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Industry Applications

How 3D scanning is used across automotive, aerospace, medical devices, forensics, heritage and infrastructure work.

Engineer 3D scanning a blue car door with a handheld scanner fitted with tracking targets
Industry Applications13 min read

A fender comes off the press and something is off. The hole pattern checks out on the CMM and every dimension on the print is in tolerance, but the panel…

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Forensic investigator photographing evidence at a taped off outdoor crime scene
Industry Applications12 min read

For most of the twentieth century, a crime scene was preserved with a tape measure, a roll of film, and a hand sketch. Those methods still work, but they capture…

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Long range laser scanner on a tripod in front of a hilltop castle
Industry Applications11 min read

Every artifact and monument is on a clock. Stone weathers, pigments fade, bronze corrodes, and a single earthquake, flood, or fire can erase an object that survived for two thousand…

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Grayscale point cloud of a warehouse interior showing a hallway and roof rafters
Industry Applications11 min read

Every digital twin initiative begins with a question that sounds simple but rarely is: how accurately does your virtual model match the physical asset? For manufacturing and digital transformation leaders,…

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Close-up of a jet engine fan and nose cone in an aircraft maintenance hangar
Industry Applications12 min read

An aging aircraft rarely come with a complete paper trail. By the time a structural bracket, an actuator housing, or a landing gear fitting reaches its third or fourth overhaul…

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Artec Jet LiDAR scanner capturing industrial infrastructure space
Industry Applications4 min read

Huge infrastructure projects present unique challenges that can only be addressed with advanced solutions like long-range 3D scanners. Whether it’s the construction, repair, or renovation of a highway, a railway,…

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Handheld 3D scanner being used for industrial parts capture at Digitize Designs
Industry Applications4 min read

Handheld 3D scanners are suitable for a wide variety of applications, but their primary function is to capture 3D representations of large, immovable objects and those located in hard-to-reach places.…

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