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16/07/2009
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3D SCANNING
10/07/2009
NEW: Dimensional Management System
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30/06/2009
First projects in the nuclear sector
MOBIELE 3D METINGEN
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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)
VIDEO 3D Scanning Fixed-bed CMM
Mounted on a Articulated Arm
(click on link or photograph for a VIDEO)
VIDEO Faro-Metris-Mobile scanning
Structured White Light Scanners: GOM
Mobile - Large Objects - In combination with Photogrammetry
GOM - Large objects - On-site
Small Objects - High Precision
GOM - High precision - small objects
 
Photogallery of 3D scanning examples
Gallery of scanning examples
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