The invention relates to a scanning aid for facilitating 3D scanning of an object (5), particularly an object having too little structure to be solely scanned comprising a substrate (1) having a supporting element to which the object (5) can be attached in a way that the object (5) is held above the surface of the substrate and the surface of the substrate (1) having irregular and / or asymmetric structures (2, 3, 4). The invention furthermore relates to a method of scanning an object, particularly scanning of a dental abutment (5) using a 3D-scanner, particularly intraoral scanning device comprising the steps of attaching the object (5) to a supporting element, particular attaching the dental abutment (5) to a dental laboratory implant, the supporting element being integrated in a scanning aid having irregular structures (2, 3, 4) on the surface, and scanning the object (5), preferably from all sides, and acquiring scan data from the object (5) and the irregular structures (2, 3, 4) simultaneously.
