slider controls the level of detail in the mesh: to the right for lots of detail, to the le for low detail. If textures have been captured for the project, check Enable ... -
Page 23: Save And Export
X, Y, and Z axes. XYZ does not save colour only be opened with MFStudio. The .mfproj file format is information. proprietary to Matter and Form and is the quickest and easiest file format for the so ware to use. Use PLY when working with programs like Meshlab. ... -
Page 24: Pro Tips
Pro Tips Positioning your laser Laser scanning operates on a sight-line principal: whatever the lasers cannot touch and the camera cannot see, the scanner cannot capture. For example, it would be able to scan the outside of a straw but not the inside. Like a photo camera, the scanner can only capture what is in its field of ... -
Page 25: Symmetrical Objects
Symmetrical Objects Using other so ware with your scanner Some objects are too symmetrical for the so ware to For some purposes, scan projects may require some extra correctly align them. clean-up or geometric sculpting beyond what MFStudio can provide. -
Page 26: 3D Lingo
3D Lingo If a collection of faces all A point cloud is a set of data points in a coordinate system. In exist on a single a three-dimensional coordinate system, these points geometric plane, this one represent the external surface of an object and are usually collection of faces is ... -
Page 27: Quickscan Purchasing And Activation
+Quickscan Purchasing and Activation Purchase +Quickscan Your +Quickscan license can only be active on one computer On the +Quickscan tab in the Scan Setup page, click the at a time. To use +Quickscan on a different computer you Upgrade to +Quickscan button. ... -
Page 28: Our Roots
Copyright © 2015, 2018 Matter and Form Inc. Matter and and with little effort. It is also capable of exporting intricate, Form and the MF logo are trademarks of Matter and Form Inc. high-resolution, 3D representations for use in any number of ...
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