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SHINING 3D - EinScan

1.0.2.1 - User Manual – September 2020

EinScan

User Manual

September 2020

Summary of Contents for EinScan H Series

Page 1: ...SHINING 3D EinScan HX 1 0 2 1 User Manual September 2020 1 EinScan HX User Manual September 2020 ...

Page 2: ... 4 2 PREPARATION FOR CALIBRATION 22 4 3 HOW TO DO CALIBRATION 22 5 BEFORE SCAN 27 5 1 SCANNER BUTTONS 27 5 2 SCAN MODES 27 5 3 PREPARATION 28 6 PROJECT 30 6 1 New project group 30 6 2 Open project group 30 6 3 PRE SETTING 30 6 4 SCAN SETTING 33 7 SCAN 37 7 1 PREVIEW 37 7 2 START PAUSE CONTINUE STOP SCAN 37 7 3 RESUME SCANNING AFTER TRACKING LOST 37 7 4 GENERATE POINT CLOUD Only in Rapid Scan 38 7 ...

Page 3: ...HARPEN 47 9 5 SMOOTH 47 9 6 MESH OPTIMIZATION 48 9 7 SIMPLIFICATION 49 9 8 TEXTURE REMAPPING 49 10 Export Data 51 10 1 DATA FORMATS 51 10 2 SCALE DATA 52 10 3 MEASUREMENT 53 11 SHARE DATA 59 12 Third party Software 60 13 MODEL PREVIEW 61 14 SUPPORT AND CONTACT 62 14 1 Submit a Ticket 62 14 2 Contact Us 63 ...

Page 4: ... is with unique performance of scanning common objects as most hand held structure light 3d scanners can at a fast scanning speed with color texture and also capable of scanning black and shiny objects that only laser 3d scanning are good at for a better accuracy If you need any support for your 3d scanner please contact your local reseller or the EinScan support team einscan_support shining3d com...

Page 5: ...s a class II laser when using laser scan mode which is eye and skin safe under all conditions of normal use but long time staring at the laser beam directly is not suggested Please avoid direct eye contact with the laser beam Keep the laser beam away from Child Handle the scanner with care Bumping or dropping off may cause the electronic and optical parts being damaged Do not touch the camera lens...

Page 6: ...get a good scan experience Handheld model EinScan HX required recommended Graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Nvidia Quadro P1000 NVIDIA GTX serial cards higher than GTX1080 USB port 1 of 3 0 port OS win10 64bits Video memory 4G 8G RAM 8 GB 32 GB CPU i5 3th Gen i7 8700 or higher Screen resolution 1920 1080 DPI 100 125 3840 2106 DPI 100 200 RECOMMENDED PC MODEL Dell G3 laptops Core i7 9750H NVIDIA...

Page 7: ... want to buy this case Packing list The items listed in the packing list refer to the components and material that should be included in the package The components may be different as listed when you purchase other accessories or change any item with your supplier Please check carefully when opening the package Note Each scanner has its own serial number label is placed at the bottom of the scanne...

Page 8: ...SHINING 3D EinScan HX 1 0 2 1 User Manual September 2020 8 Serial number ...

Page 9: ...SHINING 3D EinScan HX 1 0 2 1 User Manual September 2020 9 1 3 2 SCANNER BODY ...

Page 10: ...on cable 1 Insert the pin plug into the scanner s circular connector port 2 Plug the other one to scanner s USB port 3 Plug the power adaptor into the connection cable DC in port 4 Plug the power cable another end into a power outlet 5 Connect the other end of the connection cable to a USB 3 0 port on your computer ...

Page 11: ...click installation package accept the modification on your computer 2 Follow the instructions to complete the software installation After the software is installed a shortcut will be created on your desktop Double click to open the software 2 3 SOFTWARE UPDATE When a new version is available a pop up will show when you start the software to remind you update your software to the latest version Cli...

Page 12: ...off the device after upgrading successfully Reconnect the device and open the software again the device is running under the latest firmware When firmware doesn t match Firmware Upgrading Note 1 Do not disconnect the scanner or unplug the power during the upgrade 2 Recovery will start from a failed upgrade You can restart the firmware update after successful recovery 3 If recovery fails turn off t...

Page 13: ...nected to the internet 2 If there is an issue with network connection choose Local activation to save the ple license file on your computer under the activation menu ple file can be found in the USB drive Online Activation Local activation Note If the activation fails send a request for activation file to einscan_support shining3d com with your serial number Click this button to reveal the Local A...

Page 14: ... zoom in or out Keyboard Spacebar to scan again or restart the scan validate Delete key to delete selected data Esc key to exit current pop up Navigate between different menu by click on the circle Navigation bar 2 6 2 Device reconnect When the device is offline meaning the scanner is not connected to PC please check the connection and click on the refresh connection button to reconnect ...

Page 15: ...ection loose Refresh the connection on the status bar 2 6 3 Settings Click the settings logo from the upper right to open the drop down menu Drop down menu Feedback If you have any questions or suggestions please share with us by clicking Feedback Please leave your email in My E mail ...

Page 16: ...it checked As a reward the User Experience Enhancement Program will continuously keep you informed with the newest software update information to assure you get free software updates and enjoy the latest improvements based on your collective feedback If you close the User Experience Enhancement Program you might not be informed with software updates automatically Factory Default All settings modif...

Page 17: ... and share the ideas achievements and experience Support Platform refers to the platform for EinScan users to validate the warranty and submit support ticket when necessary Service live software updates manual video download can be accessed in support platform Register your EinScan at support shining3d com 2 6 5 Help Mode Open Help Mode Click the question mark in the upper right bar and open the h...

Page 18: ...s to remote control of your computer during online technical support Share the Your ID and password to allow access 2 6 6 Alerts A pop up alert will notify the user of a hardware or configuration issue Check and restart the software If the error persists please contact support by emailing einscan_support shining3d com Fail to activate For activation failure make sure the scanner is well connected ...

Page 19: ... software Graphics card incompatible USB not 3 0 If the computer has multiple graphic card access to the NVIDIA Control Panel right click on the desktop In Manage 3D Settings Program Settings Add EXScan software Then change the preferred graphic processor for this program Select NVIDIA processor Click Apply to save the settings Multiple graphic card detected ...

Page 20: ...SHINING 3D EinScan HX 1 0 2 1 User Manual September 2020 20 Change graphic card preferences for EinScan HX ...

Page 21: ...OSE SCAN MODES RAPID SCAN NEW PROJECT GROUP SELECT RESOLUTION NEW PROJECT GROUP SELECT TEXTURE SELECT RESOLUTION SCAN ALIGNMENT START SCAN CLOUDS EDITING COMPLETE SCAN NEW OPEN PROJECT ALIGN PROJECTS PREVIEW MESH MESH EDITING MEASUREMENT SAVE DATA ADJUST BRIGHTNESS AND DISTANCE CONTINUE SCAN LASER SCAN ...

Page 22: ...e following situations you should calibrate the device Device change After device enduring bumpy transportation After device accuracy decreases When data misaligned very often 4 2 PREPARATION FOR CALIBRATION Take out the calibration board and the position paper Calibration board Position paper 4 3 HOW TO DO CALIBRATION Calibration includes STANDARD CALIBRATION Note 1 Customer calibration is recomm...

Page 23: ... onto the paper position 2 Follow the instructions from the software to finish 5 positions 3 While holding the scanner make sure it is upright to the center of the board Bring the scanner closer or farther to the board till all the required distance captured Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 STANDARD CALIBRATION Position 4 Position 5 STANDARD CALIBRATION Standard calibration Point the scanner at th...

Page 24: ...canner up and down till all the required distance captured in green Laser calibration Laser calibration succeeded A pop up of Calibration succeeded will appear Click Next on the pop up software will take you to the next step WHITE BALANCE Put the back side of the board on a stable and level table and point the scanner upright to the board Move the scanner up and down till a photo taken at a right ...

Page 25: ... Calibration succeeded will appear And then go to next step to finish LASER CALIBRATION and WHITE BALANCE Quick Calibration Point the scanner at the center of the board Quick calibration succeeded Note 1 Customer calibration is recommended to do twice a week for daily use 2 Move the scanner at a steady and slow speed 3 Make sure to protect the calibration board and keep it clean no scratches or st...

Page 26: ...lowed as suggested recalibrate according to the suggested steps If the board is clear and clean without scratches or stains surface with white circles 4 The Calibration board is matched to the Device with same Serial Number Doing the calibration with an incorrect calibration board will fail to generate good scan data or optimum accuracy 5 Clean with clear water only do not use alcohol or chemical ...

Page 27: ... SCANNER BUTTONS Scan buttons 5 2 SCAN MODES Now you can start to scan Use EinScan HX you can use Rapid Scan by structure light scanning for a fast scan or use Laser scan by laser triangulation to scan some difficult Scan mode Laser Scan Rapid Scan What to scan 300mm 4m objects ...

Page 28: ...h many small deep holes The objects which has good geometry or texture features will get scanned very easily and fast with good quality If you have to scan the items like below there are some preparation to be prepared before scanning and notes during scanning Preparation Notes while scanning Black transparent shiny reflective surface objects Use washable or vanishing scanning spray Scan as normal...

Page 29: ...rea and keep the marker surface flat Use the markers provided with the device only Other markers can result in bad accuracy or not to be seen Spraying powder is not necessary for scanning black transparent or shiny surface Note Laser line will be projected when markers are not recognized Object with markers WARNING EinScan HX uses a class II laser when using laser scan mode which is eye and skin s...

Page 30: ...ed to the new location you chose 6 2 Open project group to open an existing project Select the file and choose the project has been saved Create Open a project group 6 3 PRE SETTING 6 3 1 SELECT TEXTURE TEXTURE SCAN the scan will be with color and it also allows texture alignment It is only available in Rapid Scan mode NON TEXTURE SCAN the scan will be without color Note Texture scan requires the ...

Page 31: ... to align the scans By this alignment we don t need to place the markers all over the part but only on the region where has less geometry TEXTURE ALIGNMENT uses objects surface texture to align the scans Texture Scan is required to select if you want to use texture align When selecting texture alignment hold the scanner to move evenly steady NOTES Marker alignment 1 place on flat regions 2 avoid t...

Page 32: ...6 3 4 GLOBAL MARKER FILE When selecting marker alignment in Rapid Scan you will find an option of open global markers file It allows you to import asc p3 marker files by using a combination of marker frame or photogrammetry measurements By this method we can scan large scale objects for a better accuracy It will also help scan thin wall objects to merge the front and the back side more accurately ...

Page 33: ...e brightness by clicking or on the scanner or drag the cursor under the camera preview to left or right Rapid scan Too bright X Good Too dark X Camera window Preview display Laser scan Too bright or too Dark X Good Brightness setting Note 1 Under rapid scan mode global marker file is only available when selecting marker or hybrid alignment 2 Under laser scan mode global marker file is always avail...

Page 34: ...ightness setting will be selected after object selected When the laser traces and markers are not detected the data will not captured much The distance and brightness is required to be adjusted manually Laser and LED brightness will change correspondingly when Brightness is adjusted ...

Page 35: ...Maximum distance Rapid scan 0 25 0 5mm 200mm 300mm 400mm 0 5 0 7mm 200mm 325mm 450mm 0 7 3 0mm 200mm 470mm 600mm Laser scan 0 05 3 0mm 370mm 470mm 570mm 6 4 3 OTHER SETTINGS IN RAPID SCAN TEXTURE FLASHING LED on off Suggest to always on for texture uniformity When OFF must be chosen make sure your ambient light is well distributed Only available when selecting scanning with texture PLANE DETECTION...

Page 36: ...oose the object surface material accordingly Reflective Normal Black Data setting Scanning some black glossy object when brightness is already set to its limits but still very less data is captured Please turn the data setting cursor from left to right It will help scanning but with noise Scan Otherstting ...

Page 37: ...s recorded During scanning make sure to keep the scanner perpendicular to the surface keep a proper distance from the object and adjust the brightness depending on the ambient light and texture of the object Click Start in software or press the Play button to exit the preview mode and start the scan NOTES 1 Preview mode will start every time a new project is built or an existing project is importe...

Page 38: ... the object surface too dark or shiny will also cause the tracking lost Refer to PREPARATION DISTANCE BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT for more tips The green color on the data shows the current captured region Tracking lost 7 4 GENERATE POINT CLOUD Only in Rapid Scan Click to generate point cloud an optimized 3d point clouds will be generated The optimization includes a realignment of the data by recalculat...

Page 39: ...DS EDITING CLOUDS SELECT DELETE SHIFT Left mouse Select unwanted data the selected section will be displayed in red as shown below CTRL Left mouse Deselect an selected region Edit buttons Connected region selection Deselect Revert Delete Undo Show Hide texture when installed with a color pack Connected region selection Click the button after select the data all connected region to the selected dat...

Page 40: ...ick the button the selected data from the cutting plane will be deleted Redo Cancel the recent operation SHIFT Left Select data to create cutting plane The selected part will show in red Ctrl left Deselect the data Move Click the middle of cutting plane by left mouse to move along the normal direction of cutting plane Rotate Click the edge of cutting plane by left mouse to rotate the cutting plane...

Page 41: ... September 2020 41 very useful when a base need to be removed during scanning Click this button to exit cutting plane saving all the edition under cutting plane Click this button to exit cutting plane cancel all the edition under cutting plane ...

Page 42: ...rojects from the same scan mode and with the same resolution can be imported Right click menu 8 2 REMOVE DELET PROJECTS Remove the project Delete the selected project s Select one or multiple projects by click remove to remove the project s from the project tree but not from the local folder It can be imported when it is needed Click Delete or right click and delete to delete the selected project ...

Page 43: ...ures automatically Manual align SHIFT click left mouse button to select at least 3 non collinear corresponding points in the 3D preview windows for Manual Alignment as shown below Ctrl Z cancel last point picked Click Complete to validate and leave the Alignment interface Click Reset to cancel all alignments done in this session Click Next to validate the alignment and continue to use the alignmen...

Page 44: ...as below Original numbers of Polygons Optimized Polygons 15 million triangles 6 million triangles 12 15 million triangles 5 million triangles 8 12 million triangles 4 million triangles 5 8 million triangles 3 million triangles 2 5 5 million triangles 2 5 million triangles 2 5 million triangles No optimization If the projects are all with texture the data optimization option will be unavailable The...

Page 45: ...ck 9 2 MESH EDITING The mesh can be edited Select delete Hole filling Sharpen Smooth Simplification Multiview MESH SELECT DELETE Press Shift Left mouse to select data and enter the selection menu CTRL Left mouse Deselect an selected region Edit buttons Connected region selection Deselect Revert Delete Undo Select Trough Select Visible Hide Show color Select Visible to select data on the front view...

Page 46: ...e perimeter of the biggest hole to be filled Less than 100mm is recommended This function will fill every hole with a smaller perimeter than the number input The hole edges are displayed green Choose Curvature Tangent or Flat before picking a hole FLAT calculates the solution for the hole filling considering the point position on the boundary TANGENT calculates the solution considering the point p...

Page 47: ...Sharpen Low Sharpen Medium Sharpen high 9 5 SMOOTH Click Smooth button to display the smooth menu click again to close the menu Smooth the possible noise on the surface of the scan data It might remove some small details or smooth some sharp edges at the same time The example of before and after smoothing is shown below Run 2 times data will be smoothed twice smooth menu ...

Page 48: ...TION Click Mesh optimization button to display the mesh optimization menu click again to close the menu There are 3 ratio options of mesh optimization Processing time will be different Below shows the result of 3 different ratios mesh optimization menu Original Mesh optimization 10 Mesh optimization 50 Mesh optimization 100 ...

Page 49: ...lification After simplification 9 8 TEXTURE REMAPPING Click Texture Remapping to display the Texture menu Mesh edition of simplification hole filling on texture scanned data will affect the texture render By doing the texture remapping the texture information will be reapplied on the mesh Texture remapping is accessible before saving the data Choose Texture Layout Optimization TLO to create an opt...

Page 50: ...1 User Manual September 2020 50 No Texture layout optimization Texture layout optimization Notes 1 TLO requires a longer time to compute 2 TLO is used only with OBJ output 3 TLO result is more convenient for texture manual editing ...

Page 51: ...a to post process in another software ASC whole No optimized point cloud scan asc Inspection Fast export no post processing needed in hand held mode Large data to post process in another software Complex data to post process in another software STL No Mesh scan stl 3D printing watertight mesh data Reverse Engineering Compatibility with most mesh editing software OBJ Yes separated Mesh Texture Matc...

Page 52: ...e number of triangles the level of detail of the scan and size of data will not be actually changed By default the scale is 100 and will be exported with millimeters for reference The value display represents the dimensions of the smallest box containing the data oriented to the reference axis Scale window Scale result ...

Page 53: ... 3 1 CREATE FEATURE Enter Exit the Feature menu Click the Feature button to display the menu click again to close the menu Feature menu Display of Features Click on the corresponding icon to create points lines planes Then select the creation method and follow the instructions click Create to generate or Close to cancel and close the window The features created displaying in gray the selected feat...

Page 54: ... the dropdown repeat for the second plane The created line is the intersection between the 2 non parallel planes Feature creation failed Error code 1 the planes are parallel Plane 3 Points Fit The plane is generated by 3 points not co linear Click on the data to select one point or click on a previous created feature point In the Choice list select one of the point to reselect it Feature creation ...

Page 55: ...display the menu click again to close the menu Exact movement Exact Movement Menu Enter the value in mm and degrees click Apply to match the data origin to the input coordinate and orientation The arrows represent the global coordinate system Red X Green Y Blue Z Click Reset to cancel the transformation to original position Click OK to confirm the transformation Tips Start from data reposition off...

Page 56: ... drop down The arrows on the corners of the plane represent the plane positive direction The normal vector of the plane will match the axis direction Select a Line in the drop down menu match it to the first axis in the Method drop down Beware the direction of the line to match it to the or axis The projection of the line to the first plane will be parallel to the corresponding axis Select a Point...

Page 57: ... Distance menu Total is the 3D distance X Y and Z are the projection of the segment to the respective planes SURFACE AREA Press Shift LMB to select an area press ctrl LMB to unselect Ctrl A to select all Click Calculate to display the Area value of the selected data in mm 2 Redo the selection and click calculate again to update Surface Area menu VOLUME This tool calculates the volume contains in a...

Page 58: ...SHINING 3D EinScan HX 1 0 2 1 User Manual September 2020 58 Volume menu Prior to the calculation make sure the file is watertight no holes File not watertight alert ...

Page 59: ...it will show the dialog as below A model title username and user password are required Register and view the shared model at http sketchfab com Notes 1 Sketchfab basic plan accounts can only upload data less than 50M while Pro plan account can share with a maximum of 200M 2 Data is saved as STL does NOT contain texture ...

Page 60: ...buy 4 Both software needs to obtain the license for an online activation GEOMAGIC ESSENTIALS is the essential bridge between 3d scanning and design Once 3d scan is finished in EinScan 3d scanning software Exscan Pro take the 3d scan data to Geomagic essentials extract the feature you want and create solid models and complex profiles to your CAD design environment Solid Edge is a design tool from S...

Page 61: ... the data with the same control as EXScan software Model Preview STL OBJ PLY ASC or 3MF can be loaded files from 3rd party software might fail to be loaded In this case we recommend Meshlab a free mesh software editor or upload to sketchfab Notes To load a OBJ textured file make sure to have the MTL and JPG files with the same name and in the same folder than the OBJ ...

Page 62: ...2 14 SUPPORT AND CONTACT 14 1 Submit a Ticket Sign up in Shining 3D Support Platform support shining3d com Or send email directly to einscan_support shining3d com Log in with your account Click New Ticket on the tab bar to submit a ticket and check the status ...

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