A Google search will turn up lots of links; here is one that looks very promising,the 3D scanner is probably cheaper than buying the Solid Works software need to work with the resulting files:
http://www.nextengine.com/ Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 10/28/11, Jamie Bothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Bud, > Someone told me that our local community > college has a course in laser cutting. After > completion you can go back and use the laser for later > projects. Might be worth inquiring. I saw a 3D > scanner in action at Robert Morris University near > Pittsburg. I don't think their's was portable, but you > could scan Rapido's HO FA4. > Jamie Bothwell > Bethlehem, PA > > On Oct 27, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bud Rindfleisch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Stan, Now this is really something! Ya can't get > anymore accurate than 3D scanning an actual locomotive! Let > somebody tell them the nose contours aren't right! <G> > Hopefully the price of 3D scanners for modeler use will come > down in the future, then the possibilities in S will be > endless. > > Bud Rindfleisch > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
