3D Scanning Marker

March 10, 2025
Description
They come in many different shapes and forms. Can be equiped with 4x2mm or 6x2mm round magnets in order to have them stick to metal parts (like on cars) or to stick to each other. If you have no magnets, the marker works fine without.
The markers are intended to be used with 10mm (and 6mm) round sticky reflectors.
Printing:
Print in the given orientation with all other setings as you want
Assembly:
Apply the reflector to the marker. Make sure to have them in a random pattern if on the pillar or the wall marker
Put the magnets in the base, if you want to.
Thats all :)
How to use:
The Wall-Marker and the Pillar-Marker are used for scaning high objects and are usefull if you have to scan “sideways”
All the other markers are multy purpose. They work great if mixed together, since the reflector is recognized best if perpendicular to the scanner. The different angles and shapes support this.
No idea which ones to use? Have a try with a bunch of 3 sided markers first. Then print some Threaded dodecahedron shaped ones, so you can use them with the little connectors as posts.
Looking for smal 6mm reflector Targets, something to hold your object to be scanned in place, or looking for other 3D scanning related stuff? Feel free to have a look at this collection
CHANGELOG 06.11.2024
Added Marker for use with 6x2mm round magnets like used in the gridfinity system. If you dont allready have 6x2mm magnets and have to order some anyway, i'd recommend still useing 4x2mm
Credit where credit is due. I got inspired to make these by the YT chanels from Payo and CNC kitchen. There i saw these shapes first and got some great tutorials about how to use them and 3D scanning in general