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.
