Heads up: our content may contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of those links, you won’t pay a penny more, but we’ll get a small commission. Read more here.There are a range of 3D scanners available to engineers, 3D printing fans and makers, but how do you go about selecting the scanner that best suits your needs? A good place to start is by looking at the size of the item that you need to scan, and selecting a scanner that has a larger single capture range, meaning that you can scan larger objects quicker.
In this article, we will be taking a look at the best 3D scanners for scanning medium-sized items.
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Revopoint
Revopoint make easy to use 3D scanners aimed at the consumer/prosumer market, and their POP series and INSPIRE medium-sized scanners are lightweight, easy to carry, and work well both indoors and outdoors.
Revopoint POP 3 Plus
The Dual-camera infrared structured light POP 3 is the latest in the Pop series and is ideally suited for scanning medium sized objects.
- - Single frame accuracy: Up to 0.08mm
- - Single frame precision: Up to 0.04mm
- - Scanning speed: 18fps
- - Work distance: 150-400mm
- - Indoors and outdoors
- - Dimensions: 153 x 45 x 29 mm
- - Weight: 190g
Revopoint INSPIRE
The INSPIRE is a dual-camera infrared structured light scanner. It is cost-effective, and fits nicely in the pocket, and is best suited for scanning small to medium sized objects.
- - Accuracy: 0.2mm
- - Frame rate: 18fps
- - Work distance: 250-500mm
- - Indoors and outdoors
- - Color scans
- - Dimensions: 132 x 45 x 27 mm
- - weight: 140g
3DMakerpro
Our first three scanners come from 3DMakerpro, who have just released their latest scanner, the “Moose”, which is ideally suited for scanning medium sized objects.
3DMakerpro Moose
The 3DMakerpro Moose is a handheld unit capable of scanning small to medium sized, using a blue LED light source. It can scan objects and create OBJ/STL/PLY file formats thanks to the included JMStudio software. The Moose can scan textures in 24-bit color
- - Accuracy: 0.03mm
- - Resolution: 0.07mm
- - Frame rate: 10fps
- - Tracking mode: Visual tracking
- - Work distance: 140-400mm
- - Light source: blue LEDS
- - Single capture range: 200x100mm
- - Scan depth: 100mm
- - Object size: 15mm - 1500mm
- - Color texture: 24 bit color
- - Dimensions: 120×60×35mm
- - Weight: 280g
3DMakerpro Moose Lite
The 3DMakerpro Moose Lite is the lightweight version of the Moose but still packs a lot of features. It uses a NIR light source for safe scanning and produces mono textures. It can scan objects and create OBJ/STL/PLY file formats thanks to the included JMStudio software.
- - Accuracy: 0.05mm
- - Resolution: 0.1mm
- - Frame rate: 10fps
- - Tracking mode: Visual tracking
- - Work distance: 140-400mm
- - Light source: NIR
- - Single capture range: 200x100mm
- - Scan depth: 100mm
- - Object size: 15mm - 1500mm
- - Color texture: mono
- - Dimensions: 120×60×35mm
- - Weight: 250g
3DMakerpro Mole
The 3DMakerpro Mole is a handheld unit capable of scanning larger objects than The Seal (15-1500mm), using a NIR light source for safe scanning. It can scan objects and create OBJ/STL/PLY file formats thanks to the included JMStudio software.
- - Accuracy: 0.05mm
- - Resolution: 0.1mm
- - Frame rate: 10fps
- - Tracking mode: Visual tracking
- - Work distance: 150-400mm
- - Single capture range: 200x100mm
- - Typical object sizes: 15-1500mm
- - Dimensions: 141 x 80 x 80mm
- - Weight: 390g
Einstar
Einstar manufacturers a range of professional-grade 3D scanners catering to a variety of customers, including engineers and dental professionals. Their Einstar scanner and EinScan-SE V2 are perfect for scanning small to medium sized items.
Einstar
The Einstar 3D Scanner is equipped with 3 Infrared VCSEL Projectors, 2 Stereo Depth Cameras and 1 RGB Camera. It offers high-quality, user-friendly scanning with enhanced software algorithms, High color fidelity, and streamlined experience..
- - Resolution: 0.1mm
- - Frame rate: 14fps
- - Work distance: 160mm-1400mm
- - Indoors and outdoors
- - Color scans
- - Dimensions: 220mm x 46mm x 55mm
- - weight: 500g
Einstar-SE V2 Desktop 3D Scanner
Einstar-SE V2 Desktop 3D Scanner is a powerful companion for educators and individuals. It can scan items as small as 30mm x 30mm x 30mm on the turntable, or up to 700×700×700 mm in handheld mode.
- - Accuracy: ≤0.1 mm
- - Frame rate: 125fps
- - Work distance: 290mm ~ 480mm
- - Indoors and outdoors
- - Color scans
- - Dimensions: 570mm × 210mm × 210mm
- - weight: 4.2kg
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