Getting Rough Surface when scanning smooth item

[fwharris]

Mark,

How much if any clean up ( smooth/de noise) did you do? It does look a lot cleaner than what you were getting.

And what did you find when you took the probe apart?

[Burl Source]

Mark,

How much if any clean up ( smooth/de noise) did you do? It does look a lot cleaner than what you were getting.

And what did you find when you took the probe apart?

In the scan I had not done any cleanup. Just fill in of the holes. The probe looked ok when taken apart. I was careful everything was in place when reassembling. This is a definite improvement, just not sure if this is as good as it gets.

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Just did a test carve and it looked good. At best setting a lot of the bumps that showed on the scan did not carry over to the wood. I will try with optimal setting and a harder wood and see how that looks.

[mtylerfl]

In the scan I had not done any cleanup. Just fill in of the holes. The probe looked ok when taken apart. I was careful everything was in place when reassembling. This is a definite improvement, just not sure if this is as good as it gets.

Hi Mark,

That's about right - always going to have a bit of a texture with a touch-probe. That looks about normal to me. Sometimes you can get a little smoother, but again, yours looks about par now.

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Hi Mark,

That's about right - always going to have a bit of a texture with a touch-probe. That looks about normal to me. Sometimes you can get a little smoother, but again, yours looks about par now.

Thank You Michael,
In the test scans I have seen how the positioning of the item to be scanned can affect the final outcome (carving too). Some of what looks to be flaws in the scan do not even show up on the carving. I guess next thing for me is to get more proficient with the software. Thanks everyone for all the good help.