3d scanners under $1000 worth the money?

[Andrea]

Hi,

My Einscan1 can scan at 0.1mm. I scanned a plane and measured the deviations with Meshlab. You can also look at the attached picture. I scanned my motorbike helmet. At the back of it, they have embossed NOLAN. The thickness of the emboss is 0.1 mm with round edges, same colour as the surrounding. The scanner picked it up. No blobs.

These days i'm scanning mostly parts on my motorbike, which i then bring into my CAD, then design other parts around the scanned part, to mate with it.

NOLAN helmet.jpg

Hello,

I'm new in the 3d printer world.... I know nothing regarding 3d scanner but your post is very interesting.

I would like to use a 3d scanner for job. I work in a mechanical company and I need to scan some parts in order to save time, compared to draw them.

did you scanned some parts of your motorcycle? what kind of file do you get by scanning? it's a .step file? I will to manage them with solidworks 2015