Re:Laser links?

Message: 7
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:24:45 -0000
From: "rainnea" <rainnea@...>
Subject: Re: Laser links ?

Now, what would be really useful would be a means of turning a cheap
laser pointer into a short-range distance finder and using it to
digitise / scan parts on a mill or router as it could be a lot faster
than a touch probe,

Rab

[I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about or not, but the Immersion
Lightscribe system allows you to "paint" areas shadowed in the basic scan by
scribbling around with a laser pointer. See
http://www.immersion.com/products/3d/capture/lscomparison.shtml ]

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com