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Subject: Re: Next Engine laser scanner?
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dean Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dan,
I have not tried the 'landmark' program from NYCEP, but will look
into it. The scanner does export *.ply files, so this might be a good
option. Thanks for the suggestion.
As for durability of the scanner, I've not tested this, so I cannot
speak to how sensitive the optics are to jolts and bumps. In general,
I have not found the need to recreate the 'gorilla jumping on
American Tourister luggage' experiment with my lab equipment to
determine durability; at least not yet...
My recommendation for transporting would be lots of padding and place
it in your hand-carry luggage, not the checked baggage.
Dean
At 07:12 AM 3/25/2008, you wrote:
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Subject: Re: Next Engine laser scanner?
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:35:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Hi Dean, thanks for the info. Have you tried the
software "Landmark" from NYCEP for placing landmarks?
This is what I was planning to use if I pick up the
scanner. How durable is the scanner? Do you think I
was careful and had it well padded it would be easy to
take in carry on luggage on a plane? I have a lot of
traveling to do for my data gathering.
Best,
Dan
PhD student
U. of Iowa
--- morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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Subject: Re: Next Engine laser scanner?
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dean Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dan,
I recently purchased one for my lab. For objects in
the 5-15cm range
it works really well. It is quite fast, and with
high resolution,
just as the company claims. The motorized stage
allows multiple
views to be scanned, which you can then 'stitch'
together for a full
3D image. There are multiple output formats for the
data, including
raw X,Y,Z coordinates. One would need to do some
post-processing to
obtain the coordinates of interest (we're still
working out this part
of the procedure).
The only trouble we've had with it is that it does
not make good
scans of dark, shiny objects. Not a problem for your
bones I would
imagine, but for scanning salamander heads (my main
research
organism), we've had to resort to spraying them with
Tinactin to take
off the shine. Works pretty well, though you
obviously lose the color
information.
Hope this helps.
Dean
Dean C. Adams
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal
Biology, and
Department of Statistics
253 Bessey Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
tel: (515) 294-3834
fax: (515) 294-1337
web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams
At 01:25 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
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>Subject: Next Engine laser scanner?
>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:50:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Daniel Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [email protected]
>
>Hello,
>
>I just heard about a small portable laser scanner
>called Next Engine.
>
>https://www.nextengine.com/indexSecure.htm
>
>I'm writing to see if anyone has experience with
this
>equipment, and if so, whether the results are
>satisfactory? I'm interested in using it to scan
small
>bones for later analysis with the program
"Landmark"
>from the NYCEP group.
>
>Best,
>Dan Proctor
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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