NextEngine 3D Scanner
NextEngine delivers an unprecedented combination of power and affordability. At 0.005 inch accuracy, it rivals systems costing 10 times the price. It's not a cheaper 3D Scanner. It's a better scanner that costs less. Way less.
Compared with many $25,000+ scanners, NextEngine's data fidelity is far cleaner. No more annoying pops and spikes that take hours to edit out. The surface data is so clean, you can just use it straight from the scanner.
The secret behind this big change is new technology invented by NextEngine. An all-new electro-optical architecture and sophisticated new algorithms use an array of Lasers to scan in parallel. Result: higher point throughput and much better data fidelity. NextEngine's proprietary scan technology and innovative instrument configuration let you capture a remarkably diverse range of objects in a variety of materials and sizes. Parts found in many different industries can be captured.
Easy to install. Easy to drive. No memory cards to shuffle, no data files to copy or convert. No hidden buttons to push. No lenses to adjust. No calibration procedures to do. Just a simple USB 2.0 appliance that plugs into your PC.
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NextEngine also captures details that many high-end scanners don't: Rich, full-color photo data for every surface point. And because it's optically synchronous, there's no skew between the color and geometry.
Every NextEngine Scanner comes with a built-in array of spatially diverse, diffuse illuminators for shadow-free imaging. And these lights are specially designed to provide a wide color gamut for excellent color rendering.
- Minimum System: Quad-core, 16GB RAM, Fast GPU, Windows 7 & 8 (64-bit), 40GB Drive
- USB 2.0 high speed interface. USB cable included
- 100 - 240 VAC built-in worldwide auto-switching power supply. AC cable included
- Beam is about 1/1000th brightness of a laser pointer (but avoid looking into the beam)
- Tripod mount: Stainless steel 1/4 - 20 thread standard screw mount for tripod setups
- Size: Compact 8.8" x 3.6" (letter size) desktop footprint. 10.9" high. Approximately 7 lbs.
- Object Size: No preset limit. Objects larger than field can be assembled with supplied software
- Full Size: 5.1" x 3.8" (Macro) and 13.5" x 10.1" (Wide). ProScan Extended Mode 22.5” x 16.75”
- Capture Density: On target surface capture up to 268K points/in²(Marco), 29K points/in² (Wide)
- Texture Density: 500 DPI on target surfaces is 500 DPI in Macro Mode and 200 DPI in Wide Mode
- Dimensional Accuracy: ±0.005" in Macro Mode and ±0.015" in Wide Mode
- Acquisition Speed: 50,000 processed points/sec throughput. Typically 2 minutes per scan of each facet
- Typical Datasets: Typical small models are a quarter million points, after oversampling and optimization
- Environmental: Desktop use under ordinary office lighting. No darkroom or special background required
- Design. The NextEngine 3D Scanner is accelerating product design at many leading companies. They're capturing complex and organic shapes, and designing new products, packaging, and physically compatible parts.
- Manufacturing. Many manufacturing cycles begin with a physical sample. Our customers are using scans to create new molds, castings, & fixtures. They're machining copies of old parts and creating rapid prototypes with CNC routers, mills, & 3D printers.
- CGI. When it comes to modeling organic shapes, what could be better than nature itself? With the NextEngine Scanner, CG Artists are creating models directly from scan data, or using scans as references to create Sub-D models.
- Art & Architecture. Leading artists and architects are taking shapes from the physical world and incorporating them in their designs. From giant art installations to furniture scrollwork & fine jewelry design, they're doing amazing stuff.
- Medical. Practitioners in dental, prosthetics, orthopedics, and auditory labs are using the scanner to improve turn-around times and patient outcomes. It's also helping medical and safety equipment makers create products that save and improve lives.