Project Splinescan

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Wise Words

"There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a 'hottest part' implies a temperature difference, and any marginally competent physicist would immediately use this to run a heat engine and make some other part of hell comfortably cool. This is obviously impossible."

- Richard Davisson

Construction Info

filename	description
chassis-pdf-templates.zip	Templates for the scanner chassis in PDF format. (13051 bytes)
chassis-svg-templates.tar.gz	Templates for the scanner chassis in SVG format. (27301 bytes)
gearbox assembly.blend	blender file of the gearbox assembly. (896132 bytes)
gearbox-assembly.pdf	pdf outline of the gearbox assembly (113619 bytes)
scanner.blend	Blender model of the scanner chassis, showing how everything fits together. (5110346 bytes)

Documentation

filename	description
filter-paradigm.pdf	An overview of the Splinescan '4pass' system - 12/2005 PDF format mini-whitepaper (122500 bytes)
flier.pdf	brief info about the scanner. (7336427 bytes)

Lectures

filename	description
3dbad.pdf	Why Most 3D Scanners are Bad - 09/2005 PDF format presentation (354185 bytes)
sstalk2.pdf	The Lugradio Live 2005 lecture notes - get 'em while they're hot! (143793 bytes)
wolvesdata.pdf	Slides from 8/5/2006 Postgraduate Lecture at the University of Wolverhampton. PDF version.(5733386 bytes)

Multimedia

filename	description
columbia-bmp.rar	The original raw bmp scan data.(244956 bytes)
columbia.rar	The original scan data as a .RAW triangle file. *WARNING* This file was created using a naive version of delaunay triangulation - an algorithm that was lossy and broken. This file is rar archived and might kill some 3D packages because it is very high polygon.(2312849 bytes)
splinescan1.mpg	Explanatory animation from 8/5/2006 Postgraduate Lecture. Courtesy: Mitch Hughes.(2256896 bytes)

Software

filename	description
SplineScan3.zip	The original windows VB prototype - WARNING: This code sucks. Python is about 10x faster and smaller. This code is for information only. (8304 bytes)
c-scan-22-9-8.zip	sneak preview of next gen scanner - will change in April (4842 bytes)
linescan.tar.gz	The is a module designed to process linear scan data. The python script takes a directory of laser line scan images and convertw them into a 3D point cloud. This should work for CNC mounted laser rigs, as some users have requested.(2398 bytes)
python-scan-p1.tar	The first python prototype. This python script will take a directory of laser line scan images and convert them into a 3D point cloud. This is MUCH faster than the VB equivalent, and can only get faster as the code is tweaked.(7680 bytes)
setup.rar	The Win32 executable of the Lugradio scanner prototype. Tested on WINE on Ubuntu Hoary. Source code of this executable will be added after the Lugradio exhibition on 25th of June.(1999404 bytes)
snapshot-1-3-06.tar.gz	A Snapshot of all modules from 1-3-06. Includes: scantopoints.py - scans raster data to a single slice. gapfill.py - merge scantopoints slices into hole free point cloud mergepoints.py - Merges slices created by scantopoints.py without hole-filling (2799 bytes)
ss-smoother.rar	The Win32 EXE that actually works - sorry for the confusion folks. Install setup.rar, and then unrar this exe into the same directory. Run the ss-smoother.exe file to do scanning. Thanks to D Bowman for pointing out the fault in the setup.rar version. (18758 bytes)