Is the Einstar 3D scanner worth it? One year of automotive projects later.

[@olliebrown89]

Loving this channel. Thanks for the detail you go into, it'll really help with my scans.

[@joell439]

👍👍😎👍👍 thanks for the deep, practical and real world description of you findings. Very helpful.

[@chiawildy563]

Great man. This is royally informative. I have the same Einstar and this toy has some learning curve. Initially, I was wondering how big of an object (car) it can scan. But, you confirmed that it can do this. Truly, no tool is perfect and the operator's experience matters. I have both Creality Lizard and Einstar. Creality is a great beginner's tool, but it was this tool that got me to Einstar. For those who are going into it, be prepared for many sleepless nights. I had went through it and still am. Always learning. Very informative once again!

[@joeracer302]

We have some Einstar scanners at work. We’re a smaller engineering consulting company, so not infinite funding for equipment always. We’ve used them for several projects, sometimes traveling to scan on site. I’ve found that you really need multiple scanners from them. One that does smaller parts, and one for larger parts. The smaller one will have a smaller scan FOV, so it won’t be useful for doing a large 5-10ft part. Fortunately, the Einstar scanners aren’t crazy expensive, so you can pick up two and they’re still a fraction of the cost of some other popular options.

[@nahuelise4055]

Thanks a lot,it was super helpful and cleared lots of doubts that i had,im sold on getting a 3d scanner to help me on my future projects. Thanks again

[@Hellsatanx]

great video! good examples of use cases and good data on the upper and lower limits.

[@topherlikescandy]

awesome video, wish I could rent one of these more easily

[@Mark.Question]

Great Video, guess i get a Scanner too... BUT i really hope to see some more of the i8 rework soon so i can start rework my roadster too at some point 😝😅 You have my absolute respect for the route your going... i thought days about how to get more punch into my beauty before i gave up... but i never thought about a rotary-swap 🥴plain genius !!!

[@jimmer411]

Just discovered your channel, i really enjoy your presentation

[@Aperture.Motorsports]

Okay that's it ... I'm getting a 3d scanner

[@MaddCrazze]

Great Video as always.

[@MPS380]

I think I'll give the scanner a chance, even though I've already spent 1000€ on a Revopoint scanner that works absolutely 0.0%. I just don't have a good feeling about such scanners since I fell flat on my face with mine. Saved 12 months only to have a useless product lying in my cupboard. The problem is that you can't get any more money for them a short time after my purchase. Otherwise I would have sold it.

[@CouchBuilt]

That was my experience with Revopoint. I got in early enough on the kickstarter that when I sold it, along with the fact that they were significantly behind on shipments, I was able to break even. That’s the part that turned me off to their stuff. As soon as you buy something it nearly becomes obsolete due to the next follow on release.

[@agerrgerra1361]

I don't know what revopoint version you got, but the default exposure is basically set to 0 where it'll scan practically nothing, whereas it works way better if you just crank it up to 10 on any object that isn't pure white. It also has undo/redo buttons in the software now, so you can back up a bit if it starts scanning garbage data rather than restarting the scan. Might be worth giving it another shot.

[@r6scrubs126]

yeah the pop2 I got was absolutely useless for getting scans of car parts, no matter how much I tried. It just constantly lost tracking. I'm making a turbo setup for a car now so this einstar sounds like it might be a lot more useful

[@jamesmcintoshjr]

I'm also another "revopoint refugee" except the original Pop 1... I'm also much happier with the einstar :)

[@philsommerard203]

Hi thanks for doing you're review on the scanner , I also purchased the Einstar , and it's a fantastic scanner , my huge difficulty is using the scan to actually make or modify parts from the scans in fusion 360 , the reverse engineering side is extremely difficult without a 20K software program , I was wondering if you would be so kind to do another video of the best settings for the scanner and how you can draw on them in fusion . I am also building custom cars and parts for them . Thanks

[@gptech2444]

Great content. Might be worth reaching out to creality to try their new Raptor laser scanner that is $1500. Creality have had really ordinary software in the past but it seems like they're trying to step it up to take on the einstar.

[@CouchBuilt]

I’m cautiously optimistic on that one. Availability has been limited and most examples seem a little too good. I’d definitely like to try one.

[@swecreations]

@@CouchBuiltFor automotive projects the Otter is better (and cheaper too). If you're testing something I recommend testing that.

[@CouchBuilt]

@swecreations how would you quantify better? I’m all about making it cheaper and attainable.

[@swecreations]

@@CouchBuilt The blue laser on the Raptor is really only good for better detail on really small objects like for getting traces and components on circuit boards, but the infrared scanner (which will be the only thing you use scanning cars and car parts) is worse than the Otter. It's more of a product for a different kind of user than a straight "upgrade". Recommend watching Making For Motorsport's review of both of them, you can clearly see that there.

[@alexandershinkarenko3725]

Yeah! Using Raptor for 2 weeks, it's just much powerful tool that Einstar. It was new to me that I can make really accurate scans with holes/sharp edges without any pain :)

[@DelBouy-lc5wx]

Great content man, just earned a sub from this vid

[@stevesloan6775]

That was a great recap on the past year’s 3d scan projects. I’m keen to know what specs your computer has? 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎☮️🍀

[@CouchBuilt]

It’s a 2020 Asus G14 with 40gb RAM. The RTX2060 is a bit weak now but it still does what I need.

[@carbonmk1]

nice vid , but your laptop on the floor gave me chills ;-) couldnt do half the projects im doing without the einstar

[@CouchBuilt]

My speaker magnets are furry with metal dust. If he dies, he dies. I backup regularly haha.

[@joshjerauld1727]

What is the mesh imported to fusion as? Is it an stl? Thanks for this content!

[@CouchBuilt]

Yea either stl or obj

[@andrewpearson-roach8592]

Thanks for sharing! I appreciate the honest info. I keep eyeballing this scanner for some very similar work on my auto projects but haven't yet made the purchase. One thing I don't have yet is the laptop.. the recommended specs the scanner wants are pretty demanding. Have you had any notable issues with yours? Did you have to upgrade at all? Any info would help!

[@CouchBuilt]

I use a 2020 Asus G14 with 40gb of RAM. The RTX2060 is a bit dated now but it does everything I need it to. Anything running an RTX4060 and 32+gb RAM is going to do pretty well. The better laptop will play nicer with CAD as well. If you’re doing anything beyond web browsing or MS Office stuff, it’s usually worth spending a bit on a higher spec machine.

[@andrewpearson-roach8592]

@@CouchBuilt Ah okay great, thanks for the follow up. I have a solid work desktop but I can't be lugging it to the garage so the laptop would be purchased to scan stuff, then again if it can do CAD as well that's a bonus!

[@fasttommys]

@@andrewpearson-roach8592max your ram. Took mine from 16gb to 64gb and it made a huge difference. Also keep the laptop plugged in while scanning!

[@rzuehls]

Are you planning on using the stock cluster? Like a retro mod kinda thing.

[@CouchBuilt]

The stock cluster is staying and I’ll manage it seeing the correct CAN stuff for RPM and gear. There aren’t any other normally displayed engine vitals so I’m still deciding on what to do there. I’m not usually a fan of an aftermarket race dash as a wart on the interior.

[@b3nny90]

If you run the interior scans at a higher resolution, would it clean up the switch holes etc?

[@CouchBuilt]

Yes, it’ll maintain the detail there much better. If you were designing to the switch holes, then I would keep that section in high resolution and the rest reduced.

[@MrDexter9i3]

Is Rhino better with the meshes, does it handle them better? Or blender or something? I’ve experienced those pains with high poly count models in fusion and haven’t fully healed yet 😄

[@CouchBuilt]

I’ve messed with Blender a bit to add some surface pattern embossing to a mesh, but I haven’t used it much beyond that. I don’t usually work with meshes unless it’s for getting measurements so I think Fusion is still going to be the best choice, even with its pains.

[@riverracer]

Do you use the free version of Fusion or a paid version for working with the meshes and then the design work? And is the free version more than capable enough too do it?

[@CouchBuilt]

I use the paid version, but the free version isn’t lacking any of the tools that I use. I don’t do any mesh to solid body conversions, nor would I suggest anyone ever go that route. Once the mesh is in fusion it’s mostly just creating planes from 3 points all over the mesh and then getting mesh section sketches based off those planes. All of that is free.

[@Minienthusiast]

I studied mechanical engineering, and now I'm at NASCAR technical Institute. How would someone go about using a 3d scanner and learn what there doing? Is there an online crash course?

[@CouchBuilt]

Using the 3D scanner will be mostly dependent upon which scanner and software you end up choosing. If you want a pretty good quick overview of the workflow to work with the resulting mesh in CAD, check out this 2 part video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKrHXoWlfrhqps0 HP Academy is also coming out with a more in depth course on 3D scanning for motorsports parts. You can keep an eye out for that and use the discount code in the description if you want to check that out. They have some free courses as well that are worth checking out.

[@Minienthusiast]

@@CouchBuilt I used auto cad and inventor Pro, thanks for the info

[@LouiLocke]

For the algorithm

[@othoapproto9603]

the Raptor is better

[@emanggitulah4319]

How is the software of the raptor?