Thinking about a scanner for hobby car work, but confused on what to buy.
Over the last year or so I've been learning cad, CNC plasma cutting, etc. I do a lot of custom work on my cars and friends cars and I've considered getting a scanner. My use case/scenario is the following -
Engine bay/subframe/engine fitment. I'd like to use it for getting more accurate measurements of engines/engine bays for when I make motor mounts.
Rear subframe/wheel well suspension. Same as above. I'd like to be able to scan suspension pieces as well as subframes/partial vehicle undersides for designing custom arms etc.
Maybe some interior work for developing custom pieces for dashboards etc.
The PC I'll be using has an i5 14600k as well as 32gb of memory and a 5060ti (16gb version). Unfortunately the ram situation isn't cheaply upgraded as it's an ITX motherboard so I only have two ram slots.
I understand that scanning items does not give me an actual STL. I'm mainly wanting to use this to take better measurements, and if I need to recreate something for printing/casting/etc etc I understand it takes a lot of post processing work.
The main scanners I was looking at were the Einstar 2 or the Rockit, Creality Raptor Pro, or the Metro Y Pro. Ideally I'd like to stick to the 1k mark but it seems like maybe I need to spend a little more for a better scanner.
Any input is appreciated. I've read through this sub for a few hours and I'm still having trouble understanding which scanner is the best as far as the size/distance of the things I'd like to scan. I'm not too concerned about high resolution scans. Just making sure I get accurate, usable scans. I am not a professional shop, so if processing times/scan times end up taking more time it's not a big deal.
Thank you!