3D Scanning: Digitizing an Object in Three Dimensions

by Dr. Franek Hasiuk, GeoFabLab, Iowa State University,franek@iastate.edu

3D Scanners are also called Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM's) and are often sold by companies specializing in engineering metrology (the measurement of parts).

Good discussion from Reddit

Sense3D vs Kinect

Great comparison from Exact Metrology

3D Scanning Hardware

Commercial
- 3D Digital Corp: Optix - Escan 2.0
- Asus: Xtion - Xtion Pro ($80)
- Artec: Eva ($13500) - Spider ($20500)
- Baces 3d - Scanflex
- Breuckmann (Aicon3D): stereoSCAN - smartSCAN - d-STATION
- Creaform GoScan3D - HandyScan - MetraScan3D
- Cubify Sense ($400)...Review
- David: http://shop.david-vision-systems.de/product_info.php/info/p129_DAVID-Structured-Light-Scanner-SLS-2.html
  Laserscanner (500 euros) - SLS-1 (2000 euros) - Review - SLS-2 (2320 euros)
- Delcam: iQube
- Faro: FaroArm - FaroScanArm - LaserTracker
- Geomagic: Capture
- Hexagon Metrology
- Konica Minolta
- Kreon: Scanners
- Leica LIDAR Stations
- LMI Technologies: HDI Advance
- Matter and Form: Scanner ($579 Pre-order)
- MicroScribe: G2X 5 degrees ($7900) - G2LX 5 degrees ($9500) - G2X 5 degrees ($9800) - G2LX 5 degrees($10600)
- Microsoft kinect ($100) - v2 (XBOX One version)
- NDI Measurement Services: Products
- 3DS / Noomeo: OptiNum Re - OptiNum XT
- Next Engine 3D Scanner HD ($3000)
- Perceptron: ScanWorks
- Shapegrabber: Products
- Siemens: iScan (ironically for making hearing aids)
- Steinbichler
Crowfunded
- Rubicon 3D ($199)...3ders article
- Structure Sensor (Pre-Order $379 on Kickstarter)
Build-it-Yourself

Kinect and Xtion Software

Brekel (Win32/Win64, each has Free Trial, Full version is $99)
- Kinect Pro Body - Kinect Pro Face - Kinect Pro Point Cloud - Kinect Free
KScan3d (Win32/Win64, Trial Free, Pro $299), by LMI Technologies
Kinect Fusion SDK
ReconstructMe (Win64, 179 euros)
Scenect (Win64, Free)
Skanect (Mac/Win32/Win64, Limited Free, Pro $129)
Volumental (Mac/Win, Free Account, Pro ???)