With the advent of higher powered 3D scanners comes the challenge of dealing with the dense point cloud data sets. Direct Dimensions uses a wide variety of 3D scanning equipment to capture the as-built shape of existing objects. The common problem with all of these projects is the need to proces the point cloud data. While applications fall generally into either reverse engineering and inspection, both directions present challenges for processing the large data sets efficiently, quickly, and properly. This presentation will focus on an overview of the software tools available commercially that address these problems with a comparison of the various workflows, strategies, and results that one can expect from the various solutions.

1. Dense 3D Scan Point Cloud Processing Software Review Peter Kennedy Michael Raphael www.directdimensions.com [email_address] [email_address] 410-998-0880

4. Technical Expertise Areas Military/Aerospace Automotive Industrial Consumer Products Medical Art/Architecture 1000s of Projects for 100s of Customers Direct Dimensions, Inc.

6. Example Data Alignment and Processing Software Typical Dense Point Cloud Processing Workflow Example Data Collection Equipment Aligned Point Clouds and Polygonal Models

7. Aligned Point Cloud Polygonal Model Final CAD Typical Dense Point Cloud Processing Workflow Modeling Software

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26. Dense 3D Scan Point Cloud Processing Software Review Thank You! Questions? Michael Raphael and Peter Kennedy www.directdimensions.com [email_address] [email_address] 410-998-0880