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Weekend Poll
by Matthew Mensley Sep 20, 2026
Do you scan objects to 3D print them?

It's a use case we often see scanner manufacturers pushing as a core reason you should use their products, but when the results are often blotchy, fuzzy approximations of the object scanned, we've got to ask, who's actually printing that? Treating the scan as a starting point to reverse engineer, we get, but is anyone printing scans as they come?

About the Author:
Matthew Mensley is a senior editor at All3DP with nine years covering consumer 3D printing hardware. He writes news, reviews, and buying guides with the clarity of someone who's seen enough hype cycles to know which ones to take seriously.
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