Dear Emma I have nbot used thsi system, but I know the people who have used it th elongest, in Frankfurt & Darmstadt. Try to contact Ottmar Kullmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, a paleontologist who has used the system. Regards, Eric Delson
At 08:42 AM 10/10/2006 Tuesday, you wrote: >Dear Morphometricians, > >I am working on a 3D scanner system called OptoSCAN developed by >Breuckmann, Meersburg Germany. Firstly, I would appreciate any contact >with people who have used/are currently using one of these systems. > >The software that comes with the system is called OptoCAT, and once >merging all the single images into a 3D dataset, the output file is a >.ply file (polygon file format). I understand that .ply files come in >binary - little endian 1.0 format, and ASCII 1.0 format. The OptoCAT >application exports in binary format, and these .ply files crash my .ply >viewer (SunXi viewer) and the Landmark application (developed by the >Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV)) that apparently >reads .ply files. > >Has anyone got experience working in 3D, specifically with .ply files. >Or has anyone used this OptoCAT software? >Suggestions please! > >Thanks, >-- >Regards, > >Emma Sherratt >Faculty of Life Sciences, >University of Manchester -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
