Is A Hobby Scanner Worth It? | Comparing Hobby vs Pro Scans to Understand The Differences |

In this video we are going to finally take a look at a Hobby Scan vs a Pro Scan.

In all the videos I have done with scans I have mentioned good vs. bad scans. Now is the time to really see the difference. A subscriber that was trying to reverse engineer a part sent me a scan done with a hobby grade scanner. I had my buddy Paul over at www.MotoCilino.com send me a high quality scan so I could highlight the differences. Note that Paul does scan work for clients so if you need parts scanned reach out to him via his website contact. He can scan/prep mesh bodies all the way to reverse engineering parts for you.

There are loads of important details to consider when talking about scanners, scans and reverse engineering. In this video I hope to at least show what you can expect with a Hobby scanner. If you want to see more on this topic let me know and I will see if I can convince Paul to help out showing off some of his tools of the trade.

00:00 Introduction
00:52 Hobby Grade Scanned Mesh
03:38 Professional Grade Scanned Mesh
05:20 Mesh Orientation Importance
07:36 Tips on How to Create a Plane Off A Mesh
08:30 Creating a Mesh Section Sketch
09:48 Fit Curves to Mesh Sections
12:40 Considerations When Reverse Engineering
17:27 Conclusion