Digitising assets, bespoke and small batch manufacturing are aligned with Industry 4.0 processes. This microcredential equips participants with skills in using 3D scanning technology to capture physical objects. You will learn tools and processes to produce CAD models from 3D scanned data for downstream analysis and/or manufacturing.
The content of the microcredential is structured into 3 modules. The following content will be covered during the course:
Module 1: Using 3D scanning to capture geometry
Intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters
Principles of 3D scanning technology  
Representations of 3D geometry.
Module 2: Using mesh processing software
Data cleaning tasks such as outlier and background removal
Alignment, surface reconstruction, hole filling, and manipulation of meshes.
Module 3: Adapting 3D scans for CAD
Understand the link between mesh complexity and CAD model geometry
Create native surfaces on top of imported 3D data in CAD software.