Re: 3d digitizing

(snips)

>
> [It's awfully expensive as well- $1500 just for the probe?.]
>

I don't have my Renishaw catalog in front of me, but the pricing
wasn't too bad. The touch probe (I think the PH-6??) was around $600
and the amplifier/switch box that could be used for switching is $189.


(snips)

> If it's a relatively simple object, you can digitize it with a

Microscribe

> arm, and generate a surface in Rhino. If you just have a few of

these parts

> to do, you might consider getting your scanning done by a service

bureau,

> using a laser or structured-light 3d scanner, instead of investing

in

> equipment.]

Thanks for the reference, but I do have ALOT of parts that I would be
reverse engineering. Tracing the data with the arm would get
tiresome. I am entertaining any alternatives at this point for I have
to farm it out. ($$$$..... ouch)

I have priced some work with a few of the locals and they don't
normally do low quantity part runs. I found two shops that will do
it, but at a hefty price per unit. That is somewhat understandable
for the time it takes to do it (and I have had it done). I would
sure like to have the capability myself!

Dean Lewis