Re: Laser level/Photo/Rhino

Hi Brian,
Thanks very much. I've been looking for something like this for a
specific application and this is right on.
George

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Brian Worth
<electromodeler@...> wrote:

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> Hi Jack, check out this site - maybe it can help.
> http://www.rob.cs.tu-bs.de/en/news/david
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> Regards, Brian
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> --- On Fri, 13/2/09, Jack Mc Kie <freshwatermodels@...> wrote:
> From: Jack Mc Kie <freshwatermodels@...>
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser level/Photo/Rhino
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, 13 February, 2009, 2:45 PM
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> From time to time I need items scanned for reverse engineering.

This

> is expensive and in some cases over kill for my scale model parts.
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> What I propose to do is get a rotating laser and shine it on the

object

> to produce cross sections. These cross sections will be

photographed

> and used as bit map background in Rhino. I have seen this done

in

> Canada with specialized software but beleive it can be done with

Rhino.

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> I have no access to a cheap laser and am wondering about the

quality of

> the laser beam.
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> Does anyone have one of these lasers? I want to know the

thickness of

> the beam at a distance of about 3', 6', 12'. Anyone know how
> accurately aligned the laser is?
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> Any insights on these cheap sub $100 lasers would be appreciated.
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> Jack
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