sitemap print English Nederlands Français 16/07/2009 RAPID Respons services make a difference. DIGITIZING / 3D SCANNING 10/07/2009 NEW: Dimensional Management System REVERSE ENGINEERING 30/06/2009 First projects in the nuclear sector MOBILE 3D MEASUREMENTS Home     Solutions     Success Stories     Gallery     Technologies     News     References     About us     Jobs     Downloads     Service Partnerships     Digitizing / 3D scanning Scanning Basics To put it simply: whereas a Xerox photocopier gives you a 2D copy, we give you a 3D digital copy of your object. The scanning does not copy not the colour of the surface but its geometry. Data Processing In the process of scanning a huge number of points is generated, which taken together describe the surface of the object. That scan data is processed by an operator with the help of specialised software and converted to a dataset, suitable for a wide range of applications. The final result is a digital copy of the object surface in one of the following forms: Point cloud (txt file with 3D coordinates of all the points - typically 500 000 points per object) STL file or Mesh (surfaces created by triangulating the points) There are 2 main technologies: Stripe Laser Scanners: METRIS Mounted on a fixed bed CMM (click on link or photograph for a VIDEO) Mounted on a Articulated Arm (click on link or photograph for a VIDEO) Structured White Light Scanners: GOM Mobile - Large Objects - In combination with Photogrammetry Small Objects - High Precision Photogallery of 3D scanning examples website by webalive