DIY and Entry-Level 3D-Scanner Forum

Thanks for your feed-back,

What's the best resolution I could expect from Primesense and Virtuspecs at close range ?

please have a look at the "Carmine 1.09" post at the Show your projects forum. You can see what level of detail is possiblewith such scanners.

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Bernhard
www.virtumake.com

I've seen them, they actually look pretty good.

The David system is pretty expensive and not as portable as the Carmine,

well, for 200 usd, i think i'm going to give Carmine 1.09 a try,

thanks

I think it will work for you. Don't forget that you need a software license too. Try the demos of skanect and artec studio.

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Bernhard
www.virtumake.com

I got the Carmine 1.09 and have been struggling to get it to work over the last week. I've tried from 3 machines, Windows 7 and Windows 8, and have not been able to get the signal going all they way to Skanect yet. I've only been able to get the Carmine 1.09 seen by Skanect on 1 machine. I'm using OpenNI 2.2.0.30 Beta(x64) SDK and the latest Skanect on all machines.

For those of you using Skanect with the 1.09, can you please describe the OpenNI drivers and OS you are using? Is there another driver I am missing somewhere?

Thank you.

Are you using USB3 interfaces. If so, please check the firmware of Carmine.

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Bernhard
www.virtumake.com

Thank you for the response.

I am using USB 3.0 ports on one of my machines. Can you elaborate on the firmware fix? I've only seen new firmware for the Carmine 1.08, which i understand is not appropriate to apply on the 1.09.

Thanks

I have used both the Carmine w/skanect and David Structured Light System. The Kinect is a good jumping in point to get your feet wet in 3d scanning, but if you really want to get some powerful software and better scans, buy the David software. I built my own scanner with an off the shelf Acer K11 and Logitech pro 9000 webcam from ebay. the scanner components were less than $250 usd, The software was $450 usd from zip-bit. I am scanning with good results and am wasting very little time researching because the software works so well even on older computers.

But if you want to have fun and learn get the Carmine. I don't suggest the 1.08. I bought that first and it isnt really good for larger things...or maybe I'm spoiled by the David SL system???

You can still use the trial version of the David software with a cheap projector and webcam, you just can't save the results in high resolution. (This would be cheaper than buying a skanect license and a Carmine) Nor can you save the fusion results. But you can save the low res scans and I think fuse them in Meshlab (free). I would be curious how a low res scan from the David system would compare to a Skanect/Carmine scan? Does anybody have an opinion?

Thanks for the lead. Can you describe your experience in using the Carmine with David? Are there any tutorials you can point me to?



Do you mean that you used the Carmine 1.09 with David then? Are the results better with the carmine or with your self built cam setup?

Thanks again! I'm very intrigued...

I never used the Carmine with David. I don't think anyone would since they would need to acquire the scan with skanect and it would already be fused and watertight. I don't think the David system could interface with the Carmine since it projects a light pattern that's altogether different from the SL type.