3D Scanners

The market offers a wide variety of 3D scanners aimed at very different applications: The following is an attempt to group these products by application requirements.

Industrial Applications (High Accuracy)

Accuracy is critical for applications such as reverse engineering, computer-aided inspection, and rapid manufacturing:

Small / Medium Measurement Volume

• Arius 3D
• Breuckmann GmbH 
• CGI
• GOM
• LDI
• Northern Digital Inc
• Perceptron
• Steinbichler
• 3D Scanners

Large Measurement Volume

• Leica HDS4500
• Mensi GS200
• Metris (formerly MetricVision)

Industrial Applications (Standard Accuracy)

For applications such as site & engineering surveys, as-builts of plants and facilities, topo and detail surveys, landscaping and architecture models. Large measurement volume combined with accuracy and speed are important considerations:

• Cyra (now Leica)
• Faro (formerly iQvolution)
• Mensi (now Trimble)

Computer Graphics, Visualization, and Industrial Design

Accurate color reproduction and good resolution is most essential for these applications:

• Arius 3D
• Cyberware
• Geometrix
• Minolta

Non-Static Objects

These scanners typically provide excellent speed and good visual quality:

• Inspeck, Inc.
• 3D Metrics
• Geometrix