The Best 3D Scanners and 3D Printers for the Classroom

I’m a new 3D animation teacher. I’m considering adding a short 3D scanning + printing unit to the course. What suggestions do you have?

3D scanner requirements:

  1. A machine can meet all daily needs, ranging from a mouse to a piano
  2. No need for excessive training, easy to get started and convenient to operate.
  3. Budget within $800
  4. After scanning the model, it can be 3D printed without professional model processing.
  5. Scanning speed is fast and accuracy is relatively high
    6.Miraco or EinScan-SE? or something better

3D printer requirements:

  1. Print daily life items, such as a Coke cup, a plate, a pencil case, a pen, a
    School bag, a doll, etc.
  2. Budget: Under $1,500
  3. Automated workflow (high printing speed, simple operation, easy to use)
  4. Easy-to-use slicing software
  5. High precision
    6.bambulab or elegoo? Or something better

I would be grateful if you have any good suggestions

No offense but somehow you got your figures wrong. The Revpoint Miraco price, straight from the manufacturer website, starts from $1,299.00, while the EinScan-SE v2 price begins from $1199 (again, straight from manufacturer’s website). Both scanners are priced way higher than the “within $800” limit you stated, and we’re discussing here of basic/standard versions, as for the premium versions pricing goes way higher.

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Sorry, I made a mistake, it should be $1,500

At your price point, I don’t believe this is currently possible. Not to get a decent 3d printed result anyway. All will require some post processing.

And for the classroom environment, I would be looking for a printer that prints from an SD or USB only.

I just bought the Creality Scan Feret Pro. It will produce STL files that can be read by Bambu Studio or most any slicer. The reason I bought it was that it can scan black items as well as color. No need to spray dark items with white powder. It’s handheld and has “shake” compensation. When used with a newer Android phone, it’s completely portable. It also comes with a Wifi module that can connect directly to a PC with Creality Scan software. Or, if close enough, scan to a PC with an included USB 3.0+ cable.

The surfaces it has problems with is clear, reflective (mirror, chrome, etc.) and small or thin edges.

Has anyone used Makerlabs AI Scanner yet ? requirements = phone that can record video
https://makerworld.com/en/makerlab/ai-scanner

I should mention, the Creality Scanner above has about 2 1/4 hours left on a lightening deal. About $60 off.

(I get no benefit from any sales.)

didn’t know that existed so now I will have to try it

I think that’s subject to opinion. I have multiple units from resin to filament and the Bambu lab x1c is far superior to the other in print speed and quality. They are all great in their own right but Bambu labs you can add an sd card which can serve the same purpose, but convenience is you will have built in monitoring systems and ability to send prints from anywhere to it. If you add the AMS or multiple AMS systems the ability to print up to 16 colors is awesome, minus the color change Poop as they call it. all subjective and based on opinions and convenience and what and how you plan to use them in your lesson planning

Also the X1C is higher priced than most but less of an entry level machine also