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 ==== Instructions ==== ==== Instructions ====
  
-  * [[https://​matterandform.net/​downloads/​Matter-and-Form_3D-Scanner_User-Manual.pdf?​d=2016-08-17|Uder Manual PDF]]+  * [[https://​matterandform.net/​downloads/​Matter-and-Form_3D-Scanner_User-Manual.pdf?​d=2016-08-17|User Manual PDF]]
   * [[https://​matterandform.net/​downloads/​Matter-and-Form_3D-Scanner_Dos-and-Donts_EN.pdf|Do'​s and Dont's PDF]]   * [[https://​matterandform.net/​downloads/​Matter-and-Form_3D-Scanner_Dos-and-Donts_EN.pdf|Do'​s and Dont's PDF]]
   * [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=tOCBuoq8Oag|Basics Scanning Video]]   * [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=tOCBuoq8Oag|Basics Scanning Video]]
   * [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=MHal2YmLTJk|Advanced Scanning Video]]   * [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=MHal2YmLTJk|Advanced Scanning Video]]
  
-Not much more I can add to their instructions,​ it pretty straight forward. Put the item on the scanner, open the software, click New Scan, select Single ​Color (its still does a color scan), and then wait. Scans are slow. You can clean up the finished scan to remove random points and the scanner bed, then save it.+ ​Calibrating only needs to be done when the scans are looks bad or when the scanner is moved and the camera/​lasers might have been jostled.  
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 + With each scan the camera exposure is adjusted for the lighting, so just changing the lighting does not require re-calibration. I've tried several lighting setups and found that the scanner worked well in all of them as long as the shadows were not harsh. I tried it in my basement directly under one of the 4 recessed lights and it worked pretty good. Even, diffuse light created by the overhead lighting we have in the space will work very well. 
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 + Not much more I can add to their instructions,​ it'​s ​pretty straight forward. Put the item on the scanner, open the software, click New Scan, select Single ​Coloured ​(it still does a color scan), and then wait. Scans are slow (10-15 min per rotation * the number of elevation steps). You can clean up the finished scan to remove random points and the scanner bed, then save it.
  
 ==== My Tips: ==== ==== My Tips: ====
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