CUTTING PLANE(only applied under Laser scan mode) ................40 PROJECT GROUP ..........................42 8.1. CREATE/IMPORT PROJECTS .......................... 42 8.2. REMOVE/DELET PROJECTS ..........................42 8.3. ALIGN PROJECTS ............................42 MESHING ............................44 9.1. CREATE MESH(watertight/unwatertight) ....................44 SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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10.3. MEASUREMENT ............................. 53 SHARE DATA ..........................59 Third-party Software .........................60 MODEL PREVIEW ........................61 SUPPORT AND CONTACT ......................62 14.1. Submit a Ticket .............................. 62 14.2. Contact Us ..............................63 SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the EinScan H series 3D Scanner. EinScan HX is new developed handheld 3d scanner by Shining 3D. Based on combined structure light technology of LED and laser. EinScan HX is with unique performance of scanning common objects as most hand held structure light 3d...
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Please read before use. WARNING EinScan HX uses a class II laser when using laser scan mode, which is eye and skin safe under all conditions of normal use, but long time staring at the laser beam directly is not suggested.
Note: Each scanner has its own serial number, label is placed at the bottom of the scanner. It will be required for maintenance. Do not remove it. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Serial number SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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1.3.2. SCANNER BODY SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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4. Plug the power cable another end into a power outlet 5. Connect the other end of the connection cable to a USB 3.0 port on your computer SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
When a new version is available, a pop-up will show when you start the software to remind you update your software to the latest version. Click Yes to update Update Reminder SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
2. Recovery will start from a failed upgrade. You can restart the firmware update after successful recovery. 3. If recovery fails, turn off the power of the scanner and reconnect the scanner to restart the software for upgrading. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Note: If the activation fails, send a request for activation file to einscan_support@shining3d.com with your serial number. Online Activation Click this button to reveal the Local Activation Local activation SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
2.6.2. Device reconnect When the device is offline, meaning the scanner is not connected to PC, please check the connection and click on the refresh connection button to reconnect. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Click the settings logo from the upper right to open the drop down menu. Drop down menu Feedback If you have any questions or suggestions, please share with us by clicking “Feedback”. Please leave your email in “My E-mail”. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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All settings modifications will go back to the original settings. Language Select the language for the interface, click apply to change, restarting the software is not needed About For version information and support, email einscan_support@shining3d.com. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Click the question mark in the upper right bar, and open the help mode from the drop-down menu. Drop down menu Display the help tool related to the current interface. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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If the error persists, please contact support by emailing einscan_support@shining3d.com. Fail to activate For activation failure, make sure the scanner is well connected. Redo the activation. Device fails to activate SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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In Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings, Add EXScan software. Then change the preferred graphic processor for this program. Select NVIDIA processor. Click Apply to save the settings. Multiple graphic card detected SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Change graphic card preferences for EinScan HX SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Clean with clear water only, do not use alcohol or chemical liquid to clean the calibration board 4.2. PREPARATION FOR CALIBRATION Take out the calibration board, and the position paper. Calibration board Position paper 4.3. HOW TO DO CALIBRATION Calibration includes: STANDARD CALIBRATION SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 STANDARD CALIBRATION Position 4 Position 5 STANDARD CALIBRATION Standard calibration (Point the scanner at the center of the board) SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Move the scanner up and down till a photo taken at a right distance. A pop-up of White balance calibration succeeded will appear. Click Next on the pop-up, you will enter to scan mode. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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2. Move the scanner at a steady and slow speed. 3. Make sure to protect the calibration board and keep it clean, no scratches or stains on the black SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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If the positions were followed as suggested, recalibrate according to the suggested steps. If the board is clear and clean without scratches or stains SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Scan buttons 5.2. SCAN MODES Now you can start to scan. Use EinScan HX, you can use Rapid Scan by structure light scanning for a fast scan, or use Laser scan by laser triangulation to scan some difficult. Scan mode...
Select marker alignment or repetitive features Mark/draw on the surface to add Select texture alignment features Thin wall objects Place markers on and around the Choose global marker alignment objects SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Object with markers WARNING EinScan HX uses a class II laser when using laser scan mode, which is eye and skin safe under all conditions of normal use, but long time staring at the laser beam directly is not suggested.
NON-TEXTURE SCAN: the scan will be without color. Note: Texture scan requires the objects to have colorful texture surface, and it takes longer time for data processing when meshing. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Example of use of hybrid alignment Rich-colored not colorful High color contrast Solid color Texture align result: Texture align result: When selecting texture alignment, hold the scanner to move evenly steady. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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4. Import the saved .asc or .p3 file 5. Scan the object 6. The scans will all aligned according to the global marker file open global markers file SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
(-) or right (+). Rapid Too bright (X) Good (√) Too dark (X) scan Camera window Preview display Laser Too bright or too Dark Good (√) Brightness setting scan SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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The distance and brightness is required to be adjusted manually. Laser and LED brightness will change correspondingly when Brightness is adjusted. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Plane detection ON when not enough features to align Scan Otherstting SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Data setting: Scanning some black glossy object, when brightness is already set to its limits, but still very less data is captured. Please turn the data setting cursor from left to right . It will help scanning, but with noise. Scan Otherstting SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
If the scanner can’t capture common features (when feature alignment is selected), miss enough markers (when marker alignment is selected or under laser scan), or with unclear texture(when SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
When scanning by feature, hybrid, texture alignment, Quality and Speed priority for the point-cloud optimization can be selected. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
You can only undo the most recently deleted data. Show/Hide texture (when Color Pack is attached) Click the button to switch between displaying and hiding the texture. End the editing Revoke all and exit editing SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
(Markers can’t be deleted) Cutting plane operation is only workable under the current project. Scan with Cutting plane: Only one side from the cutting plane can be scanned. Cutting plane is SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Click this button to exit cutting plane, saving all the edition under cutting plane Click this button to exit cutting plane, cancel all the edition under cutting plane SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
It can be imported when it is needed. Click Delete or right click and delete to delete the selected project(s) from the project tree and the local folder. 8.3. ALIGN PROJECTS SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Click Reset to cancel all alignments done in this session Aligned result Click Next to validate the alignment and continue to use the alignment interface Drag and drop a project to the float and fixed window SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
If the projects are all with texture, the data optimization option will be unavailable. The software will simply the data by default. Mesh Mode Watertight Unwatertight All holes will be filled automatically. The data Unclosed model stays the way it is scanned. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Select Visible to select data on the front view only Hide/Show color ⑧ Select Through to select data all though Click End button to return to the Post-processing menu SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
CURVATURE calculates the solution considering the point position and the normal of the 2 last rows of triangles forming the boundary Effect of Curvature, Tangent or Flat SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
The example of before and after smoothing is shown below. Run 2 times, data will be smoothed twice. smooth menu SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
There are 3 ratio options of mesh optimization. Processing time will be different. Below shows the result of 3 different ratios. mesh optimization menu Original Mesh optimization-10 Mesh optimization-50 Mesh optimization-100 SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
It will make the texture manual editing much more convenient if you are going to process the texture in a 3rd party software. This option has no effect on the texture itself. Texture Layout Optimization SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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No Texture layout optimization Texture layout optimization Notes: TLO requires a longer time to compute TLO is used only with OBJ output TLO result is more convenient for texture manual editing SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Easy texture editing ◆ Mesh scan.3mf Low storage ◆ Compatibility with Microsoft paint3d Marker scan.p3 Global Marker File ◆ position EinScan software ◆ Measurement of the marker position SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
By default, the scale is 100% and will be exported with millimeters for reference. The value display represents the dimensions of the smallest box containing the data oriented to the reference axis. Scale result Scale window SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
The features created displaying in gray, the selected feature are in Red. In the feature list, click “delete button” to remove (Delete action cannot undo). SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Press Shift+ LMB to select an area, press ctrl+ LMB to unselect Best Fit The plane generated is the position with the smallest deviation from the selected area Recommend method to create plane SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Start from data reposition (offset to 0,0,0) Edit rotations prior to transformation Change the view normal to a reference plane to change the corresponding angle SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Select a Point in the drop-down menu. The data will be translated to match the point with the origin point (coordinate 0,0,0) Click Align to perform the transformation Data after 3-2-1 movement Click Reset to cancel Click Apply to confirm the transformation. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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This tool calculates the volume contains in a mesh. watertight It returns the volume in mm^3 and the coordinates of the smallest box, parallel to the global coordinates, containing all the data. SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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Volume menu Prior to the calculation make sure the file is (no holes). watertight File not watertight alert SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Sketchfab basic plan accounts can only upload data less than 50M, while Pro plan account can share with a maximum of 200M. Data is saved as .STL does NOT contain texture SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Solid Edge is a design tool from SIEMENS PLM Software. Partnered with SIEMENS PLM Software, EinScan users is able to use Solid Edge SHINING 3D Edition, which includes reverse engineering, generative design (optional modular), and simulation (optional modular) with CAD functions in one platform.
Notes: To load a OBJ textured file make sure to have the MTL and JPG files with the same name and in the same folder than the OBJ SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Sign up in Shining 3D Support Platform support.shining3d.com Or send email directly to einscan_support@shining3d.com Log in with your account. Click New Ticket on the tab bar to submit a ticket and check the status SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
Add: Breitwiesenstraße 28, 70565, Stuttgart, Germany Americas Region SHINING 3D Technology Inc. San Francisco, United States Phone: +1 415 259 4787 Add: 1740 Cesar Chavez St. Unit D. San Francisco, CA 94124 SHINING 3D - EinScan HX 1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020...
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