RV PRO 3D archiving Prototyping and design Jewelry

3D scanning allows jewelers to significantly speed up the jewelry production process, which is important with the modern pace of life and great competition. Jewelry workshops simply cannot afford to spend time and labor resources fulfilling orders, while realizing that there will be few customers willing to overpay for manual labor. 3D modeling followed by cutting a wax model on a CNC machine helps save manufacturing time, which means it allows you to do more work.

A regular customer of RangeVision, Mousson jewelry studio creates jewelry in a modern and classic style.

The masters of Mousson Atelier have modern and high-tech jewelry production, therefore, at certain stages they also use the RangeVision PRO 2M 3D scanner. Its equipment includes 25 mm lenses, a turntable and a 40x40 mm calibration field for scanning small objects.

You can watchinteractive 3D models of jewelry from the Mermaid line, made using the RangeVision PRO 2M 3D scanner.

How does the process of creating jewelry from Mousson Atelier work? We are ready to lift the veil of secrecy! In this article, we will tell you how to create 3D models of Mousson Atelier jewelry using the RangeVision PRO 2M 3D scanner.

The decoration in the photo is made of translucent green wax, so it is coated with a special matting spray before scanning. This procedure avoids the refraction of light, which can lead to distortion in the model.

In order to fix the object in the center of the turntable, the craftsmen use plasticine.

When preparing for the 3D scanning process, jewelers from St. Petersburg create a project in the RangeVision ScanCenter program (current name RV 3D Studio), set the necessary parameters depending on the complexity of the object - the number of turns and the angle for the turntable.

The function that allows you to set the scanning parameters on the turntable yourself is very important when digitizing items such as jewelry. Increasing table rotations provides higher detail when digitizing complex shapes and minute details.

Using a turntable ensures that the fragments are automatically positioned in the correct position, resulting in a complete 3D model. Scanning on a turntable increases the speed of digitizing objects by 3 times due to the parallelization of processes: while the previous scan is being processed, the next one is being shot.

After scanning the object from one side, the jeweler turns it over so as to digitize the rest of its sections, which are not visible from above. Subsequently, these fragments will be automatically combined in the RangeVision ScanCenter program, which is bundled with any RangeVision 3D scanner and is designed for fast processing of scan results.

In order to combine groups of scans, one of three stitching options is used: automatic in geometry, three-point or manual. Depending on the size and shape of the jewelry, the craftsman can choose the appropriate stitching method, which is convenient.

3D resolution plays a key role in jewelry production. This parameter indicates which minimal element on the object will be distinguishable on the 3D model. RangeVision PRO 2M has a 3D resolution of up to 0.3 mm, which allows for maximum detail when digitizing miniature objects (less than 3 cm).

The image below shows the result of a 3D scan. Jewelers do all the necessary initial processing — they remove “noise" and unnecessary elements in the scanning program. The voids that usually remain in places where the model is difficult to scan are sewn up by Mousson Atelier specialists in the Leios program. It can also be used for smoothing and other refinement of the final 3D model.

The models obtained with the RangeVision PRO 3D scanner have precise detail that allows you to view the smallest elements.

We have told you about how to create 3D models of Mousson jewelry. You can watch the full creation story of one Mousson jewelry piece in this video clip.