Digitisation Delivery - Metrascan makes light work of 1976 Holden Torada

At 3D Hub, the company’s clients often turn up with some amazing projects and awesome vehicles.

Unless you’re a die-hard Ford fan, few cars are cooler than the souped up 1976 Holden Torana LX SS. 

“Our new MetraScan 3D optical CMM scanner made light work of digitising the vehicle’s suspension system,” says Craig Russell, director at 3D Hub. 

He says 3D scanning is the best way to accurately capture the shape and design of an object. This scanner is the fastest and most accurate 3D scanner and portable coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) for shop floor environments. 

1976 Holden Torada
“The Creaform Metrascan 3D helps us deliver highly accurate scan data quickly and simply so we can provide world class inventive product design services to Kiwi businesses.”  - Craig Russell, director at 3D Hub.
The MetraScan 3D optical CMM scanner doesn’t require targets to be applied to the object and only takes 30 minutes to set up and calibrate. During this time, the user decides where and how to scan the object and get the item ready for scanning.
Having the C-Track triangulate the volume and achieve an extraordinarily high accuracy without targets simplifies the scanning process. Once the calibration is completed, It’s like digital spray painting.
1976 Holden Torada suspension jpg
1976 Holden Torada suspension scan jpg

“We scanned the suspension system in its free and compressed states. All the suspension was chromed with a mirror finish. This normally makes an object difficult to scan as the laser needs to reflect back to the scanner in a specific manner. However, our MetraScan 3D optical CMM scanner handled this challenge effortlessly which was impressive. With the scan data we created a detailed report dimensioning the suspension points for Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association (LVVTA) certification.”   

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