From: mark davis <mhdavis99@home.com>
To: Lindquist, Phil <lindquist@doctordesign.com>; '3DS Max' (E-mail) <3dsmax@engram.net>
Subject: RE: Modeling objects using 3D 'tracing' hardware
Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:31 PM

Yeah, I'm curious about this thing too. Does it work? Is it accurate? Is it
easy
to use? Is it reliable? Is it worth it? etc.

There's an ad for it in the last issue of Design 4 explaining that they have
different levels of accuracy depending on what you want to spend. What the
hell
does that mean? Do they cripple the software (reminds me of when the gov.
had regs
in place to comprimise the accuracy of GPS by so many meters)?

If it works how much editing is involved. I mean this thing is fascinating.
Can you
model a human form by tracing the contours of live flesh? Does the object
have to be
made up of certain materials?

How accurate is the lowend stuff they sell and how accurate is the high end
one they sell?

How many companies use this thing?

Mark Davis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lindquist, Phil [mailto:lindquist@doctordesign.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: '3DS Max' (E-mail)
> Subject: Modeling objects using 3D 'tracing' hardware
>
>
> 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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