Next Engine 3D laser scanner

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:02:30 -0500
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Dear Heidi,

The Next Engine surface scanner is very good. In answer to your questions:

1) The minimum size is approximately 2cm square (the macro setting is anything up to 15cm)
2) There is no maximum size really. We have scanned 70cm square objects with the wide-angle setting.
3) The software that it comes (StandardHD) with works very well. It's only for Windows though. However I'd also recommend downloading Meshlab http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/ because It is easier to post-process the stitched scans.
4) It's actually a very quick process - the software is self explanatory. There a few kinks in the software, but it just involves playing and pressing all the buttons. The amount of time (and number of scans) will depend on the surface complexity and size of the object you are scanning. e.g. a scallop shell can be scanned with min 5 and max 10 scans.

Other things: for simple objects, like a half shell of a scallop, the standard setup is fine. But if you have a complex object like a skull, the multidrive would be better.

Emma

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      Date: Mon, 17
Mar 2014
11:49:46 -0400
      From: Heidi Schutz <[email protected]>

  Reply-To: Heidi Schutz <[email protected]>
      Subject: Next
Engine 3D laser scanner
      To: [email protected]

Hello all,

I am in the
market for a 3D scanner.

I have been looking at the
Next Engine set of scanners and software and I am curious to find out if any of
you have used them.




Questions:
1. How small can they go?
2.
How big can they go?
3. Which set of software do you find most
useful?
4. What is the learning curve like?
6. A different
set of options you like?



5. Any other beta you can provide?

Thanks in
advance!

Heidi Schutz
Assistant
Professor
Biology Department
Pacific Lutheran
University



Tacoma, WA 98447
SPRING
2014 OFFICE HRS (RCTR 152): Mon: 2-3, Wed: 1-3, Fri: 12-2 and by
appointment





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