Nowadays, it’s not such a rarity to see the use of 3D scanning to recreate historic artifacts or museum-worthy sculptures. The British Library is utilizing a 3D scanner to capture some of their massive collection of texts and artifacts, and others are using the technology to make valuable museum pieces more accessible. But, what about the objects we see in our daily lives? From the chairs we sit in to the cars we drive, these items can oftentimes go unappreciated (as well as unscanned and unprinted).
According to Redwood Data, the most popular objects that the camera operators scanned were cars, followed by chairs, sculptures, books, tables, and so on and so forth. The entire chart of 3D scanned objects can be seen below.
The database includes both RGB-D scans (the scanning sequence) and the reconstructed models, which can be download for free. The 3D models are organized into the PLY files, a format created to store the many facets of 3D scan data. The PLY format is similar to a STL file, seeing that is a wireframe mesh representation of a 3D part. You can access, browse, and download the thousands of 3D scanned objects on Redwood Data’s website, and maybe even get inspired to start capturing your own environment with a 3D scanner. Discuss further in the Redwood Data 3D Release forum over at 3DPB.com.
[Source: Redwood Data]