Scanning probe settings

[dggt6]

Greetings all,
have just done my first few scans with the probe and I am not quite happy with the "rippled" surface I am seeing in the Cut3D image and also the actual machining.
Scanning at 0.5mm or even 0.1mm steps (0.02 and 0.004") at 500mm/min (19"/min) both give quite a rough/textured finish with a 1/8" ball nose bit.
Reducing the step over to 5% does not seem to make any improvement. The problem/texture seems to be in the scan and the CNC is just reproducing it.

Has anyone got a flat surface from a scanned part and what settings did you use?

Thanks in advance,
Doug

[dggt6]

Have just tried a scan at 1.0mm steps and that was much worse, so have just started a scan at 0.05 mm.
Geez it is slow!!!!!
Will report back next year!!!(when the scan is finished)

Don't suppose there is a way in some software to "smooth out the rough"?

[fison]

You should be able to smooth out the rough in Aspire but that's a lot of money unless you use it a lot.