Thanks! I am working on another mesh/reverse engineer video hopefully this week. It certainly isn't Fusion's strong suite but not everyone can or wants to spend $8000 on mesh software or fiddle with cheaper/free versions.

Thanks for mentioning that! Yeah a bit of a shame its on by default. I turned it off in the user preferences for now.

Thank you so much!!! I tried align like 3 hours!!

Thanks! Its much better with clean scan data so do your best to clean up your meshes first. Let me know if you have any questions.

I have a few things lined up!

Sweet! I've got a few automotive related scans that I've done. Various interior dash scans and a fog light housing off a 4th Gen 4Runner if you ever need example meshes.

Sure send em on over to support@caducator.com I have some meshes from a few others and i have a friend who scans professionally that offered to send me a few scans over to work with. It will be good to see the difference in the results. Also in the email let m know if you mind them being shared or just shown or not at all. Thanks!

I agree. it's EPIC. And Fusion 360 is great

same reason im here and only reason i subscribed. but also id love the final version of this engine mount i have a m54 on the engine stand in the garage waiting for a turbo!

Hey Adam, I actually have a friend that does this MotoCilino. He uses some high end scanners and reverse engineering tools to do this. With fusion the quality of the scan is going to be very important for fit of course! The method used here of mesh section sketches might work ok, but maybe using the forms to wrap the part as a base surface. If you want to share a scan with me I can take a look. support@caducator.com

Great to hear!

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign now to reverse engineer the ford 6 cyl head I just scanned 🤣 nice and simple

@@TravisHammeng easy lol. this a 4.9l 6cyl head?

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign nah a Barra (ford Australia 4l). I have got a turbo 4.9 in an old f truck though, and a spare head, so that might be on the list

@@TravisHammeng awesome! I have a few 4.9l f series and broncos over the years. we didn't get the Barra here in the states but i know you all have them in everything!

Awesome! Those early Fireblades were great bikes! If memory serves me they handled a bit better when the 17in front was swapped from the 600. I've done a bit of scanning motorcycles fairings to engineer parts to fit so if you get hung up some where shoot me an email support@caducator.com and I will do what I can to help out.

Will do thanks for the reply. Mine still has the 16inch front and is scary quick to turn in on, the 17's meant to be a bit more docile but better. I'm just designing some click in vents to finish the standard holes in the fairing off, planning on making a compression mould for compression forge carbon. Then going to design a new airbox and ram Air scoop. Thanks again, nick

Awesome plan! True ram air! That was a weird time for bike design where they started to fake it. Well a lot of time it ran to the airbox area but wasn't a true ram air.

Hi Konrad. This scan was provided to me. With 3d scanning there is going to be a barrier to entry if you are looking for extremely accurate results. Most of the Hobby scanners are getting pretty good BUT they have to be closer to the parts than a professional scanner, and tend to drop accuracy when you have to move/reposition them. Revo has a new scanner coming to the market that is supposed to be a great option but do believe it is a few thousand dollars USD. Making for Motorsport has some good videos using the CR-Lizard scanner and working in Fusion 360 to make parts. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNaclbFm2teupWQ.html With something like a motor mount you might be ok just measuring parts. What I have done in the past is take a "rubbing" with paper on the mounting faces to get a bolt pattern off the block and a stock motor mount and measure as best you can. As far as which scanner to get. I would say get what you can afford. If you have an xbox kinect unit you can scan for free with Skanekt. I was going to do a video on this but wasn't real happy with the results. Some of the Creality options as well as Revo have good entry level packages that will let you get into it for $500-$1000 USD.

If you have a mesh, in order to select points on the mesh you need to go into direct edit mode. When you go to the Mesh tab you should see "direct edit". Without that I don't think there is a way to directly select a point on a mesh.

Thanks Claudius! The scan data was sent to me. Ill ask if i can share it but generally that answer is no from most users. A buddy of mine has several BMWs including a few swapped cars. Currently he is swapping a ford v8 into an e36 and i think he swapped the motor in his manual e46 wagon. This scan was like a 3rd hand thing.

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign Swapped the V10 into a E46 wagon? Is there any documentation in the internet? Would be great if you could ask the one regarding the scan data! It just for learning how to... Thanks again for your content and your answer. Its rare that people are skilled AND can explain! Your channel will grow organicly. furrther and further. I am sure about that.

@@lachgummi1118 Not v10 sorry. He said it was the "big" motor that never came in the e46 wagon. He also did a 6 speed swap. Im guessing that would be the 3.2l? I asked about the scan and i'll let you know. You can also email me support@caducator.com

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign thanks a lot!!!

I am not sure. Someone sent me the scan. I was told they used a professional scanner BUT it doesn't appear to be. I have lots of scan videos using many of the common consumer scanners on this channel with mesh downloads so you can see what they produce. Is there a certain scanner you are looking at?

This scan was sent to me by a buddy. It was a hobby grade scanner I believe. I have an updated scan to part video I am working on showing the difference between a hobby grade scanner and a professional scanner and scan software to highlight the difference.

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign If you could do something showing the lidar scan feature from a phone, cleaning that up, and then reverse engineering that. That would be awesome. It's what i'm struggling on now because "hobby grade" is still like $5k haha

@@Shipboxgarage Well hobby grade is Xbox Kinect scanner and Skanect up to something like RevoPop. Using those or a phone will get you a good visual but nothing really accurate enough to make a part off of. What part/parts are you trying to make off a lidar phone scan?

@@LearnEverythingAboutDesign I'm trying to scan interior parts and then find a software that I can clean them up in and have a mold made

LOL, that is a first.

1000% in this case. this is a conversation I frequently have. I think the scan data can be valuable but also painful to work with especially if its low res.

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@@buckwalker Generally people think that 3D scanners gives you solid model with a drawing history =)