Sheetcam mach3
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For larger parts you may want to zoom out a bit as you will be able to scan faster. The Andonstar branded cameras available through eBay, Amazon and other auction sites also work well.įor fairly detailed parts set up the camera so the field of view is about 10-15mm (0.4"-0.6") wide. Supereyes cameras work reasonably well and are fairly cheap. This will seriously affect scanning accuracy.Īvoid generic Cheap import cameras like this one as they cannot maintain an adequate frame rate and tend to drift out of focus.
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Some high resolution cameras use image stabilization in lower resolution modes. For best results you need a steady 30FPS. Frame rate is more important than resolution and higher resolution cameras have a lower frame rate. USB microscopes can be used but they tend to vary in quality. Note jogging won't work if Mach is in handwheel jog mode. To test the connection, enable the drives on your machine and check if the jog buttons in Scanything work. Enable the SheetCamRemote plugin and restart Mach3.
#Sheetcam mach3 install#
It is still under development but you can download a fully function beta version from the link on the left hand side.ĭownload and install Scanything then run Mach3 and go to Config->Config plugins. It is designed to work with a USB video camera on any machine running Mach3 (Parallel port ONLY, USB and Ethernet adapters will not work), Eding CNC or LinuxCNC. Optical scanning enables large templates to be scanned in quickly. Scanything is a machine vision based template scanner.