After this course, the student knows the basic technologies of 3D scanning ands understands how they can be used to convert real world objects into their digital twins. He/she understands the basic similarities and differences of the technologies and can pick a useful technique for a given scanning task

The course will touch on the following subjects:

Laser Triangulation Scanning: how lasers are used to measure the distance to a surface by triangulating the reflected light.

Structured Light Scanning: how patterns of light are projected onto a surface, and the deformed patterns are analyzed to reconstruct the 3D shape.

Time-of-Flight (ToF) Scanning: how ToF cameras measure the time it takes for light to travel from the source to the object and back to determine distance.

Photogrammetry: the principles of photogrammetry, where multiple images of an object are analyzed to triangulate and reconstruct its 3D structure.

Structured Light Scanning: how patterns of light are projected onto a surface, and the deformed patterns are analyzed to reconstruct the 3D shape.

3D Scanning Software: Overview of software used for 3D data processing and reconstruction. This will include both open-source and commercial solutions.

3D Scanning is a set of methods used to capture physical objects into digital objects. Unlike the physical world, when objects consist of wood or metal or ceramic etc., digital objects consist of meshes, which are lattices of vertices. Vertices are points in space. Meshes can be assigned textures to make the scanned object completely like its real world counterpart.

Haaga-Helia already has coursed in 3D Modeling and 3D Printing, and this course will complete the trilogy of 3D methodologies. While you do not need to have completed the other two coursed, they may help you understand the 3D Scanning process and its outcomes better.

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

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When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

Passed / Failed