The proposed teaching innovation consists of incorporating the 3D scanning process as a creative resource for first-year product design students, linked to the subject of vector representation.

The following tasks have been carried out:

1. Model making
2. Scanning from a portable structured light machine
3. Point cloud/mesh preparation
4. Post processing with mesh editor
5. Opening in modeller
6. Configuration of a new object
7. Obtaining STL models for 3D printing