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The following scanner vendors have been tested for compatibility with the EvalViewer Cloud readers.
The following primary vendors are supported by EvalViewer. The list is in alphabetic order.
(allows Input from Digibotics, GE Tomo scanner, and many other scanners.)
(allows import from Laser Design, 3D Scanner's ModelMaker, Hymarc, and other scanners.)
(allows import from Laser Design, 3D Scanner's ModelMaker, Hymarc, and other scanners.)
(Allows Input from European scanners, including Steinbichler.)
You might be puzzled about image file formats going into a cloud data preprocessor. This means that color image data can be imported as 3D information. Assume that you get 0.5 millimeters per pixel in the X and Y directions and that the Z value of the coordinate is computed as follows: Convert 8-bit per color RGB to Grayscale and also z-Depth via the expression:
z = 0.05*(image_width+image_height)*(32*red + 58*green + 10*blue)/25500
The Xform menu can be used to map the shape into any desired prescribed dimensions. This option lets you do 3D sculpting operations in image editors.
EV-Geo - This is the preferred format for all EvalViewer geometry. Cloud data can be represented as well as lines, curve, polygons, and surfaces.
EV-Cloud - This is a simple binary file format used to store the results of cloud cropping operations, cloud grouping operations, or just to store ASCII Clouds in IGES, VDA, or ASCII XYZ format, so that they don't take so long to read in.
For those new to the field of reverse engineering from cloud data, the following list will help you research the various scanner vendors.
| Note: The 3D optical measurement systems made by the following manufacturers produce data files that are known to be compatible with EvalViewer software at the time of this writing. Alias Systems does not endorse any specific 3D scanner system over any other system or any 3D scanning service bureau over any other. You should evaluate systems and service bureaus in light of your needs. (This list is limited to systems available in North America.) |
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