This is the promised re-scan of the motorcycle in markerless laser mode after the latest update enabled markerless laser scanning in standalone mode.

Scanning

The motorcycle was scanned in markerless alser mode on the Rigil using 1mm resolution and feature tracking without connection to a PC. For scanning itself I didn't do any preparations like scan spray and focused on the both sides with one scan per side whilst ensuring enough overlap for easy alignment in later steps.
While scanning the Rigil held roughly 20 FPS. Scanning itself took roughly 5 to 10min per side, so a a bit longer than in IR mode (was using 1.5mm there though).
Tracking performance with the Rigil was very good, much better than on my Rockit. In comparison to the IR mode it still is a bit worse, simply because IR mode has a scan range of over 1m and therefore can work with way more data for tracking. Stability and performance of markerless laser scanning generally was very good and it feels like a production ready feature not a beta version or first release (in IT speak).

Post-Processing

Post processing was done on my workstation and included generation of the point clouds, automatic feature alignment and subsequent meshing in recommended settings. Quicksurface was used for alignment to the coordinate system and reduction of the point cloud size. Since it came out quite large I reduced it to 4M so the scan could be uploaded to Sketchfab.

Results

Both laser and IR came out very good but in laser mode the improved detail and sharpness is directly noticeable. Also the surface quality is a good bit better in laser mode. Best open both scans side by side on Sketchfab and have a closer look at them.

Sketchfab

Sketchfab is like printables for 3d scans with a nice integrated viewer in browser and you can also download the scan, just look at the scan yourself.
Reddit sadly blocks the short links to Sketchfab, you have to search for the title instead:

• Laser Scan: "BMW Motorcycle - Einscan Rigil Markerless Laser"
• IR Scan: "BMW Motorcycle - Einscan Rigil IR Mode"

PC Specs

Since a lot of people ask for it:

• AMD Ryzen 7950X
• 128GB DDR5 RAM
• RTX 5070Ti Desktop
• A few TB of NVME storage with PCIe Gen4 interface

First PETG CF print on my K2. No special calibration was done, only used default filament profile, loaded material in CFS and automaticallysynced the loaded filaments in the slicer. Maybe a bit of top underextrusion but otherwise pristine.

Initially had regrets moving my Voron build to the attic and replacing it with a K2 Plus for large stuff and K2 for small stuff.

The ScanBench is an open standard to compare 3d scanner performance and is intended to be more tailored to mechanical needs instead of miniature scanning like the OpenScan Benchy: https://www.printables.com/model/1445865-scanbench-the-benchy-for-3d-scanners

I am aware that 3d printing the object will not be suitable to determine accuracy of the scanner but at least for me I will be scanning my printed version (0.4mm nozzle, 0.1mm layer height used) with the scanners I have access to so you can determine relative performance.

Scanning

The scans were captured with wireless connection to my workstation to capture the data faster (with latest update laser mode now reaches 120FPS over WiFi, not bad at all).
For the laser scan marker tracking was used. The scan bench was placed on a turntable with marker geometries placed around it to allow scanning from shallower angles (as seen in last picture). The resolution was set to 0.1mm and exposure was adjusted so the white print wasn't overexposed. For laser mode I used a combination of parallel and cross line laser mode, changing them by using the scanners touch screen while scanning.
For IR mode I chose large mode at 0.5mm resolution and marker tracking as well as small mode at 0.2mm resolution with marker tracking. Normally I don't use small mode much since I mainly use markerless laser scanning for parts where I would use it normally. My sweet spot for IR mode is somewhere between 0.5mm and 3mm.

Post-Processing

For all three scans precessing was done using the recommended settings within ExScan Rigil. This includes point cloud generation and meshing.
After exporting the meshes I used Quicksurface to align the meshes to the coordinate system and each other. The laser scans had to be reduced to allow upload to Sketchfab (just under 4M triangles will result in a 100MB ply when exporting from Quicksurface).

Results

Comparing the scans you immediately see what the modes are meant for: Laser mode for high detail scans or smaller (and even larger parts since you don't need a lot of markers with the large FOV) and IR mode for fast scans of larger parts.
Looking at the deviation between the laser scan and the two IR scans I am very happy, all mostly within 0.1mm between the scans (which is not a given with multi-mode scanners). The laser mode managed to capture even the print lines of the top layer very well. Only Scanner that reached this detail until now was the Matter and Form Three.
Noticeable comparison to the Einstar Rockit: Rockit's IR mode provides higher detail (scan can be found on my Sketchfab), from my guessing mainly due to the fact that the IR uses the same cameras as the laser mode on the Rockit. From my experience the markerless laser mode replaced IR scans of small parts for me entirely.

Sketchfab

Sketchfab is like printables for 3d scans with a nice integrated viewer in browser and you can also download the scan, just look at the scan yourself.
Reddit sadly blocks the short links to Sketchfab, you have to search for the title instead:

• Laser Scan: "Scan Bench - Einscan Rigil Laser"
• IR Large: "Scan Bench - Einscan Rigil IR Large"
• IR Small: "Scan Bench - Einscan Rigil IR Small"

PC Specs

Since a lot of people ask for it:

• AMD Ryzen 7950X (16C/32T)
• 128GB DDR5 RAM
• RTX 5070Ti Desktop
• Fast NVME storage

We have beautiful old cemeteries in my city so I started systematically scanning interesting tombstones to preserve them (sadly old graves are removed at some point...). The scan was done in late afternoon with sunlight hitting the tombstone from the side so no very easy setting. IR mode is a good fit for this task since it can capture stone quite good and can be used in daylight (maybe avoid direct sunlight though, makes correct exposure very hard).

Scanning

The scan was created in normal IR-mode with automatic exposure and geometry tracking. I started from the front and slowly moved around the part while keeping an eye on having enough overlap for tracking (rotating the scanner to reach in to the crevices works quite well to circumvent obstructions due to limited line of sight). While scanning the framerate was roughly 10 FPS with some highs to 15 and lows to 6 FPS (NIR mode still needs an update I guess, currently no marker scanning supported). The whole scanning process took roughly 5min (recorded the screen so pretty accurate).

Post-Processing

For post processing I first transferred the scan data from the P1 to my workstation. You can either do it by cable where a nice import menu opens or over WiFi where you select the project on the scanner, join the hotspot of the scanner with your PC and send it to the PC (option I chose, simply less cables and quite fast with up to 120MB/s from testing). I then fused the scan at 0.5mm and and meshed it with default settings. For alignment and cleanup of the base I used Quicksurface. The figurine then was printed from PLA to create a miniature version (as seen in penultimate picture with other prints of tombstones, all are to scale 1:8) which will later be covered in primer and some stone color to make the details more pop (plain white is a bit difficult...).

Result

Best have a look at Sketchfab, quite content with the result, hopefully markerless laser scanning will come soon which would be ideal for this size. Already roamed around again to capture more historic tombstones.

Sketchfab

Sketchfab is like printables for 3d scans with a nice integrated viewer in browser and you can also download the scan, just look at the scan yourself.
Reddit sadly blocks the short links to Sketchfab, you have to search for the title instead: "Mourning Maria Tombstone - Creality Sermoon P1"

PC Specs

Since a lot of people ask for it:

• AMD Ryzen 7950X
• 128GBGB DDR5 RAM
• RTX 5070Ti Desktop
• A few TB of NVME storage with PCIe Gen4 interface