3D Optical Digitizers
Patterned light is projected onto subjects; deformation is recorded by an off-set camera. Triangulation calculates a 3D mesh. Fast, accurate and adaptable for human portraiture.
3D Laser Scanners
A laser line moves over subjects' surfaces; an off-set camera records deformation. Triangulation calculates a 3D mesh. Slower, but higher accuracy enabled for static objects.
3D Mechanical Digitizers
Mechanical arms physically probe objects, guided by the user; points are recorded on the surface of subjects. Intuitive but slow. Unsuitable for delicate objects.
3D Scanning software
View, edit and export scan data efficiently and accurately. Triangulation, registration and merging algorithms, polygon editing, CAD conversion, model export for web viewing.
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The Artec 3D Scanner works just like a regular video camera, but instead of a two-dimensional image, the result is a three-dimensional one with speeds of up to 15 surfaces per second.
Thus, the scanning process becomes extremely straightforward: simply walk around the object and scan it from various angles, while the accompanying software combines all the scanned images into one.
Portability
The Artec is a handheld 3D scanner, which allows the user to scan various objects with ease. Having the ability to walk around the object, scanning every side of it is especially important when the objects cannot be moved.
No Markers Needed!
To scan an object, there is no need to place countless markers all over it. The system uses unique geometry of each object to properly correlate the scanned images and to join them into one 3D image in real time (during the actual scanning process)!
Scanning of moving objects
Because the Artec 3D Scanner is almost a 3D camera in fact, it can be used to not only scan stationary objects, but dynamic ones as well. This can be especially useful in medical applications and movie production where it’s vital to capture an actor's facial expressions in 3D.
Scanner Software Along with the scanner, the client receives specialized software which guides him through the entire scanning process and all the way through the refinement of the final image.
Exporting into other formats Using the included software application, the client can export the 3D model into one of many other popular formats: STL, OBJ, PLY or WRL. The images then can be utilised in ZBrush, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Rapidform and other software programs used to manipulate 3D images.
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