Combined use of Optical and Contact probes
This activity was carried out in the frame of a collaboration between our Laboratory and the DIMEG Metrological Laboratory of the University of Padova. It was aimed at integrating the measurement …
3D prosthetic applications to maxillo-facial defects
In the last years, prosthetic techniques have gained increased interest in post oncological reconstruction and in congenital defect treatment. Both the fuctional and the aesthetic characteristics of the prosthesis are …
Study case: ear reconstruction
The example that we present in this article concerns the reconstruction of an ear. The approach is based on optical acquisition and modeling of the shapes. The final prosthesis is …
Student Projects 2006-2007
This is an example of the typical project in the course of Optical Measurements. The students have been involved into the acquisition of a small car by using the system …
OPL-3D: a portable system for point cloud acquisition
OPL-3D has been specifically designed for applications of reverse engineering and rapid prototyping, as well as for applications of measurement and quality control. The system exploits active stereo vision (the absolute approach is …
Commercial software for Reverse Engineering
The softwares Two commercial software suites are successfully used by the Group to carry out the reverse engineering of very complex objects. These are the Polyworks 7.0 suite and the …
OptoSurfacer: an optical digitizer for reverse engineering of free-form surfaces
What is OptoSurfacer? The purpose of this activity is the development of descriptive 3D models of the point clouds acquired by the optical digitisers developed at the Laboratory, for the implementation of …