3D scanning in the production of decorative carvings

Decorative garden figures are a good way to enliven the space of a country house. Some people make decorative figures as a hobby, and some do it on a professional basis. There is an opinion that with high demand, there is practically no competition in this business, but this is not the case. Numerous companies producing equipment and supplies for the manufacture of garden figures promise bright prospects for beginners. In fact, there are already at least one or more companies in any city that produce such products.

The profitability of this business is about 35%, and the minimum amount for creating one garden figure is estimated at 15 thousand rubles. The manufacturing process is often very laborious and time-consuming. In this article, we will talk about how to automate production using 3D scanning.

By order of the SMiK enterprise, the city of Kropotkin, which produces decorative garden sculptures made of concrete, SOLIDSCAN scanned a handmade carved lion sculpture for further mass production on CNC milling machines.

Wood carving is a lengthy and expensive process that is not suitable for mass production of affordable goods. The manufacturer was faced with the task of automating production, minimizing manual labor, thereby reducing the cost of the final product. The customer also needed to get a "mirrored" version of the figure: one lion turned to the left was made manually, but another series of lions turned to the right was also needed. The "mirrored" 3D model avoids the additional cost of preparing an original figure made in the traditional way.

The scanning object was made by a master carver. Digitization was carried out on the customer’s premises. Scanning decorative carvings requires high detail, so to complete the SOLIDSCAN order, we used a RangeVision PRO 2M 3D scanner configured for the first scanning area. Markers were applied to the object to achieve the most accurate digitization results. The whole process of scanning the object took one working day.

During post-processing, the scans were stitched together, and a high-precision final 3D model was obtained, which showed all the decorative carved elements, such as the mane and relief of the lion’s head.

Using the RangeVision PRO 2M 3D scanner, it was possible to obtain a highly accurate final 3D model. SOLIDSCAN helped its client automate the production of sculptures and save the budget on the preparation of initial objects through the use of 3D scanning technology. The screenshots above demonstrate that the final 3D model is highly accurate, which is why professional 3D scanners from RangeVision are ideal for digitizing decorative elements.