3D Digitizer, Scanner and Software Companies

 

Company

Products

3D Pipeline Corporation

599 North Mathilda Avenue, Suite 39

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

408-733-1367

fax 408-733-5899

http://www.3dpipeline.com

3D Pipeline has developed a radial ultrasonic scanner for geometric capture of cave and mine passageways. A set of 48 axiometric distances are collected along a laser sighted survey line. The resulting data is extruded into a wireframe mesh, suitable for rendering,analysis.

3D Scanners Ltd

South Bank Technopark

90 London Road London SE1 6LN,

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 171 922 8822

Fax: +44 171 922 8899

email: info@3dscanners.com

http://www.3dscanners.com

ModelMaker - Hand held laser scanner for 3D data & color capture.

Reversa - Laser scanner system retrofitted to CNC/CMM/Manipulator

Replica - Stand alone laser scanner system

3DV Systems Ltd

RDC - Rafael Development Corporation Ltd.

14 Beth Hashoeva Lane

Tel-Aviv 65814, Israel

Tel. 972-3-567-2888

Fax. 972-3-566-0167 http://www.rdc.co.il/3dv.html

3D laser camera captures a frame or movie (at a rate of over 30 frames per second) in a three-dimensional mode, with each pixel having the Z (depth or distance from the viewer) dimension.

Aracor

425 Lakeside Drive

Sunnyvale CA 94086 USA

Tel: 408 733 7780

Fax: 408 732 1996

email: weideman@aracor.com

http://www.aracor.com

Archimedes: software tool for image display, analysis, processing for 2D & 3D images such as CT, MRI, digital radiographs, etc. Includes 3D reconstruction tools

Applied Research Associates

PO Box 3894

Christchurch, New Zealand

Tel/Fax: +64 3 374 6120

email: enquiries@aranz.co.nz

http://www.aranz.co.nz

http://www.polhemus.com

Hand held laser scanner Manufacturer - sales via Polhemus

Catco Inc.

1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 780

Atlanta, GA 30339 USA

Tel: 770-859-0451

Fax: 770-859-0454

Email: plienart@catco.com

http://www.catco.com/

Laser Mapping System (LMS): 3D laser scanner and SGI based software. Also offers scanning services for large architectural and other objects.

 

Catco is a joint venture between Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Electricité de France (EdF).

CGI

15161 Technology Drive

Eden Prairie, MN 55344 USA

Tel: 612 937 2005

Tel: 800 207 4318

Fax: 612 937 3018

email: cgi@reverse-eng.com

http://www.reverse-eng.com

CSS-1000: Laser image scanner integrated with milling machine to capture section images for 3D volumetric reconstruction.

CyberOptics Corporation

5900 Golden Hills Drive

Minneapolis, MN 55416 USA

Tel: 612 542 5000

Tel: 800 746 6315

Fax: 612 542 5100

email: info@cyberoptics.com

http://www.cyberoptics.com

CyberScan® Vantage: sub-micron laser scanner for 2D profile or 3D topographic maps of small objects.

Cyberware

2110 Del Monte Avenue

Monterey, CA 93940-3797 USA

Tel: 408 657 1450

Fax: 408 657 1497

email: info@cyberware.com

http://www.cyberware.com

Offers a variety of scanner systems for humans (whole body or human face/head) and complex objects (compact/portable to large objects). Numerous service bureaus around the world.

Delcam plc, Small Heath Business

Park, Birmingham B10 0HJ, UK

Tel: +44 121 766 5544,

Fax: +44 121 766 5511

http://www.delcam.com

CopyCAD: software for reconstruction of 3D CAD models from laser scanned datasets.

Design Automation

3211 Bramer Drive, Suite D

Raleigh, NC 27604 USA

Tel: 919-790-0000

Fax: 919-790-0100

Email: dai@revworks.com

http://www.revworks.com

RevWorks™: reverse engineering for SolidWorks

RevEng™ reverse engineering for CADKEY

works with variety of CMM and digitizers

Digibotics, Inc

2800 Longhorn Boulevard Suite 104

Austin, TX 78758 USA

Tel: 512 832 6544

Fax: 512 832 1163

email: jeff@digibotics.com

http://www.digibotics.com

Digibot II: 3D laser digitizing system for fully automated, portable, non-contact 4 axis digitizing

EOS Systems Inc

205-2034 West 12th St

Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 2G2

Tel: 604 732 6658

Fax: 604 732 6642

email sales@photomodeler.com

http://www.photomodeler.com

Photomodeler Pro 3.0: powerful, yet low cost Windows program for photogrammetric 3D model creation.

EOIS (Electro-Optical Information Systems)

1221 Broadway, Suite 204

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Tel: 310 451 8566

Fax: 310 260 1509

email eois@ix.netcom.com

http://www.eois.com

Mini-Moire™: white light moiré interferometric sensor. Available as separate sensor/software for attachment to customer CMM, or integrated with FaroArm™ or Sony Digital Camera (The Handy)

ERIM International

1975 Green Road

Ann Arbor MI, 48105-2554 USA

Tel: 313 994 120

Fax: 313 994 1575

http://www.erim-int.com

Holomapper: a 3D Optical metrology instrument using holographic imaging techniques to produce high precision measurements.

Faro Technologies

125 Technology Park

Lake Mary, FL 32746-6204 USA

Tel: 407 333 9911

Fax: 407 333 4181

email: info@faro.com

http://www.faro.com

FaroArm™: Portable multi-axis measuring arm. (Mechanical digitizer/CMM)

AnthroCAM™: windows based package supporting FaroArm™

Roger Lewis

General Dynamics Information Systems

2200 Clarendon Blvd Suite 1007

Arlington, VA 22201 USA

Tel: 703 271 7526

Fax: 703 271 7676

email: roger.w.lewis@gd-is.com

http://www.cdev.com/products/software/glmx.html

Geo-Located MultiSource Exploitation (GLMX): photogrammetric based tool with change/object detection, annotation and presentation tools, multi-sensor image fusion, automated registration of new images with existing 3D site models.

Geometrix, Inc.

124 Race Street

San Jose, CA 95126 USA

Tel: 408 999 7499

Fax: 408 289 8258

http://www.geometrixinc.com

VideoModeling™: automated photogrammetric 3D modeling technology introduced at Siggraph ’98. 3Scan™ object scanner uses digital camera and computer controlled turntable. Automated 3D camera tracking tools (plugin?) in development. Automated 3D Scene Scanning to be demonstrated at I/ITSEC Dec. ’98.

GTCO Corporation

7125 Riverwood Drive

Columbia, Maryland 21046 USA

TollFree: 800 344 4723

Tel: 410 3816688

Fax: 410 290 9065

Email: sales@gtco.com

http://www.gtco.com

Freepoint 3D ™ Digitizer: ultrasonic tracker based

Hymarc Ltd

25 Antaries Drive

Nepean, Ontario, Canada, K2E 8B1

Tel: 613 727 1584

Fax: 613 727 0441

http://www.hymarc.com

Hyscan 45C, ColorScan: 3D laser digitizer heads for use with CMM, CNC or other device.

Imageware

Ann Arbor, MI

121 West Washington Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA

Tel: (313) 994-7300

Fax: (313) 994-7303

Email: sales@iware.com

http://www.iware.com

Surfacer: software package for creation of 3D models from digitizer data

Immersion Corporation

2158 Paragon Drive

San Jose, CA 95131 USA

Tel: 408 467 1900

Fax: 408 467 1901

email: info@immerse.com

http://www.immerse.com

MicroScribe-3D: mechanical digitizers

Image Guided Technlogies

5710-B Flatiron Parkway

Boulder, CO 80301 USA

Tel: 303 447 0248

Fax: 303 447 3905

email: info@imageguided.com

http://www.imageguided.com

Optical trackers using multiple LEDs on a probe. FlashPoint® 5000 for medical applications

Pixsys™ 5000 for commercial coordinate measurement.

InnoveMetric Software, Inc.

2014 Jean-Talon Nord

Suite 310

Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1N 4N6

Tel: 418 688 2061

Fax: 481 688 3011

email: esther@innovmetric.com

http://www.innovmetric.com

Polyworks™ integrated line of software tools for generating 3D models from a variety of digitizer data. Supports Mechanical digitizers (CMM), Laser scanners, optical digitizers, object slices, etc.

InSpeck, Inc.

360 rue Franquet, #20

Ste-Foy, QC Canada GIP 4N3

Tel: 418 650 2112

Fax: 418 650 2141

Email: inspeck@inspeck.com

http://www.inspeck.com

InSpeck 3D Capturor: white halogen light digitizer captures 3D geometry and color texture map

K2T, Inc.

One South Linden

Duquesne, PA 15110 USA

Tel: 412 469 3150

http://www.k2t.com/

Scene Modeler: 3D Laser Scanner systems capable of scanning architectural scale objects (building interiors,

Kreon Industrie

Rue Nicolas-Appert

B.P. 1565

87022 LIMOGES CEDEX 09 France

Tel: +33 (0)5 55 38 81 55

Fax: +33 (0)5 55 37 60 94

http://www.kreon3d.com

KLS 51 & KLS 171: 3D Laser Scanning Sensors for use with CMM (Manual, DCC, or Articulating Arm) or CNC Machine Tool

Laser Design Inc

9401 James Ave South, Suite 162

Minneapolis, MN 55431 USA

Tel: 612 884 9648

fax: 612 884 9653

email: sales@laserdesign.com

http://www.laserdesign.com

Surveyor® 3D laser digitizing systems, DataSculpt® data editing software.

Laser Technology Inc

7070 S. Tucson Way

Englewood, Colorado 80112 USA

Tel: 303 649 1000

Fax: 303 649 9710

Email: info@lasertech.com

http://www.lasertech.com

Laser range finders and software applications (Criterion AutoScan System, LI Contour, Face Profiler, WinProfile). For large field applications (Geo-survey, etc.)

Metacreations Real Time Geometry Lab

6303 Carpinteria Avenue

Carpinteria, CA 93013 USA

Tel: 805 566 6200

Fax: 805 566 6385

http://www.metacreations.com/products/rtgeom

http://www.real3d.com

Galatea, RealScan 3D: Laser Digitizer system

OEM software for real-time polygonal data from point cloud data.

(see May/June 1998 IEEE CG&A Article http://computer.org/cga/cg1998/g3toc.htm )

Minolta Corporation

Instrument Systems Division

101 Ramsey, NJ 07446 USA

Tel: 888 473 2656 ext 9117

Tel: 201 818 3571

Fax 201 825 4375

email: vivid3d@minolta.com

http://www.minolta3d.com

Vivid 700 portable 3D laser digitizer

National Research Council (NRC-CNRC)

Institute for Information Technology

Visual Information Technology Group

Building M-50

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6 Canada

Fax: 613 952 0215

http://www.vit/iit.nrc.ca

The NRC laboratory has been active in the development of 3D digitizing and modeling technologies since since 1981. A variety of prototypes have been built for the demonstration of the technology in the fields of industrial automation, inspection, space robotics and medicine.

Sponsor of: 3DIM’99 Second International Conference on 3D Digital Imaging and Modeling (Oct. 4-8 1999)

Neuro Scan Labs

10 Pidgeon Hill Drive, Suite 100,

Sterling, Virginia 20165-6103, USA

Tel: 703 444 7100

FAX: 703 444 0676

http://www.neuro.com/neuroscan

SCAN 4.0 includes an interface for 3D localization of electrodes, digitization of an individual subject's head surface, and 3D imaging of electrophysiological activity

Northern Digital Inc.

403 Albert Street

Waterloo, Ontario

Canada N2L 3V2

Tel: 519 884 5142

Fax: 519 884 5184

Free: 800 265 2741

email: jyates@ndigital.com

http://www.ndigital.com

Optotrack® Systems: Infrared tracking devices for measurement and motion capture.

Paraform, Inc.

795 San Antonio Road

Palo Alto, California 94303 USA

Tel: (650) 846-2100

Fax: (650) 846-2160

Paraform's software technology converts 3D laser scanned data into NURBS, suitable for use within the most popular animation and modeling software applications.

Perceptron Inc

47827 Halyard Drive

Plymouth, MI 48170 USA

Tel: 734 414 6100

Fax: 734 414 4700

http://www.perceptron.com

3D Laser Scanner sensors and systems

Polheums Inc.

One Hercules Drive

PO Box 560,

Colchester, VT 05446

Free: 800.357.4777

Tel: 802.655.3159

Fax: 802 655 1439

http://www.polhemus.com

HLS Hand held Laser Scanner: combines Fastrak® magnetic tracker with laser line scanner. Manufactured by Applied Research Associates.

3Draw® Pro 3D Digitizer tablet.

Raindrop Geomagic, Inc.

206 N. Randolph St., Suite 520

Champaign, IL 61820-3989 USA

Tel: 217-239-2551

TollFree: 800-251-5551

Fax: 217-239-2556

http://www.geomagic.com

Geomagic Wrap® is software designed for automatic surface reconstruction from point cloud data.

Roland Digital Group

15271 Barranca Parkway

Irvine, California 92618 USA

TollFree: 800 542 2307

Tel: 949 727 2100

Fax: 949 727 2112

http://www.picza.com

Picza: Desktop 3D laser scanner for PC systems

ROMER INC.

5145 Avenida Encinas

Carlsbad, CA 92008

Tel: 760 438 1725

Fax: 760 438 3512

http://www.romer.com

Portable Articulated Arms for CMM & mounting 3D Laser Scanning Sensors

Steinbichler

40 000 Grand River, Suite 101

Novi, MI 48375

Tel: 248 426 0638

Fax: 248 426 0643

http://www.steinbichler.com

COMET white light triangulation digitizing sensors

Sven Technologies

2479 E. Bayshore Rd.,

Suite #707, Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA

Tel: 650 852 9242

Fax: 650 813 1775

E-mail: hello@sven-tech.com

http://www.sven-tech.com/products/digitact/

Digitact: digitizer uses a multiplicity of mechanical sensing elements to rapidly digitize one plane of the surface into a wire-frame model.

(Although product made an appearance at Siggraph 96, it is not commercially available.)

Third Dimension Software Ltd

Bristol, England

info@third.com

Tel. +44 (0)117 9892450

Fax. +44 (0)117 9892451

htt://www.third.com

Color Encoded Structured Light (CESL) scanner capable of digitizing moving or changing 3D objects such as the human face and mouth to millimeter accuracy

Tricorder Technology plc

The Long Room

Coppermill Lock

Summerhouse Lane

Harefield , Middlesex

UK UB9 6JA

Tel: +44 1895 820 920

Fax: +44 1895 820 630

E-mail: mail@tricorder.co.uk

http://www.tricorder.co.uk

Hand held 3D laser scanner, uses solid state inertial sensors for scanner tracking. Sensor also available for stationary mounting. SnapShot, a photogrammetric tool for use with consumer digital cameras has been announced.

The Turing Institute

Boyd Orr Building

University Avenue

Glasgos G12 8NN, Scotland

Tel: +44 (0) 141 337 6410

Fax: +44 (0) 141 339 0796

http://www.turing.gla.ac.uk

3D-Matic C3D: White light, stereoscopic digitizing technology available in a variety of system configurations.

Ultimetrics, Ltd.

826 Morrison Road

Columbus, OH 43230 USA

Email: mail@ultimetrics.com

Tel: 614 577 8025

Fax: 614 577 8019

U1 3D Digitizer and Point Processing Software: laser scanner system and point cloud reconstruction software

Vexcel Corporation

Lanny Mack

303 583 0224

http://www.vexcel.com

FotoG: photogrammetric products and services

Visual Interface, Inc.

4516 Henry St., Second Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3728 USA

Voice: (412) 621-8242

Fax: (412) 621-7018

Email: rupp@visint.com

http://www.visint.com

Virtuoso® shape camera: portable white light 3D Digitizer

Vitana Corporation

26-5470 Canotek Road

Gloucester, Ontario

Canada K1J 9H3

Tel: (613) 749-4445

Fax: (613) 749-4087

http://www.vitana.com

Shapeworks inspection and modeling system based on Shapegrabber™ laser digitzer

VirtuoZo Systems International

21 Buchanan St, West End,

PO Box 3797, South Brisbane BC, Queensland, 4101, Australia.

Tel: +61 7 3846 5933

Fax: +61 7 3846 7844

Email: sales@virtuozo.com.au

http://www.virtuozo.com.au

VirtuoZo: Software tool creates 3D visualizations from scanned stereo photography & stereo SPOT satellite