November 22, 2025
Description
3D scan of Snapmaker U1. 2 versions included - as it arrived (bare) and assembled (includes bare geometry). Not a single scan, but 9 seperate, very high resolution ones merged into one model with every feature present without further disassembly. Made using Creality RaptorX in laser mode with markers, so you can be sure about dimensions. You most likely don't even have tools precise enough to measure error on this. I can also assure you that you will have magnitudes of higher measurement error using hand tools. Not to mention the time spent. Great for mods.
Comes as STL, OBJ, PLY and BIN (pointcloud) in 10 and 5 milion triangles. Consider simplifying further if your machine remembers Stalin.
Please keep in mind that the preview files are turbo simplified and scaled, just so you can see what you're getting. Don't even bother downloading them, it's just a preview.
Edit:
I have added a model with planes already set (assembly5M-coor.obj), based on the top surface.
It is also not my role to teach you how to work on meshes. I cannot stress this enough - it is a scan, and workflow is a bit different than with proper CAD models. But if you know CAD, it is very easy to adapt to this and create proper models based on this mesh - don't get intimidated, I most likely make it sound harder than it is. I can recommend youtube channel "Payo" to help you get a broader idea on this. There's ofc a lot of other material, but this should be a nice crash course to start. Also there's a nice short vid how to set planes in cloudcompare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew66I384X4w. Literally 10 mins of work if you do it for the first time, then it goes down to 2. And you can export it in any format you like. Still, I hope information below will be enough for you to start!
But more than anything I really appreciate your support and everyone that bought the model - thank you! Hence I will do what I can to help you get started. I see a lot of ppl are using Fusion, but I am not. Still, CAD is CAD so should be almost all the same with different names. So:
The most efficent way for CAD is the pointcloud (.bin files) Many CAD programs however don't support that one, and cults doesn't support .asc - which is supported by CAD. Hence if you want to use it, you need to download - for example - cloudcompare, open .bin there and export is as .asc. You can also set the planes that suit you while you're there. If you go this way, you can omit point 2 and 3 (you should be able to work directly on pointcloud as referrence).
as already mentioned, it is crucial to prepare the file for your hardware/software. CAD programs usually aren't great with meshes. You may consider turning down your CAD graphic settings to min. This may already help a lot - depending on your hardware. Try opening it in your CAD, if it works fine and smooth, you can omit rest of this point. If not:
Before importing it to CAD, open it in Orca (for example) slicer. Now I recommend to cut out the part of the model that will be of interest to you and export it again (RMB on model and "export as one STL"). Open that file in CAD and see how it works. If it's still slow, open the file in slicer again and RMB->simplify. Here you just have to find out what works for you. It's good to turn on wireframe preview, so you can see if you haven't made a cube out of a sphere by oversimplifying.
You can simplify the whole model, but the chances are it will be oversimplified and you loose a lot of valuable information. And then all my work to scan it in most detail is in vain ;)
Once you found good settings, and you have it imported in CAD it will most likely be a graphics body. Now you have to convert it to mesh body to be able to work on it. Also offset XYZ planes to where is suits you, if you're using aligned model
Now that it's a mesh, you can use the faces and points as refference for sketches, planes and measurements. You should also have an option to create 2D sketch sections from 3D geometry, I think it's called "Slice" in Fusion from what google says.
And now... well, you build your model! Good luck!
License:
CULTS - Private Use