Anna Phengsakmueang Week 13: Laser Scanning

Concept

object to be scanned

For the laser scanning, my partner and I chose to scan a ceramic piggy bank. It was a bit of a risk since there was a bit of gloss on the pig which would have been a bit difficult to scan as well as the black markings which may have been interpreted as indents.

Technique
In the 3D Studio we used the NextEngine 3D scanner to scan the ceramic piggy bank. We used the three-hundred-sixty degree settings to scan the object from the side and top view. After the scans were complete, we trimmed off the parts of the scan that consisted of the turn table and the parts of the scanner. After trimming, we aligned the scans so that the data appeared consistent. Then, we imported it into RapidWorks for further editing of the scan. Since there were some rough patches and a few holes and indents in the scan, it was smoothed out using RapidWorks. After the editing was done in RapidWorks, it was then imported into KeyShot for rendering.

Materials

rendered

Within KeyShot, I chose to use a 24K gold material for the piggy bank and a scenic shot of a part of UTD. Using the "adjust to backplate" controls in Keyshot, I tried to rotate and position the piggy bank to adjust it to the blackplate to make it appear as if it was in the picture. I adjusted the light settings to make the piggy bank appear more unified in its setting as if it was always placed there.