69 ford Cobra sports roof build.

[wfo guy]

Neat. Tell us how it's working.

[Mikey97D]

Wow! Very cool.

What kind / type of scanner? Does it just import as a stl file or does it translate into a solid for CAD manipulation?

[TotallyHucked]

Just read through the whole thread and WOW what a project! Love the Courier too, I learned to drive on a '73

[speedfreakcobra]

Neat. Tell us how it's working.

it worked really well, there are some thin spots, but it gave the overall shape I needed to use a copy. In my head, I thought plastic would be alot easier to work with than steel. I'm not really sure If I'm going for a CFRP style door or use it for a mould to make a lighter CF door.

[speedfreakcobra]

Wow! Very cool.

What kind / type of scanner? Does it just import as a stl file or does it translate into a solid for CAD manipulation?

I use a Peel3 3d scanner which is light based instead of laser. It can scan small fine details all the way up to whole cars/trucks. It comes with cad software that allows transfer to solidworks. I actually go from peel.cad to solidworks as a mesh file and change it to an STL file, then I transfer it to meshmixer and extrude the surface to about 1.2-1.5mm depending on the gauge of steel. from there I export it to solidworks as an OBJ file and save it as an STL file again. From here I can Transfer it to Cura which is my 3d printing software and turn it into G-code for print. In peel.cad or solidworks you could set all your planes and dimensions around the part since its only a mesh and reverse engineer it from there and add what ever you want to it.

Here's the inner door in cura, which im about to print as we speak.

[speedfreakcobra]

Just read through the whole thread and WOW what a project! Love the Courier too, I learned to drive on a '73

Thanks! I love the Courier, I didn't plan on selling the truck because it was a riot to drive and it put a huge smile on anybody that hopped in it. but again, I ended up having to many vehicles for an enlisted man to tote around the country.

[speedfreakcobra]

Mistakes mistakes mistakes! I went to change the filament on the printer and I accidentally moved the print head a couple mm. 12 hours of printing down the drain.

[speedfreakcobra]

For reference this is how far you get after 90 minutes

[speedfreakcobra]

Inner door structure is finished. I thought encapsulating the PLA in Carbon Fiber was going to be the move, but I honestly think I will use these to make molds and go strait CF instead of CFRP. I've been debating this for a while. I could use someone's common sense input though. Thoughts?