From: Lindquist, Phil <lindquist@doctordesign.com>
To: '3DS Max' (E-mail) <3dsmax@engram.net>
Subject: Modeling objects using 3D 'tracing' hardware
Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:42 PM

Hi all.  I've been on the list for a good while and plan to get Max sometime
soon.  It is mostly just a hobby thing for me but it is fascinating.

One of the tools I have seen for inputing a 3D model of an object is called
Microscribe 3D?  I think that is what it is called.  Anyway you can trace
small objects into 3D with it.  Seems like that would be the tool for the
guy wanting to get his automobile model proportioned properly except they
cost $2500 or more.

I was wondering what the market is like for hardware that would scan an
object as a 3D mesh, what the current products available might be and how a
less costly alternative might sell?  I am a design engineer with an emphasis
on programming and embedded software.  It might be fun to try and put
together my own device but would be even cooler if I could actually sell it
as a product.  Are there such devices available for the $200-500 range and
are they very good or would something with OK resolution sell well for that
price range?

Relating more specifically to Max...Does Max come with a ready interface for
writing a driver that would import a model from a scanning device or do you
have to get the Max SDK for that and does the SDK cost money to get?

Thanks for any replies.

Phil
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