----- Forwarded message from ERIC DELSON <[email protected]> -----
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:27:02 -0400
From: ERIC DELSON <[email protected]>
Reply-To: ERIC DELSON <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Microscribe 3DX
To: [email protected]
You could use Landmark Editor to extract landmarks from surface scans, look at
http://pages.nycep.org/nmg/programs.html
Eric Delson
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:42:28 -0700
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Microscribe 3DX
>To: [email protected]
>
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>----- Forwarded message from Ann <[email protected]> -----
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> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:35:11 -0400
> From: Ann <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Ann <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Microscribe 3DX
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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>The price is about half off what it originally cost. The new Microscribes are
>around $8000 USD. I just purchased a NextEngine scanner for $3000. However,
>if you are looking to digitize anatomical landmark data- I believe the
>Miscrosribe is still a better option. I have not been able to figure out how
>to extract landmark data from the scans yet (like you can from a CT scan)- I'm
>assuming it would be similar. There are issues with the use of CT extracted
>data, however.
>
>Ann H. Ross, Ph.D.
>Professor of Anthropology
>NC State University
>http://anthropology.chass.ncsu.edu/forensics/
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>Sent from my iPad
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>On Mar 24, 2013, at 12:52 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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>> ----- Forwarded message from Eric Delson <[email protected]> -----
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>> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:49:09 -0400
>> From: Eric Delson <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: Eric Delson <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Microscribe 3DX
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>> The Microscribe 3DX was an excellent device in
>> the late 1990s and early 2000s (when it cost
>> $3000+). I still have 3 in active use, but they
>> have been upgraded to the equivalent of a G2,
>> which is probably necessary today. That would
>> perhaps double your cost (contact
>> [email protected] or www.emicroscribe.com
>> for one example of a company that used to do
>> this). As a result, you would have a good multi-joint-arm digitizer.
>> How much more would it cost to buy a Next Engine
>> with HD Pro software or a similar small/portable
>> surface scanner, which allows you much greater
>> fkexibility and continued use of models in the future?
>> I think I would suggest the scanner. Best, Eric Delson
>>
>> At 02:32 AM 3/23/2013 Saturday, you wrote:
>>> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:47:07 -0400
>>> From: "Pere M. Parés-Casanova" <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Microscribe 3DX
>>>
>>> Hi to every body!
>>> I have received a private offer for a 12 years Microscribe 3DX. Its prices
>>> is 1,200 euros.
>>> I have no experience on 3D GM, so no idea about the possibilities of this
>>> deviece and if the price is OK.
>>> Any comment will be absolutely well received.
>>>
>>> Pere-Miquel
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