Let's see some of your scans (Page 1 of 2)

If they look like some of the scans on thingiverse I can see why no one wants to show them.

thingaverse scans are from the makerbot scanner

I started a new thread, with my early experince with the Atlas scanner, and I'm not afraid to post them in in all their glory (gory ?).

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/11260/ge … ood-scans/

Obviously we have a long way to go before we get scans that look anywhere near the ones Uriah posted in his Kickstarter previews.  Bu I have faith.  It's just a matter of calibrations, and understanding how to use the tools.

So gather 'round folks we're just getting started !

SO I guess I'll be the first to post a scan.

Here is one of a little statuette of a lady with a bagful of cats.  THere is no post scan cleanup, only the bottom was cut off.  This scan was done at 5Mp @ 1600 steps

And this is another one of a schoolboy.  Done at the same resolution.  The only touch up I did was around the base and on his right foot, but it's not complete.

That's it so far.

They're both about 6" tall.

@pirvan Have you updated to version 1.6 of the software yet?

I think two things could be causing this.  One is that the lasers aren't "perfectly" aligned and the other is that the software is having trouble detecting the center of the laser when only half of the laser is in contact with the object.  I have just implemented a software calibration feature that will detect and correct for any misalignment in the lasers.  I've only began the testing but the results are pretty impressive so far.  This feature will be included in FreeLSS 1.7.  I then plan on looking into improving laser detection with partial laser on target.

OK, so how do I realign the lasers?  Take a look at my other posts, specifically the link below, to see how I aligned the lasers, and let me know what I'm doing wrong:

http://www.soliforum.com/post/97554/#p97554

from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18218

Scan took 15 mins in 5 Megapixel mode.
I don't have the calibration item since my 3d printer broke down and I need to repair it. I took a wooden square block to calibrate the scanner.
The important steps are:
1. turn table needs to be in alignment with the camera otherwise you can double scans and weird effects
2. laser lines need to be parallel and meet it each other in the middle of the turn table
3. there is a button (Freelss 1.19) that aligns the laser lines via software (freeware version probably does not have that feature)

Note: It took a while to get to  usable scans (2 days). Once you get a scan working than you can tweak it via turning one the laser (when the scan has a tapered/misaligned end) or move the camera position (alignment with platform and height position to remove the turntable parts from the scan). The cross hairs seems not important.
note 2: The stl's produced by Atlas are not usable. I use the PLY files and use meshlabs to clean and process them. Not much cleaning is usually required, just a few pixels here and there. the poisson filter 13,7,1,1 settings seems to work the best for creating smooth surfaces.

also my scanner takes a bit over 2hrs to do a scan but could be some other settings besides just camera MP cause it. I see some settings that could multiply my scan times much more if used, like delays, steps, pause etc all cause longer waits for even previews and test results I have found