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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Matterform 1st use.]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>(I posted this also in the Shipping updates thread - then thought it should be a new thread)</p><p>Mine showed up today.&nbsp; Have been working through issues:<br />1. Get the software from the website, You will need your serial number from the machine.&nbsp; Good for 3 different CPUs.</p><p>2. Arduino Leonardo drivers would not install (they should do so automatically when you install the software).&nbsp; After much messing around I found a USB port on my Dell Precision laptop that would work (it set itself to COM 8 by the way).&nbsp; That specific port is the only one that works.</p><p>3. You are forced to calibrate the machine before use.&nbsp; It would not calibrate.&nbsp; It kept saying the room was too dark.&nbsp; I brought it into bright sunlight and still no go.&nbsp; Camera LEDs were on (can peek inside a little) so I figured more driver problems.&nbsp; Device manager said drivers for Logitech C-270 webcam were installed, so I went to Logitech&#039;s website and downloaded the webcam app for a C-270 (my laptop does not have a webcam).&nbsp; Running the logitech app showed what the camera was looking at, so the camera was working.&nbsp; <br />Closed that app and launched the Matterform app and now all is well.&nbsp; Whatever.</p><p>4. Scanning uses very little computer power.&nbsp; You can do other things (SolidWorks will not mess it up).&nbsp; Meshing the point cloud to create an STL takes more horsepower.&nbsp; 3 of the 4 cores run at ~50% at about 5Gb of RAM.</p><p>5. Something like a shot glass will take maybe 15 minutes at medium resolution.&nbsp; 5 minutes to clean things up.&nbsp; 10 minutes more to mesh and create an STL if you wish.&nbsp; Big things make smoother scans.&nbsp; Combining multiple scans prior to meshing can help smooth, but you may lose small details.<br />The attached pic is of a 2&quot; tall part.&nbsp; Native STL on the right, scan of a high res SLA on the left.&nbsp; This is a 1st attempt.</p>]]></content>
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