AuraGO Limitations — When Not to Use AuraGO

What applications is AuraGO not recommended?

AuraGO has many use cases, however, it is not a universal 3D capture solution. Q3D Sensing believes in full transparency and we will continue to populate this article as we learn more from our testing and customer feedback. We do not want you to mistakenly purchase AuraGO due to lack of understanding capabilities and limitations. Below are areas to avoid use with AuraGO. 

  1. Small object capture: Close range, high resolution capture such as small statues, car parts, medical devices, consumer products, and other small objects for reverse engineering and/or 3D printing. These applications call for a different 3D capture technology
  2. Mechanical part reverse engineering
  3. Highly reflective and dark surfaces (glass, gloss black metal)
  4. Long range scanning (scanning requiring more than 30m range)
  5. Scanning requiring sub-centimeter accuracy
  6. High resolution crash scene analysis (sub 2cm)
  7. Face and body scanning
  8. Part inspection
  9. Terrestrial laser scan quality / accuracy

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