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3DVIA is the newest of the 6 Dassault Systèmes brands. Its mission is democratizing the usage of 3D so that everybody can use it in its everyday life, either at work or at home, or through the web.
just by watching the video it showes how amazing and simple technology became to implement in 3D digital world. The Handyscan 3D is an innovation that creates a breakthrough in 3D digitizing technology. It is a handheld scanner and you can move the object as you like as long as the targets are on the object. You don’t need any CMM or measuring arm to use the system. Link video link
I found this site through a search for laser scanner, all you need to make a laser scanner : a camera / line laser, web cam, controller card,and a stepper motor. tutorial in included, also samples plus the links where to buy the hardware. how amazing it became to build it at your own!! link