My fearless partner and number-one assistant, Michael and I have been busy learning how to use the new scanner and 3-D printers at AssentWorks, a large, impressive rapid-prototyping facility located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. Negotiating the new technologies presents a huge learning curve, but here’s our progress so far.
New 3D scanner at AssentWorks
The digital reconstruction is seen live on the laptop.
Porcelain form with scanning targets attached
Kerry Stevenson helping us scan the form
This scanner has lights, because it can capture a full-colour texture map.