I'm also interested in this topic. To date I've seen a demo of Geomagic Shape
(quite impressive), and have used Paraform (from Paraform) a couple of times.
Both program fit in the rapid-surfacing category.
My initial sense is that Paraform gives you slightly more interactive control
over
the surfaces, at the cost of (??) more interaction. The fact that both
programs
require a polygonized model, but Geomagic can also offer the polygonizing
function
via Wrap may make it a simpler program to use (for the moment). We use
Innovmetric's Polyworks (inhouse) for creating Polygonal models. Both tools
appear to have limited surface quality evaluation tools.
I'd (also) be interested in hearing of others experience.
bert
Ian Unwin wrote:
> I am considering the possible purchase of additional software to compliment
> an existing reverse engineering capability DERA Malvern. So far I have only
> found Raindrop Geomagic's Studio package (www.geomagic.com) - contact has
> been made and I will be examining its suitability in the next few weeks.
>
> Can anyone help me find other alternatives?
> Does anyone have experience of using this type of software?
> What is the quality of surface models produced by this type of package?
>
> Existing equipment/software currently used:
>
> 3D Scanners Reversa 25H with RISCAN (www.3dscanners.com)
> Imageware Surfacer 9.0 (www.iware.com)
> Alias Design Studio 9.0 (www.aliaswavefront.com)
>
> Reasons for considering this type of package are:
>
> Both Surfacer & Alias are excellent packages, however, due to limited staff
> resources and other work commitments it is not possible to become fully
> proficient users of these. Hence I am attempting to source "quick fix"
> modelling methods to speed up the RE process. I am aware that it may be
> necessary to further manipulate the surface model using one of the other
> software packages before an RP model could be built.
>
> Does anyone think I am wasting my time and perseverance with Surfacer is the
> only option!?
>
> Regards
>
> Ian Unwin
> Defence Evaluation & Research Agency
> CES (ES) Dept. Room C811/12
> St Andrews Road
> Gt Malvern
> Worcester WR14 3PS
> United Kingdom
> Tel +44(0)1684 896731
> Fax +44(0)1684 896331
> Email spur8@dera.gov.uk
>
> For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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