On 2010-08-31, Karl Townsend wrote:
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Probe is fine for complex 3D surfaces, but a flatbed scanner is far
faster for 2D stuff that will fit on the flatbed.

Well, I still need to learn to use the probe.


Just so you know there's more than one approach, I like a probe for 2D
shapes. You can go right from points to Gcode.

Exactly.

I don't own a decent
scanner, just a three function printer, so I've never really tried
that route.

For 3D, I really like my laser displacement sensor. About 100 times
faster than a probe. But I do need "the kid" to turn the point cloud
into a program.

Karl, do you have some example on the web of those laser sensors?

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