Thank you for putting this on the main channel. You're the only person I've found online that is doing this stuff relating to motorsports. There's lots of info out there, but its all skewed towards others subjects that I just don't have much interest in.

Your videos have made me go from a complete novice, to a competent 3d modeller.

At the bottom of the menu where you find the 2 point dimension is a tool called caliber, way faster or even the one right below “2 point” Point and plane you pick your point on one side and the plane of the other. Always a straight line. I work with this software and him scanners everyday at work.

It's really amazing that GOM let's you do everything it does in a free package. I've used seriously expensive software in the past to do very similar things. Great video man, very very clear explanations of each process. It's worth remembering when using an entire face worth of scan data for a best fit, it's worth excluding or deleting the data in the holes. Even though a best fit will ignore the data after a certain depth in the whole, having lots of data for each hole in a set direction will bias the best fit. The difference this will make is probably negligible but here's an annoying metrology eng's input 😅

Thank you, love the tips and tricks! Especially the align to coordinate system with GOM...dread doing that in fusion every time.

There are free lessons and exercies if you log in into GOM training center. Or in KZfaq could find complete basic trainings.

Must admit I am glad that you mentioned it is beginning to skirt on GD&T, as I am one of the people who has spent an entire career working in it - well actually in that and far broader high precision metrology. When I saw the title of the video it was red rag to a bull on first view, and I was about to roll the sleeves up for a bit of a barney !! I thought using those scanners for any kind of meaningful metrology comparison is the equivalent of endorsing taking an engine apart with a chisel, hammer and a Leatherman. Anyway I calmed down, after getting to the disclaimer, enjoyed the video and the as usual great content. It actually is great to see other people using scanners etc for not just making game player figures etc. I am more of a motorcycle than car guy but really enjoy what you are doing having only recently discovered the channel. Thanks, your efforts are appreciated.

You know he means business when he's got his specs on and a beer in hand 👍 GOM looks great

In mesh mixer you could insert rectangular primitives on opposite faces and cover the whole sides, the measurements would then be uniform

Also, you're great at presenting this stuff.

Two thumbs up!! Great content. I just dropped $$ for a new laptop to handle the Einstar scanner software. Einstar coming soon. Then scanning to make some custom parts for my Jaguar with my Ender 3 Pro 3D printer. Thanks again for all these great reviews and software lessons. Just amazing what a hobbyist can do now.

GOM inspect is very nice but it also has a steep learning curve - especially for someone like me who has no experience with any metrology techniques/software. Thanks for this quick intro, this gives me a quick introduction and now I am not that scared to select a function from the menu and push buttons 😁 Instead of creating two points on two planes and aligning them manually, you can also create the second point using Construct -> Point -> Projection point. This will project a point on the second surface using the normal of the first point's surface. This removes any dependencies of the coordinate system. I did get an error (normals are opposite) but that was easily fixed by ticking the "Do not check normals" box

Great video as always. Really shocked at how close the 123 block was when you measured it!

Thank you for doing all these videos, they helped me realize I can trust the gear and there is significant good software to be used.

Were are you!! Nothing from you in a LOOOONG time!!

I think this is my new favorite channel. Great content! Thanks .

Love these videos, and have already applied a lot of things that you have taught in my own CADing. It would be cool to see a video on generative design or topography optimization that Fusion 360 offers if that was something you've ever messed with. Thank you!

Ive scanned most of my Mini R53 and love these videos, one gripe i have is, when measuring a 123 Block that is 1-2-3 inches, why not use inches for the measurements? I know the point is to demonstrate accuracy and i am a metric user in germany, but it just bugged me lol

Super video MF M.! Don't hesitate to create more software tutorials. Im keen to get access to one, to double check post welding dimensions of a chassis.

Great vids! I found your channel and appreciate the common sense exposure of stuff... including that imperial is easier than metric! (I mean, 1-2-3 vs 25.4, 50something, and 76.3repeating).... thanks! Cheers.

Very good video. Keep up the great work - i really enjoyed your content on 3d scanning. Thanks 👍

Great - thanks!

I hope you will be doing a review on the Creality Ferret scanner soon.

Absolutely fantastic content. I’m just at the very start of trying to learn CAD. I’ve downloaded Fusion360 and GOM after watching your videos. I’m generating point clouds with my phone to try to understand and get my head around the workflow before even thinking of getting a scanner. Could you possibly include an STL or point cloud generated by a phone in a future video to demonstrate the accessibility of this tech to us mere mortals?

It was good to hear about MeshMixer and GOM Inspect free from this video, but the GOM plane at 17:46 is not the first perfect flat plane in the whole video. Almost any package can construct a plane from 3 points and you did that earlier in the video. You could have done that on all six sides and (if you picked the points reasonably) it would have been very close to the GOM 6 plane model. The advantage to GOM is the way it can make a best-fit plane through the massive number of points in a scan cloud.

Thanks!

GOM inspect is very interesting software. Thank you for highlighting and the examples you show. Awesome. On the website I noticed that below the download button states: Valid until: 12/31/2023. This would mean that the software is 'free' for 1 year?..

17:07 don't call yourself an idiot. You're clearly not. Even the best people make mistakes, that doesn't mean they are idiots.

thanks for the content! you look much younger when you wear glasses 🤣

Great video, thanks.

thank you so much for another great video!! Would you mine to share the CAD mouse you are using on your left hand? THANK YOU!

More lizard and engineering stuff! Heavy on automotive as well!

Hello, what is that gadget where you rotate it and smooth zoom happens???

You should do a CMM measurement of that block so we can really know is that standard deviation of planes close to reality or is just mesh deviation.

hi so where is the Siesta ?

Can you export part(STL/OBJ/STEP) from GOM with those panes? I want to find a way how to create perfect plane on mesh from scaning object. 3 point doesn’t give me average plane from every single point from the mesh. Thank you

So as of 11/13/2023 this software is no longer available but you you have to download the application and register before finding this out. even though it says there's a free 14 day trial there's not.

I really can't find the GOM inspect for free, i think zeiss bought it and now its paid :(

Its not free anymore?

Man this channel of yours has done a lot for me. Are you alright? it seems you haven't been here for a while. I hope everything is ok!

does anyone have the gom free installer?

Will 3D scanner replace tactile CMM?

Any update on Siesta?

Do you Brit’s use imperial measurements?

What it that thing you was using to move the view? I need one of them

Is there a way to use fusion 360 for free?

you are the bob ross of 3d design but how come you dont use solidworks?