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How to make a 3D scan with a tablet

Posted By Marianna Papageorgiou on Oct 4, 2017

“How to make a 3D scan with a tablet?”, is one of the most frequently asked questions we get. If you have a tablet, the answer is easy. Download a 3D scanning application, scan the object or the person you want, edit your 3D scan with automatic optim...

New 3D Scanning Map: Find the Nearest 3D Scanner!

Posted By Eole Recrosio on May 30, 2017

The need for a 3D scanner can be motivated by many reasons: reverse engineering, industrial CAO, medical devices, tooling, etc… but often, buying a 3D scanner is not the adequate solution. A 3D scanning service has the technology and the skills to do...

Top 10 Best 3D Scanners for Every Budget

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 10, 2016

You need a 3D file to send to an online 3D printing service or to use on your own 3D printer? Several possibilities are available to you: you can design your own 3D file or get one from the internet, of course, but you can also 3D scan an existing ob...

Common 3D scan mistakes that impact your 3D prints (with photos & video tutorial links)

Posted By Jess Hedstrom on Oct 9, 2015

Today you’ll learn more about the “fragile parts” error you receive when uploading your 3D Scan for 3D printing. BONUS we use a free 3D modeling software called MeshLab to fix this error by cleaning up the scan’s messy geometry. This is the first of ...

123D Catch Tutorial: 3D Printing your Autodesk 123D Catches

Posted By Zach Correa on Oct 7, 2014

Can’t make it to our meetup in Paris this weekend with Autodesk? Learn how to use 123D Catch app to get your 3D models printed from anywhere in this tutorial! 123D Catch app offers an easy, seamless way to get a 3D scan of any physical object you can...

Trimensional : a 3D Scanner for iPhone

Posted By sculpteo on Apr 14, 2011

Grant Schindler, research scientist in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, created Trimensional, the first app that allows users with an iPhone 4, iPad 2 or recent iPod Touch to take 3-D scans of faces or other objects and share them by e-mail. In t...

DAVID Laserscanner : a low-cost 3D scanner

Posted By sculpteo on Mar 22, 2011

DAVID is a freeware software that allows you to scan/digitize three-dimensional objects. To build a 3D scanner you need : A camera (e.g. web cam), a hand-held line laser (starting at €19.90), two plain boards in the background, a Windows PC and the D...

3D fluid scanning

Posted By sculpteo on Feb 10, 2011

Friedrich Kirschner’s 3D fluid scanning allow to capture the shape of any 3D object using high contrast fluid like milk or ink. “By capturing the silhouette of an object submersed in the fluid at different stages of submersion, one can generate slice...