28/09/2026
Here's how our scan comes in and what we produce from it.
The scan comes through as a triangulated .STL file (beige / brown). Good for things like 3d printing, but not clean for taking geometry from, which is necessary for a good CNC program.
The scanned part is often faulty, other than the break, this part wasn't very flat which is common for something that's been outside for so long.
So we use it as a guide to create a clean model from (blue) in the same position to check against the scan. Then mirrored it, as we are fixing the other side which is missing. Final result image attached.
