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Free 3d scanner software?

Posted by JPT

JPT

Free 3d scanner software?
April 16, 2014 03:39PM

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Posts: 58

Hi,

I built a 3d scanner with the makerscanner tutorial in mind...
(It's just a webcam plus line-laser plus currently manually driven turntable)
only to realize the Makerscanner project is outdated and doesn't work.

Is there any free/opensource 3d scanning software available?

I already tried/found:

Makerscanner, which is outdated and did not produce a correct ply file to import into meshlab
Makerware which does not run because of "Xlib: extension NV-GLX missing on display :0". I doubt it is going to work with my hardware anyway.
SplineScan which is dead. Did not try yet. Tried the successor instead:
pylatscan. Was able to "build", but don't know how to execute.
Beagle Scan which seems to be very narrow on the hardware supported.

Into which project should I invest more effort to make it work? Is there anything I missed?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2014 03:41PM by JPT.

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KK3DM

Re: Free 3d scanner software?
April 22, 2014 03:30AM

Registered: 12 years ago
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[www.thingiverse.com]

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laserdark

Re: Free 3d scanner software?
April 27, 2014 04:54PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 1

Have you also looked at fabscan?

[hci.rwth-aachen.de]

[www.thingiverse.com]

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VikOlliver

Re: Free 3d scanner software?
September 13, 2014 09:05PM

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Link not found.

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VikOlliver

Re: Free 3d scanner software?
September 13, 2014 09:07PM

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I tried compiling FabScan - boy does it need a lot of supporting files and memory. Unfortunately I never managed to get it to recognise the installed PCL library. I hear there is a bootable DVD available, which I'll try when I get some more blanks.

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Ohmarinus

Re: Free 3d scanner software?
October 28, 2014 05:04PM

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I'm also looking for software for MAC.

Only thing I could find it Skanect.

Makerware doesn't seem to work with Kinect.

For me the only option is to go with a Kinect.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2014 05:04PM by Ohmarinus.