Here are a three different intersections of 3D scanning, 3D printing, and CAD along with a few words on how well each can be expected to work.

Using a handheld 3D scanner: model prep Before you’re ready to do anything with a 3D scanner, it’s worth taking the time to get your item ready for scanning.

Got something you want to scan in 3D? It turns out you can use your iPhone with apps like Qlone, Scandy Pro, and Polycam, without any special hardware.

When it comes to 3D scanning, a perfect surface looks a lot like the image above: thousands of distinct and random features, high contrast, no blurry areas, and no shiny spots. While most objects d… ...

While professional 3D scanning technology has been around for years, Cox and Brandejs's Matterform is handbuilt for the hobbyist market. And hobbyists have responded by opening their wallets.

When the 3D Systems team gave us a sneak peek of the Sense a few weeks ago, we immediately compared it to a staple gun. It's a statement we stand by. The scanner looks vaguely menacing the first ...

Typically, after he finishes scanning a room with the Structure Sensor, a 3D scanner for mobile devices, Jeff Powers, chief executive officer of Occipital (the company behind Structure), gets a ...

Whether you need to scan family photos, piles of documents, or expense receipts, a scanner out there is built for the task.