Fuel3D Technical Note
Challenging Subject No. 9: Transparent Material
Description of the challenge:
Transparent materials are particularly problematic for any optical 3D scanning system,
Fuel3D included. The challenge occurs as a result of light passing through the transparent
material and the camera therefore not being able to identify the physical surface position.
Some surface information may collected from background which is visible through the
transparent surface, but this will typically be distorted as the transparent material will act
as a lens refracting the light.
Following is an example of an image with a transparent subject (glass part filled
with milk):
Screenshot showing resulting data from attempting to scan this subject. Note the
distortion where attempting to capture the clear glass area:
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