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MAF3 with Cross Polarization Filter and external ligth
12/29/25, 7:38 PM • Christian Gassner 2/13/26, 8:54 PM

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Christian Gassner
2/13/26, 8:54 PM

@JP Many thanks for positive reply! Such feedback is good motivation to proceed sharing the resu...
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Omiting scan improves result ?
1/7/26, 5:10 PM • Paul Praet 1/21/26, 6:56 AM

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John Stephan
1/21/26, 6:56 AM

Interesting observation! It makes sense that leaving out a poorly aligned scan could give a clean...
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Magnetic Reference Objects for a Tin Roly-Poly
12/31/25, 3:35 AM • Tom Meeks 1/5/26, 3:07 AM

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Tom Meeks
1/5/26, 3:07 AM

Here is a rough texture that was created by scanning the Roly-Poly upside down to capture the bot...
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Exploring Ring Scanning Options
11/24/25, 4:53 AM • Tom Meeks 12/30/25, 2:47 AM

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Tom Meeks
12/30/25, 2:47 AM

A final note in this thread. While Meshmixer is not my favorite 3D application, it has one easy ...
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MAF3 with Cross Polarization Filter and external ligths
12/29/25, 8:02 PM • Christian Gassner 12/29/25, 8:02 PM

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Christian Gassner
12/29/25, 8:02 PM

@ forum admins: please delete this thread. it's duplicated. unfortunately i could not find way to...
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HDR to improve texture quality
12/28/25, 2:42 PM • Christian Gassner 12/29/25, 5:04 PM

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Christian Gassner
12/29/25, 5:04 PM

As a first step MAF3 should be improved by updating the software. It will be great for existing u...
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Explain Scan settings options
12/17/25, 8:29 PM • Paul Praet 12/18/25, 4:31 PM

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Trevor Townsend
12/18/25, 4:31 PM

Hi Paul, There is no documentation on those, by design, as they are present for computer vision ...
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WORKFLOW: Color, Grouping and Consolidation
11/18/25, 3:02 PM • Tom Meeks 11/18/25, 3:02 PM

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Tom Meeks
11/18/25, 3:02 PM

One of the great things about the Matter and Form scanners, as compared to the others I have used...
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Exploring Scan Staging With Reference Objects
10/23/25, 2:24 PM • Tom Meeks 11/16/25, 8:59 PM

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Tom Meeks
11/16/25, 8:59 PM

FINAL SAXOPHONE MOUTHPIECE RESULTS The alignment went VERY smoothly using the reference object o...
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Getting Started: Scanning Rings with THREE
10/21/25, 5:43 AM • Vik Starre 10/26/25, 1:32 AM

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Vik Starre
10/26/25, 1:32 AM

Thanks, Trevor—I'm implementing your suggestions now. The cardboard base and scan spray are...
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Best export file type to convert to CAD
10/5/25, 5:38 PM • DCLARS 10/22/25, 1:41 AM

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Tom Meeks
10/22/25, 1:41 AM

I have also found Instant Meshes, a free application that is very helpful.
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Align Scans to Axis
9/4/25, 1:06 AM • Brian Hyland 10/21/25, 9:34 AM

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Vaclav Zdrazil
10/21/25, 9:34 AM

@Brian Hyland Hi Brian, The scanner itself doesn't have built-in functions to align scans to ...
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Black Amorphous Shape - Slightly Askew Results
10/6/25, 5:44 PM • Tom Meeks 10/13/25, 12:54 AM

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Tom Meeks
10/13/25, 12:54 AM

What a dream it is to work with the THREE! Using a mount (see previous post) that a...
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Merge Scans Struggling with Merge results
8/13/25, 5:50 PM • Andrew McNeill 8/14/25, 1:55 PM

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Trevor Townsend
8/14/25, 1:55 PM

Hi Andrew, The Merge screen meshing step closes all holes on the scan. The bottom of that scan, ...
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Weird artifiacts appearing on scanned object while orbiting
7/16/25, 2:24 AM • Zackary Long 7/17/25, 3:22 PM

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Trevor Townsend
7/17/25, 3:22 PM

OK, thanks for this information. If you export the scan as an STL or PLY, and open it in meshlab&...
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Bypassing the insecure download check in Chome
7/11/25, 5:06 PM • Joseph Chiu 7/11/25, 5:06 PM

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Joseph Chiu
7/11/25, 5:06 PM

If you want to streamline downloading the exports from the THREE, you can enable automatic downlo...
Electric screwdriver assembly thread
10/18/24, 12:15 AM • Jordan Cain 7/11/25, 4:34 PM

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Joseph Chiu
7/11/25, 4:34 PM

Love this! Absolutely gorgeous result! The attention to details is amazing. Did you ...
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feature request How to export incomplete pointclouds
6/10/25, 4:59 PM • Teles Marie 6/10/25, 8:28 PM

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Alex Berezowsky
6/10/25, 8:28 PM

Hi there. I answered your question via chat, but figured I'd post here as well in case anyone els...
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Why does it fail?
6/3/25, 2:02 PM • Xavier Guerin 6/3/25, 2:20 PM

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Xavier Guerin
6/3/25, 2:20 PM

Ok thank you for this quick reply. And Yes I wanted to share with others as the previous post on ...
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Motorcycle Scan Example
8/31/24, 4:06 AM • Andrew McNeill 6/2/25, 1:24 PM

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Teles Marie
6/2/25, 1:24 PM

@Drew Shark Hi there, I'd like to follow up on the "large object workflow" progress. I'm scanning...

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