Thanks to all who have responded so quickly to my query. I will try to summarize and post the responses in the near future.
-ds On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 3:56:43 PM UTC-5, dslice wrote: > > Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for a high-resolution, > table-top 3D scanner? > > I am wanting to apply for a university equipment grant to get a scanner > for my lab (and anyone else who might need to scan). This will be in > collaboration with bio and archaeological and art researchers. These grants > usually run about $40kUSD. > > It seems the popular NextEngine scanner (~6000USD with all the extras) has > a resolution of approx. 0.1-0.3mm. That would be fine for my stuff - method > development and human-sized bones, but my bio colleagues deem that > inadequate for their needs - mouse-sized bones. We can get high-res from > microCT, but that takes forever - about a day per scan and the files are > huge, e.g., >30GB. > > Similarly, the Artec Spider (22,600USD) has a resolution of 0.1 mm. It > promises some advantages of hand-held scanning, which would benefit my > archaeological colleagues, but I am hearing from users it might not be so > great in actual usage. Not sure if it supports a turntable/table-top > operation option. > > So, does anyone have any suggestions? > high-resolution > portable (might need to travel with it) > fast, easy table-top operation > <$40kUSD > > -ds > -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
