Race car scan by Mech Eng student

[308systems]

Hi, my son is a mechanical engineering student and would like to scan his race car for import into SolidWorks to do some computational fluid dynamic modeling on it.

Both of us know nothing about handheld 3D scanners and would love to get recommendations on the appropriate hardware to rent and where to rent it. Are there any 3D scanning Android apps that would work?

Being a student, budget is critical for him.

Thanks!!

Mark

[badam]

I think you should try photogammetry there are lot of tools to get a decent model. Just place a scale to your model, so you'll be able to rescale the pointcloud to the correct values.

Just take lot of images and import it to a photogammetry software like (reality capture pay as you go,metashape, webodm,etc)

[Mark Christy]

Hi Mark,

We provide a Point Cloud plugin for SolidWorks along with a free iOS App that allows you to scan and capture point cloud data from a Lidar enabled iOS device.

If he's happy hosting the captured point cloud in "The Cloud" for working on it then our scanning software and plugin is FREE for him to use with some limitations. To remove a lot of the plugin limitations it's only £2.99 a month.. hopefully that's student friendly enough pricing!

Please see more here:
https://www.zappcha.com
and
https://www.veesus.com

Many Thanks

Mark

[EduardoC]

Hi, my son is a mechanical engineering student and would like to scan his race car for import into SolidWorks to do some computational fluid dynamic modeling on it.

Both of us know nothing about handheld 3D scanners and would love to get recommendations on the appropriate hardware to rent and where to rent it. Are there any 3D scanning Android apps that would work?

Being a student, budget is critical for him.

Thanks!!

Mark

Hi Mark! you can use Reality Capture Software to produce a good point cloud using photos by your mobile; I have tried photogrammetry for some projects and the results are good enough. The other option (if you have an iPhone pro 13/14) is using those sensors to scan the car. for point clouds with ultra-high definition, I recommend you use the manual scanner as Creaform, but I don't know the price for renting it.

[BCRD]

Did the OP ever find a solution? Where is he located?