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Bad Designs · Reality capture · Raleigh, NC
I turn real objects and places into 3D with laser scanning, splatting, photogrammetry and LiDAR.
Methods_0014 ways to capture reality
Some measure shape to a fraction of a millimetre. Others record how a place really looks.
012 captures
Laser lines trace the surface and build the shape one pass at a time.
021 capture
Photos become millions of soft points that look real from any angle.
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Overlapping photos are matched up to rebuild a textured 3D mesh.
Overlapping photos → Textured mesh
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Timed laser pulses map rooms, buildings and terrain as a point cloud.
Laser pulses → Point cloud
Featured_0023D scanning · start to finish
A broken air hockey fan, scanned, rebuilt in SolidWorks and printed 1:1. Back in use in two days.
01 · Broken
An air hockey fan, in pieces.
02 · Scan
Scanned at 0.1 mm.
03 · Rebuild
Rebuilt in SolidWorks.
04 · Print
Printed 1:1 in PLA.
Captures_0033 projects · newest first
A part, a car, a statue. Each write-up shows how it was captured and what came out.
SCAN_003Volvo_dashcam_cover.stl
Scan of the mount area → custom-fit cover, prototyped and printed
A custom dashcam cover for a Volvo, developed from 3D scans and prototypes. One of my more challenging reverse engineering projects, and worth the time.
SCAN_002Harry_Potter_splat.ply
Photo capture → explorable Gaussian splat
Gaussian splatting turns ordinary photos into a 3D scene you can explore. Spin and zoom around this interactive splat right in your browser.
SCAN_001Blower_fan.stl
Scan → SolidWorks model → printed 1:1 replacement
A broken squirrel-cage fan from an air hockey table, 3D scanned, rebuilt in SolidWorks and printed in PLA as a 1:1 replacement in a couple of days.
On the bench
Interior scanning and part rebuilds for an ongoing project car. Write-up coming.
Divisions_004Where captures get used
I'm always looking for the next thing to capture. Want one made for you? The services page has the details.