3D Scanning

Scanning in the last few years has certainly taken leaps and bounds. In the past few years, it has saved my ass and sped up the process of many projects I've worked on where CAD data isn't available or the owner isn't willing to share the data.

For those of you with no idea what I'm talking about, the technology I'm describing involves a scanning gun, camera, or probe to produce a cloud of points that can be connected to produce a surface in the digital world that very accurately represents the real world. So you can scan your cars then make a part to fit onto it without ever going to Ferrari and asking for data!

At the Performance Racing Industry show last year in Florida I checked out the Dynamica booth which is a company that offers scanning services to small race teams throughout the country so they can turn their production cars into racing machines. As a demonstration, Tim had me put my hand onto the desk and he waived his magic wand (well really a 3d scanning gun) and there was my hand in 3D. Freakin' amazing.