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3D Systems Announces Free Sense Plus Software Upgrade for Sense 3D Scanner, Available Now at Cubify - 3DPrint.com

While an exciting variety of new startups and 3D printers are stepping up and being presented to the cutting edge technology scene this year, 2015 seems to be the year of the new 3D scanner, putting it affordably into the hands, laps–and laptops–of users greedily snapping up the innovations which allow them to do so much more right from home or even just from their smartphones, whether indoors or out.

3D Systems, ever at the forefront, and certainly never lagging behind in the daily headlines regarding new and improved technology, is announcing today that they’ll be offering a software update to the Sense Plus software for their popular Sense 3D scanner, which is the only full-color consumer 3D scanner offering the largest scan-size range.

These updates, free to existing users, will make life even easier in the scanning and physical photography arena for:

  • Capturing
  • Editing
  • Sharing
  • Printing real-world objects in 3D.

While affordability and ease are essential and heavily focused on right now with 3D scanning, users should also be thrilled to hear that they will now experience scan capture speed tripling what they were used to previously, at 25 frames per second. The experience will be smoother all around, with motion tracking improved substantially as well.

Users will enjoy new features in color editing as well, and can download the upgrade free from 3D Systems platform Cubify.

Sense is a comprehensive scanning solution that’s certainly attractive for the 3D design and 3D printing community at a price of $399, which is obviously putting forth enormous affordability compared to what has been available just in the past few years. As hobbyists began to see the need for affordable 3D scanners, producing their own with open-source designs, many of the main manufacturers also hopped on board with new innovations, features, and best of all – affordability.

Not only is pricing better, but suddenly consumers have extreme desktop and smartphone accessibility with 3D scanning, allowing them to 3D scan—from wherever, at whim—and then zip right over to their 3D printers and produce 3D printed models and objects, as well as sending scanned images directly to 3D printing service bureaus if they don’t have access to a printer or they have other printing equipment or material needs.

Enjoy ‘mashing up’ your world with Sense

With Sense, 3DS offers the user the ability to:

  • Go from physical object back to the digital platform, and back to 3D printing, as scans are 3D print ready and can be uploaded to the cloud.
  • Use the fastest scanning equipment available at this quality and price level.
  • Perform mobile, handheld scans, and enjoy compatibility with the Microsoft SurfaceTM Pro 2 tablet.
  • Experience a streamlined, enhanced experienced with better tracking.
  • Perform scanning in a wide range of sizes from small to large, to enormous—with scans of ten feet tall and wide possible.
  • Use precision focus with automatic object recognition.
  • Use a full-featured editing program that’s also intuitive and user-friendly.
  • Mash it up by merging scans in Cubify Sculpt, enjoying the opportunity to get even more creative by importing and combining scans.
  • Enjoy 12 different options for language.

Have you been using the Sense 3D scanner and will you be downloading the free update from Cubify? Are there other features you hope to see included further down the line? Tell us your thoughts in the Sense 3D Scanner forum at 3DPB. com.

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3DSystems Sense 3D Scanner Review: Specifications, Reviews,

The 3DSystems Sense 3D Scanner is an inexpensive handheld model with outstanding performance. It is no coincidence that we chose her in order to prepare a new interesting review with bright informative photos, because her popularity is growing exponentially. It is ideal for teaching and hobby, design and architecture, and color scanning of large objects, including the human body. According to professionals, this is a productive device that creates high-quality scans. According to beginners, it is an easy-to-understand model with unified characteristics. nine0003

Features of the scanning module 3DSystems Sense

In the segment of manual equipment, the 3D scanner 3Systems Sense can rightly be considered unique. It runs on intuitive software and is equipped with excellent stuffing. Light-sensitive optics capture the slightest changes in the geometry of any object that you work with, while the device does not need direct contact with it.

Design and exterior

It's a paradox, but from a distance this device can be confused with a large stapler, its body is so compact and simple in appearance. Dimension is only 129x128x330 mm, it is comfortable to hold in your hand also due to the minimum weight of 700 g. This is important when scanning large objects with complex reliefs and textures, which this kid captures with enviable accuracy.

Only one cable is used to connect to a laptop, but due to its short length, the PC must be held almost all the time. At the same time, if Windows 10 is installed on any compatible tablet, the problem is automatically fixed.

Key features

An overview of all the performance features of 3DSystems Sense can be found on our 3DMall website, but we cannot ignore the most basic of them:

  • objects with a complex surface (saturated black, shiny, etc.) are best scanned almost closely;
  • within a second the device makes and processes 30 frames; nine0020
  • scanning area is from 200x200x200 to 2000x2000x2000 mm with an accuracy of 1 mm;
  • texture capture rate - 1920x1080 pixels.

Equipment

Equipment 3Systems Sens is concise and standard for models of this class. It includes the scanning module itself, software, a cable for connecting to a laptop or PC, as well as a user manual. The packaging is a simple light-colored box with functional holes to accommodate the scanner and cord. nine0003

Setting operating parameters

At the very first stage, you should install the software, which is expected to have the same name as the scanner itself - 3DSystems Sense. The first launch implies the need to activate the device for security purposes after pre-registration on the official website of the brand. Please note that the equipment is bound to the PC that was used to activate the module; only specialists from the manufacturer can remove it. nine0003

Immediately after starting the program offers to choose one of 3 operating modes:

  • object scanning;
  • human body scan;
  • face scan.

In the first mode, it is imperative that the object is stationary, this is the only way to achieve maximum accuracy of prints. In the process of work, a small problem may arise - additional points may not be added in real time when creating each next frame. In this case, you can try to mount the device on a tripod and save images frame by frame - the scanning speed will decrease slightly, but the quality will be incomparably higher. nine0003

When scanning a face, frames are stitched in real time, while the program signals you how to improve the quality of the process - slow down or stop completely. Body scanning implies the ability to quickly stitch together large scans made from a sufficiently large distance.

Texture can be applied automatically or during scan processing, tools such as square, brush and line are provided for editing the model. nine0003

Pros and cons of the Sense 3D scanner

If you already have a 3D printer, you have probably downloaded and printed some of the most popular objects, and then started to master 3D modeling programs on your own and realized that the official programs are quite expensive, often more expensive than your printer. It's great if you were given a gift or you downloaded the program unofficially, but like any professional program, a 3D modeling program requires a lot of time to master the basics of modeling and a lot of training. And the printer costs and you need to print and earn money on it. But there is also an easy way to create 3D objects, namely 3D scanning. The Sense 3D scanner from 3D Systems will allow you to quickly and easily create 3D objects for printing on a 3D printer. nine0003

How the Sense works

The Sense 3D Scanner is fairly lightweight, and very similar in design and shape to a sci-fi movie device. To scan, you need to hold Sense in your hands and move around the object being scanned. The scanner projects an invisible and eye-safe infrared grid onto the object, which is then detected by the scanner's webcam. Your computer converts the data received from the scanner, using the supplied software, into a 3D object. The scanner also has a regular webcam that transmits the color and brightness of the scanned object to the 3D model. .

The same technology is used by Microsoft for its Xbox consoles with a gesture-based Kinect made by PrimeSense (which was recently acquired by Apple).

The scanning process is quite simple: you start the program and select the size of the object, with preset options; for a person (head and shoulders, or the whole body), or for manual control of a range of sizes: from small (from 20 cm) to large (up to 3 meters).

Following the prompts on your computer screen with the help of the software, you point the scanner at the object, press the spacebar to start the scanning process and move around the object, after a series of pictures on the PC screen, the program checks the correct distance from the object, tracks, and recommends how you to move. If you are too far away, or it loses track of the object, the program will warn you with a sound signal and a message on the screen. Thanks to this smart and friendly software, you will quickly master the process of scanning to get the best result. nine0003

Sense scan quality

The scanner has a few minor issues. For example, the included USB cable is only 2 meters long, which in some cases is a limitation if you are scanning to a desktop computer. If you are using a laptop, scanning is only limited by the battery life of your laptop. A wireless connection (such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth) would have been preferable and would have made the scanner more flexible. Starting and stopping a scan from the scanner itself rather than using the keyboard would also be very helpful. Let's hope that 3D Systems engineers will implement this in the following models. nine0003

The biggest problem with 3D scanning in general and the Sense scanner in particular is scanning; shiny, transparent, or matte black objects. The reason for this is the low reflectivity of objects with such a coating. This can result either in the fact that the object is not detected at all, or the object is grossly distorted during scanning. When scanning the head, for example, the scanner fails to detect shiny, metallic glasses, and instead of making them transparent and separate from the face, the scanner converts them into part of the face and looks like a 3D object on the monitor is quite creepy. Therefore, we do not recommend scanning objects with low reflectivity. nine0003

What can it scan?

The Sense 3D Scanner works best with medium sized objects. If you intend to scan small objects, up to 20 cm, then the laser MakerBot Digitizer, which is designed specifically for small objects, is equipped with a turntable and simple software, does an excellent job with this task.

But for scanning people, interior items, household appliances, etc. The Sense 3D scanner fits like no other. nine0003

Results

After the scan is completed, the program processes all received data and gives you a 3D model. You can edit it by cutting out the excess (for example, if other objects you don't need got into the scanning field), smooth the object, scale it, etc. This process is quite simple. When using a regular computer mouse, you will quickly learn how to edit objects.

Preparing to print on a 3D printer

When the scan is completed, it can be exported to STL, PLY or OBJ file, these are the most common file formats used by 3D printers.

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