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Re: 3D Scanner??

I've used and have access to the: Next Engine HD Pro
They have this over at NextFAB right now:http://www.nextfab.com/about
I am a full member at NextFAB with access to just about everything.
So I can use the scanner within the $140 a month fee (some tools have extra fees but they are quite reasonable).

We scanned a couple of things.
NextFAB is talking about getting an arm, I've been thinking about building one open source.

I think the mistake to avoid is the idea that you'll end up just scanning everything and getting a perfect 3D point cloud to make into say an STL. There's often some things to fix up and obviously some things in a scan can be occluded.

They do have quite a collection of printed human heads however.
Tiny shrunken plastic and gypsum heads - feel free to tell Brandon I referred you he knows I jest.

I also have some of these scanners:
http://www.intricad.com/bin/main/products.php
http://www.intricad.com/bin/main/products/triangles.php

These work though the point cloud editing near completion is a bit of an issue.
That work is done with VRMesh Studio which has a licensing cost that is not insignificant.

This link might be of interest but there's some PR at work in it: http://www.nextengine.com/gallery
That's actually a slide show with quite a few slides showing the Next Engine performance versus competitors.

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