FlexScan3D works with a variety of hardware to meet the cost and performance characteristics for most scanning applications.

Point Density

Camera / Projector

Max Points

Average Points

800x600 Resolution Projector
6.1 MP Camera

1.02 Million

700k

1024x768 Projector
10 MP Camera

2.65 Million

1.5 Million

Scan Time

Actual time per scan is dependent on specific camera equipment used, these are

Draft Scan

Normal Scan

Quality Scan

Still Camera

3-8 seconds

5-10 seconds

1-2 Minutes

Video Camera

Less than 1 second
(.3 seconds)

Less than 1 second
(.5 seconds)

5-10 Seconds

Web Cam

1-2 seconds

2-3 seconds

30+ seconds

Scanning Field of View and Precision

These are standard settings and will vary by hardware configuration - FlexScan3D will supports a number of scanning window and accuracy configurations. These values were tested with used with a 1024x768 Projector and 6 MP Camera

Scanning Window

Scanning Precision

320mm x 240 mm x 50 mm              

+/- .025mm

640mm x 480mm x 70mm

+/- .05mm

960mm x 720mm x 90mm

+/- .075mm

1280mm x 960mm x 110 mm

+/- .1mm

Texture Quality

Directly maps textures from cameras. (Consumer still cameras vary from 6 to 12 megapixels)

  • 32 Bit JPEG
  • Camera RAW

File Formats

  • asc,xyz, obj, ply, stl, vrml

Scans per Object

  • 4 Minimal scans for a 360 view
  • 8 Recommendedfor a full 360 view
  • Multi-Camera configurations allow scanning in parallel