Wanted to make a perfectly fitted case for my over-ear headphones, so I started with a scan using the Creality Pika at 0.3mm resolution.

Honestly, I went with 0.3mm because it felt like a good balance for this kind of object – fine enough to capture the overall shape and the little details like hinge areas and ear cushion contours, but without creating an unnecessarily heavy file. The built-in screen made the setup pretty quick, which is handy when you’re just doing a quick test.

The scan itself turned out decent. It's not flawless, the seams didn't come through great and cleanly. Had to fill a couple of small holes, but it's absolutely usable for designing a case around the headphones. I'll share the printed case once it's done.

We just added this to our app. Might be a huge nerd about this stuff, but I really think it's neat. You can now scrub through your photos and watch each one snap exactly into place on the 3D model <3

This statue is part of a beer cellar entry. Only noticed it by chance when going for a walk.

Scanning

Scanning was done with the Sermoon P1 in large IR mode with geometry tracking. I moved around the statue in circles and in a second pass after checking for coverage I filled in gaps for the overhangs. With initial firmware versions the P1 only could do 5-7fps in IR mode standalone, with the latest version it reaches a stable 19-20FPS. With the increased speed the scan only took roughly 5min without any tracking problems.

Post-Processing

For post processing I first transferred the scan data from the P1 to my workstation. You can either do it by cable where a nice import menu opens or over WiFi where you select the project on the scanner, join the hotspot of the scanner with your PC and send it to the PC (option I chose, simply less cables and quite fast with up to 120MB/s from testing). I then fused the scan at 1mm with 25% noise removal to retain detail (default noise removal tends to be a bit high) and meshed it with default settings. Quicksurface was used to align the scan and reduce triangle count.

Result

Best have a look at Sketchfab, quite content with the result. Finally IR mode is a joy to use standalone, hope they will bring hybrid geometry and texture tracking at some point.

Sketchfab

Sketchfab is like printables for 3d scans with a nice integrated viewer in browser and you can also download the scan, just look at the scan yourself.
Reddit sadly blocks the short links to Sketchfab, you have to search for the title instead: "Beer Cellar Statue - Creality Sermoon P1"

PC Specs

Since a lot of people ask for it:

• AMD Ryzen 7950X
• 128GBGB DDR5 RAM
• RTX 5070Ti Desktop
• A few TB of NVME storage with PCIe Gen4 interface

A easy reverse engineering job completed in under 2 hours

A customer brought me this small broken plastic part that was no longer usable.

Instead of measuring everything manually, I scanned the original part with the EinScan Rigil using Parallel Line Mode at 0.1 mm resolution. The scan gave me an accurate reference of the geometry, including the damaged areas.

Yes, it's a easy part, that you can measureand everything...but if I have the scanner, why not use it.

From there, I rebuilt the part in Fusion 360 using the scan as a reference, creating a clean parametric CAD model. Once the design was finished, I 3D printed a brand-new replacement.

I also imported the scan to my laptop so I can better clean around the part (using the mouse).

⏱ Total time:

3D scanning

CAD remodeling

3D printing

Less than 2 hours from broken part to finished replacement.

This is exactly why professional 3D scanning is such a powerful tool for reverse engineering. Instead of guessing dimensions or manually measuring complex geometry, I can recreate discontinued or broken parts quickly and accurately.

Making money by solving real-world problems with 3D scanning and additive manufacturing never gets old.

Equipment used:

●EinScan Rigil

●Parallel Line Mode

●0.1 mm Resolution

●Autodesk Fusion360

●FDM Bambu Lab A1 (PETG)

I tested the same industrial site with two different drone capture approaches. There's 4 stages in this comparison.

-The first reconstruction uses only Mavic 4 Pro images. It gives better overall site coverage, especially from above, but the building itself lacks close-range detail (≈1H flight time).

-The second one uses only Avata 360 images. The building has more local detail, but the surrounding area is much weaker because the flight was shorter and closer (13min flight time).

-The third version combines both drone datasets, which gave the best raw result.

-The final version uses the same combined dataset, but with longer training and cleanup to remove floaters.

The capture light wasn't stable, sunny/cloudy changes.

This is just a practical 3DGS workflow comparison for visual documentation.

Hi,
I'm knew to 3d scanning and retro engineering.
I've scanned a part of my motorcycle and i wanted to create a face that follows the curvature.
Unfortunately the plan created is always flat and does not follow the mesh, any idea why ?
thanks

While looking for a fine matte spray that could easily be removed, I came across athletes foot spray.

I think its an aerosolized powder.

It has been working wonders for me (and its 5$ a can)

Hey guys, wanted to share a quick story from the garage that reminded me why I love what I do.

My neighbor drives an older Honda HR-V, and the other day I noticed he was missing the headlight washer cover on one side. We got to talking, and he told me he’s been searching everywhere for that part but just couldn't find a replacement. It turns out the car belonged to his recently passed father. Even though my neighbor could easily buy a brand-new car, he keeps this Honda because it’s a beautiful reminder of someone he truly misses.

Well... you know me. I couldn’t just leave it at that.

I grabbed my trusty Creality Raptor Pro scanner and headed out to the garage in the evening. I scanned the left cover (thankfully that one was still there), did some quick modeling, mirrored the file, and fired up the printer. Perfect fit!

I tied the finished part to his door handle with a red ribbon last night. Checked this morning, and the gift was happily picked up by him! It’s the little things, right?

Hello so I recently purchased a Raptor from Creality and my goal was to scan an entire 1/24 model kit to print on my resin printer. Yes I’m aware that’s a lot of work and time but I enjoy making multiple builds of certain vehicles and some of these kits can get very expensive so I figured I’d give it a shot and it’s been eh so far. I cannot get a great scan of the body, it just never comes out 100% right. This is my very first scan of the interior and it came out amazing but my question is how can I achieve this with almost every part? I’m okay with certain amount of errors on the scans and I can deal with it but it’s to the point where I can’t even bother printing it. I read that scanners struggle when it comes to shiny objects and the car body isn’t super shiny but it has a little small shine to it. I ordered scanning spray to see if that’ll help but I’m honestly close to giving up. I’m in the return window for the scanner so I thought about returning it. Do you guys think this is too impossible and ambitious of a task to do? Any help would b great

Barely 2 weeks in and already all this stuff, I wasn't prepared for this!

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Setup used: Creality Raptor Pro + Scan Bridge.
For this project, I performed a 3D scan of the hydraulic pump housing from a single-engine aircraft. Even without a laptop, I was able to monitor the entire scanning process in real time directly from my phone.
This is one of the biggest advantages of having a Creality scanner: mobility and flexibility to work in different situations without depending on a complete setup. I completed the entire capture process in the field using only my phone as the display, and later, when I got back to the office, I transferred the scanned data to the computer to continue the reverse engineering process for manufacturing the gaskets. 🔥
A simple, portable, and highly efficient workflow for engineering and manufacturing applications.
Has anyone else tried using the Scan Bridge this way?
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