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Hi guys, had my VEGA for a couple of weeks now and getting the hang of it, just wanted to share my experiences with the device for anyone still sat on the fence. I run a small business working with composites and bespoke car parts with a limited budget for equipment. While there’s some amazing professional stuff out there it’s currently out of reach in my first year of trading so I was looking for something I could use to get decent scan data trackside or in garages and take the data back to my PC to model from, I was considering either the Miraco or VEGA but given the popularity of the Einstar that’s the ecosystem I went for. My kei truck (if anyone is interested) is a 1992 Suzuki Carry. Small, but lots of flat surfaces with little to no defining geometry. My plans are to create bodywork for it so my main points of focus were to get bodylines and mounting points to model from. The scanner works with 12mm tracking dots but I only had 6mm ones to hand so I applied them liberally and set to work. I did four scans in total, front left right and back, with enough overlap to help me align them in software. This was my first time scanning something as big as a vehicle, previously I’ve had to use something like a Mole, a lot of alignment markers and a lot of post processing. The VEGA was a huge step up both in terms of ease of use and quality of scan. Using marker mode I didn’t lose tracking once, even when navigating the 90 degree corners of the tailgate with a scanning distance of around 500mm from the truck. OK they’re a pain in the arse to remove but I guess the idea is I won’t need to do it more than once in theory. 12mm markers will definitely help here so I’ll need to source some and try them in future. Battery life is ok, by the time I’d finished the four scans, attempted one complete 360 scan and processed the meshes I’d used about 35% of the battery. It’s plenty for what I’m doing but if someone wanted to scan a lot of objects remotely I’d definitely recommend packing the charger or bringing a power bank. Meshes came out clean enough for what I need but that’s without needing sub-mm accuracy. HD mode is a lot more detailed but designed for smaller parts, in a world of compromises i’m happy with the level of detail I got. The 360 scan did unfortunately have some drift by the time I got back to the starting point but I’m not sure if that’s down to user error or just a limitation of the scanner, I’ll keep working on that Is it the best scanner in this price range (sub $2k) out there at the minute? No. In fact I’d go as far as to say the original Einstar is probably the better scanner but when you factor in the scanner price, plus the requirement to be portable and the price of a sufficiently beefy laptop to run the Einstar, then also the fact it’s not completely portable because you’re tethered to your laptop (and potentially needing a power source) I genuinely think the VEGA fits my specific use case really well. I’ll be doing more scans in the coming weeks, more specifically with HD mode with some smaller parts, but if anyone wants to know more I’m happy to share my experiences submitted by /u/cwspellowe |
