3 - Dimensional Scanning

Our 3D scanning capabilities have recently been expanded thanks to a National Science Foundation grant for the Aves 3D Database. With the monetary injection from NSF, we have, amongst others, been able to purchase a second scanner, a Konica Minolta Range 7. Together with the Roland LPX 1200, the Range 7 is used for non-contact laser surface scanning of extant and fossil skeletal material. The Range 7 is portable, and allows us to scan larger specimens than the Roland LPX 1200.

We currently have three high-powered PC workstations and two PC laptops that run Rapidform, which we use to edit and clean raw scan data. We also have one Mac workstation for use in video editing and animation.

Roland LPX 1200 workstation

Wirefusion software is used to publish compressed 3-D Java files of skeleal elements that can be viewed and manipulated on our webpage, without the need for specialized software or additional plug-ins.

Links to pages on our 3-D scanning facility, cineradiographic research, and fieldwork, are located at the bottom of this page (and in the navigation bar).