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Scansite Apollo project featured in The North Bay Business Journal

David Bassett — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 04:02:55 +0000

San Francisco Giants fans are lining up at Oracle Park these days, looking for the chance to get a picture – not with a player, but with a painstakingly recreated statue of the spacesuit used by Neil Armstrong to walk on the Moon 50 years ago.

The suit, one of 15 on display at major league parks, is the result of a collaboration which included the National Air and Space Museum and Scansite 3D, a San Rafael-based 3D technology company with previous projects including creating props for the movies.

"I was 10 years old when Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon. I remember it so vividly. It's the only time in my life when the entire world just stopped and took notice. I feel really fortunate to have been a part of this," said Lisa Federici, CEO and co-founder of Scansite 3D.

The 12-person Francisco Boulevard firm, located a few miles from Skywalker Ranch, worked with artists from Lake County and Sacramento as well as Form 3D Foundry, a Portland-based studio and fabricator. Together, the group worked to create a statue of the suit using computer-generated models to produce astronaut-sized molds. The effort was part of the Museum's "Apollo at the Park" campaign.

Explaining the creation process

In December 2018, Scansite learned the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum had selected it to undertake the project. From then on, Scansite was on a tight schedule, especially with the federal government shutdown that lasted from December to January.

The statues were created through several steps. First, the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office scanned the suit in Washington, D.C. The office then sent large data files of the 3D scan to Scansite. Scansite edited the data supplied by the office, then used specialized software to reduce the file to a manageable size that could be handled by Form 3D Foundry. Scansite also cleaned up the data. Form 3D Foundry separated the data file into 16 smaller sections. It printed them in a porous acrylic material that was infused with epoxy resin afterwards.

Next, Form 3D Foundry assembled a "master model" of the space suit. This model served as the mold for all the statues through a process called rotocasting. From that mold, Wesco Enterprises, a Sacramento company, rotocast the 15 statues.

hree artists hired by Scansite then hand-painted all of the statues. Finally, Keith Monument Company of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, affixed a granite base to each statue. Keith Monument Company also facilitated installation of the statues at the MLB ballparks.

Scansite served as the primary contractor on the project, with all parties except the National Air and Space Museum under its umbrella.

Challenges in making the suit

Making the statues accurate and durable required patience.

Libby Carruth, lead sculptor for Form 3D Foundry, said her company's task was to print and assemble the master model for the statues.

"We started building it (the master model) on a table, but once we got to the hips and waist, we stood it up on the ground. At one point, a ball bearing from a tool fell into the partially assembled model. We had to hold it upside down and shake it out, like shaking change out of a pants pocket," said Carruth.

Carruth said the finished master model was very light, "only about 50 pounds."

Form 3D Foundry also oversaw the creation of a custom crate for the master model.

"The shipper put the printed spacesuit in the crate and then inflated foam all around it, so it would be protected during transport. It looked like some sort of bizarre coffin," said Carruth.

She said Scansite was an excellent partner all through the process, "providing data that was so good we couldn't see where they had cleaned it up."

Wesco Enterprises then received the master model in its Sacramento warehouse.

Paula Slater, a Lake County sculptor, sculpted refinements onto the master model to ready it for molds and casting in resin. After Wesco cast 15 statues of the master model, she and her husband, Chris Slater, painted many layers of enamel and acrylic paint on the ports, stitching, buckles, and other details of the suit statues.

Olivia Coelho, a Sacramento artist, provided part-time assistance with these tasks. Paula Slater then Photoshopped the NASA patches and decals, which were printed on cloth and cemented onto the statues.

"We (the Slaters) worked closely with the National Air and Space Museum sending photos and videos throughout the creation process. When we were done with the first one, (they) asked us to "dirty it up" a bit. The legs and knees needed to look like they were smudged with moon dust," said Paula Slater.

She attended a July 20 "Apollo 11 Day"at Oracle Park along with the Scansite team. She added people reacted very positively to the statue.

"People posed with it in all different ways, wanting to brush up against it and feel it. Two or three little children were scared because they thought someone was inside the spacesuit. Then when we showed them there wasn't, they had fun posing with it," said Paula Slater.

Coelho, who was born in 1975, said before she helped paint the statues, the Moon landing "was in the realm of Star Wars and Star Trek."

"Being literally inches away from the statues took it (the Moon landing) out of the realm of lore and legend into reality," said Coelho.

Samia Khan, project specialist for the National Air and Space Museum, said Scansite did an amazing job on the statues.

"The surface level of detail is excellent. Public reception to the statues has been incredible," said Khan.

Khan added Scansite's work helped bring the momentum and experience of the Moon landing to people around the country.

"I think this was a very unique and exciting way to share one of our most treasured artifacts. There's a whole generation of children that didn't grow up with the Moon landing. Bringing that excitement to life was really special," said Khan.

Scansite3D Creates Replicas of Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit

David Bassett — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:57:16 +0000

San Rafael, CA

August 14, 2019

Scansite3D Creates Replicas of Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit for the Smithsonian Institution’s Air & Space Museum’s 50^th Anniversary Celebration.

The stakes were high when the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum contacted Scansite to create 15 replicas of Neil Armstrong’s iconic spacesuit. Not only did the Museum want the replicas to be truly faithful to the original, they wanted them to be so exact that viewers today could experience the same magic of that fateful day 50 years ago when Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

The life size, interactive “Apollo at the Park” replicas were in made in conjunction with the Museum’s 50^th anniversary celebration. “Baseball parks are the perfect venues for new generations to learn more about that summer night on July 20, 1969,” said Ellen Stofan, director of the National Air and Space Museum. “The spacesuit replicas allow us to bring a piece of Apollo to Americans everywhere.”

Making such faithful replicas meant a considerable amount of creative thinking was needed and is exactly the kind of projects that Scansite is known for. “The first question we ask,” according to Scansite’s CEO, Lisa Federici, “is where do you want to be at the end of the day? Then we work backwards from there to come up with a reasonable solution within a budget. Often time, with projects like the Smithsonian’s, there’s going to a sweet spot between technology and craftsmanship.”

The project began in Washington D.C. where high resolution 3D scanning was conducted on the original spacesuit. The scanning presented significant challenges as the suit was made from several different types of material and included detail such as hand stitching, insignia patches, see-through gauges, metal ports, gloves, boots and Velcro. The suit also needed to be scanned upright and could not be moved during the process. This meant the material folded onto itself which created numerous undercuts and hidden surfaces.

The heavy lifting portion of the scanning was completed using a Breuckmann structured light scanner and a Faro touch probe. Once the data acquisition was complete, the file size amounted to over 5.3 gigabytes of information!

The next step of the process was to edit the data to create a watertight STL file in order to build a 3D print. Data editing on an object where the scanners had so many challenges meant a lot of missing information was going to need to be repaired. By using the surrounding topology of each hole as a guide, the engineers were able to fill in the missing information with the right curvature to get the data ready for 3D printing.

The 3D scan data was then used to create a full-scale, 3D print of the entire spacesuit. Using a 3D printer called a Voxeljet, the spacesuit was printed in 16 separate panels with a consistent wall thickness of .2″. The panels were printed with tongue and groove edges to aid in the assembly and also to increase the integrity of the seams. Internal ribbing was integrated throughout for additional strength. The print resolution of a Voxeljet is 600 dpi and a full build consists of 3,333 individual layers; each having 150 microns per layer.

After printing the porous acrylic material, the panels were infused with epoxy which made them roughly 80% solid resin after infusion. The 16 separate sections were glued together and the full scale, finely detailed, 3D printed master model was complete!

The master model was then used to create a mold and 15 roto-cast resins were poured. Each casting was fitted with an armature and back filled with rigid foam.

The next step, and where the craftmanship part of the process comes in, was to hand-sand and hand-paint every copy. In 1969, NASA had developed custom paints to protect the metal ports, and particularly the visor, from the effects of the sun. There are no paints available today that are the same colors; therefore, research was conducted to create custom paints to match exactly. The artists also had to take care to make sure that each replica was the same as every other replica; including the hand stitching, see-through gauges, metal ports, gloves, boots, Velcro and moon dust!

The final step was to finish the replicas with a tough, autobody clear coat and mount each one on an engraved granite base.

Once the 15 replicas were completed, the Museum had one last thing they wanted to do to create even more magic for “Apollo at the Park!” An augmented reality app was developed that allows visitors to hold their phone over the spacesuit’s insignia patches and facts about the Apollo 11 moon mission appear!

The “Apollo at the Park” replicas are now on display at 15 MLB ballparks around the country and available for augmented reality experiences and photo opportunities throughout the summer and fall at the following locations:

Atlanta Braves
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati Reds
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
Tampa Bay Rays
Washington Nationals

Additional photos and videos about the project can be made available upon request.

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3D Scan Data cut into sections for 3D printing

Detail of high resolution 3D scan data

Cast resin models awaiting post-finishing.

Finished model on display at the Atlanta Braves Stadium.

Facebook 3D Feed Enables 3D Content Created by Scansite3D 3DaaS Asset Creation Service to be Displayed on Social Media

David Bassett — Tue, 15 May 2018 04:16:47 +0000

For Immediate Release

San Rafael, California, February 20, 2018 –

Scansite3D 3DaaS (3D-as-a-Service) is an integrated process for creating high resolution, photorealistic, 3D digital assets from client’s existing objects for Retail, E-Merchandising, AR/VR, and the Experience Economy.

Scansite3D’s pioneering 3DaaS^TM 3D assets can now be seamlessly shared as 3D posts on Facebook. With their compelling and lifelike qualities, 3DaaS^TM assets provide the impactful, emotion-driven storytelling that’s needed to capture the attention of consumers. Specifically designed for retail, e-merchandising, AR/VR and the experience economy, 3DaaS^TM assets are agile, flexible and can adapt quickly to companies ever-changing needs.

The new feature, which allows people to interact with 3D objects free from the confines of a headset, will introduce Facebook’s users to the delight and surprise of the 3D experience. With today’s update, Scansite3D’s 3DaaS assets in 3D posts will give merchandisers a universal and powerful tool to interact with their audience through 3D content without having to revamp their workflow.

Merchants need a flexible approach to showcase their goods across all media channels including print, web, mobile and social, without having to bear the burden and expense of creating multiple 2D images for each purpose. Consumer’s expectations of digital experiences that are tailored to their interests and needs are higher than ever before. A seamless, omni-channel marketing program is the new reality for retail.

The Scansite3D – 3DaaS “create once, use again and again” approach allows merchandisers to repurpose 3D images for all applications and greatly reduces the need to photograph or graphically re-create the same item simply to change the color, material, viewing angle, etc. 3DaaS assets created by Scansite3D are also dimensionally accurate and can be used in all consumer-facing shopping tools such as 3D catalogs and websites, animations, touch screen interactives and virtual floor planning.

Combining patent-pending 3D scanning, photogrammetry, CAD, and proprietary techniques, 3DaaS is an end-to-end service that creates rich, optimized, and complex 3D assets for use in any 3D application on any media. Products ranging from household goods to works of art and anything that physically exists can now be beautifully created digitally in 3D with life-like, stunning detail!

“The world is moving to photorealistic 3D digital images and away from “flat” 2D photography across all media types,” said Lisa Federici, CEO of Scansite3D. “We are very excited about using Facebook’s latest technology to bring forth this enhancement to the user experience.” Facebook’s easy to use 3D posts, combined with Scansite3D – 3DaaS assets, lets retailers forget about the technology and focus on sales.

Scansite3D is now offering 3DaaS^TMas an end-to-end service to merchant customers. Depending on volume, 3D digital capture service can also be implemented at the customer’s site or warehouse. For more information, please visit: https://www.scansite-3daas.com/

Scansite3D Founder and CEO, Lisa Federici, Chosen for 2018 Elite Group “50 influential & inspiring women in 3D printing”!

David Bassett — Tue, 15 May 2018 00:56:23 +0000

SAN RAFAEL, California – March 8, 2018

3Ders.org has chosen Scansite3D Founder and CEO, Lisa Federici, for its 2018 elite list “50 influential & inspiring women in 3D printing”

Today is International Women’s Day. A day for women all over the world and from all walks of life to not only celebrate the massive strides in women’s rights and freedoms over the past century, but to acknowledge and recognize the ongoing equality struggles that exist across the globe and in all sectors of society.

I feel this Women’s Day will hold a particular significance, as certain aspect of women’s inequality have been brought to the fore over the past year with the #MeToo campaign. Not only have women loudly announced things that make a woman’s existence unique and challenging, but in voicing these issues, we have been united and determined.

The technology field, still mostly dominated by men, has undergone criticisms over the past year as well for a trend of gender-based discrimination. This past November, The New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar wrote an illuminating piece on the problem, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention engineer Susan Fowler’s account of working for Uber.

In light of these ongoing struggles for women in tech, we at 3Ders want to highlight and celebrate some of the women who have made and are making an impact in the 3D printing industry. These are women who have not only contributed to the advancement of the technology and its applications but who have helped to challenge and begin to break down barriers in the field.

From scientists to company founders, makers, engineers, and designers, women have played a crucial role in the proliferation of 3D printing across a number of industries. To recognize some of these inspiring women, we’ve compiled a (non-exhaustive) list of influential women in the industry: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20180308-womens-day-2018-50-influential-and-inspiring-women-in-3d-printing.html

Scansite3D Creates New ‘Best in Show’ Trophies for Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

David Bassett — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:53:37 +0000

For Immediate Release

PEBBLE BEACH, CA – August 20, 2017

The ‘Best in Show’ trophy of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance classic car show, was originally found in a Paris antique shop 15 years ago by former show chairman, Jules Heumann. In awe of its classic beauty, Mr. Heumann instantly knew that the two-foot, solid silver cup was the appropriate item to become the perpetual Best in Show award.

Fast forward to 2016, and Mr. Heumann will tell you that as lovely as the perpetual trophy is, it always bothered him that the d’Elegance didn’t have something equally unique to impart on the automobiles that are named Best in Show. It was his thought that the d’Elegance should give the winner something to equal the fame and respect that an automobile earns by winning there. Jules Heumann set out to solve this problem by reaching out to Scansite3D.

The first step in every Scansite3D project is to create unparalleled, tier one 3D data. We accomplish this by using aerospace grade, structured light scanners and employing the most experienced 3D engineers in the industry.

After the cup was scanned, we made a couple of changes as prescribed by Mr. Heumann. We digitally relocated the d’Elegance emblem slightly down from its original spot and decreased the size by 50%. The reduction in size also meant that the handles needed to be redesigned so as to fit properly within the new scale.

We then called upon our one of our manufacturing partners to 3D print the cup in high resolution, using Vero Blue resin material (pictured). The 3D print was used as a positive to create a latex mold for traditional bronze casting. The initial run consisted of six trophies which will supply the d’Elegance for the next six competitions. After that, we will use the mold to create to make additional trophies as needed.

The original trophy is solid silver. To maintain the same feel, the copies had to be silver too. So the last step was to have the new awards plated in silver and polished to a high gloss, just like the original Mr. Heumann found in that Parisian antique store all those years ago.

Scansite3D is well known for accomplishing many unique and unusual projects such as the new Concours d’Elegance, ‘Best in Show’ award and our toolbox of rapid manufacturing techniques are unparalleled in the industry. Contact us now to find out more.

Founder and CEO, Lisa Federici, Chosen as One of the Most Influential Women in 3D Printing Industry!

David Bassett — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 01:03:44 +0000

SAN RAFAEL, California – March 6, 2017

In honor of 2017 International Women’s Day, Scansite3D is extremely proud to announce that founder and CEO, Lisa Federici, has been chosen as one of the most influential women in the 3D printing industry!

This honor is meant to highlight and celebrate some of the women who have made an impact within the 3D printing industry and who have not only contributed to the advancement of the technology, but who have helped to challenge gender barriers in the tech field.

Hats off to Lisa and to all women around the world that strive to make a difference!

See the entire article at : http://www.3ders.org/articles/20170308-43-influential-women-in-the-3d-printing-industry.html

Scansite3D Creates New American and National League Batting Champion Awards for Major League Baseball

David Bassett — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:48:40 +0000

2016 All Star Game – San Diego, CA

For Immediate Release – July 20, 2016

San Rafael, CA Scansite3D presented their contribution to Major League Baseball with the unveiling of two new trophies that were presented during pregame festivities at the 87^th All-Star Game played at Petco Park in San Diego. The new awards honor Baseball Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew and the players who earn the highest batting averages annually in each League, will now be known as the “Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion” and the “Rod Carew American League Batting Champion”. The new awards were made by combining the technologies of high resolution 3D scanning and 3D printing with the craftsmanship of lost wax bronze casting.

When MLB first approached Scansite3D to create the awards, there were two potential major complications. The first was that the League was counting on using 3D scan data previously acquired from projects completed in 2007 and 2010 and, secondly, they only had two weeks to get the entire project finished! Luckily for the League, Scansite3D has over two decades of experience doing high profile projects and a reputation for creating the highest resolution 3D scan data available in the industry.

The original Gwynn statue was crafted by William Behrends, who also sculpted the statues of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal outside the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark. The original Rod Carew statue was created by Bill Mack, who was also the artist for the Kirby Puckett and Harmon Killebrew statues at the Twin’s stadium.

The first step of the project was to extract the 3D data from Scansite3D’s archive and confirm it was as viable today as it was when it was created. Using 3D scan data made so long ago could have been a problem with how fast technology changes. “We’ve been pushing the boundaries of 3D scanning and 3D printing technology since 1991 so we were confident that the data we made back then would be just as sharp and accurate as any we create today,” says Scansite CEO, Lisa Federici.

Once the 3D scan data was validated, it was scaled appropriately for trophy size and the task turned to creating the highest definition 3D printed prototypes available to use as master patterns for the new bronzes. Whether or not the detail would show up on the 3D prints was completely reliant on the detail that was captured in the original 3D scan file. There was no time in the schedule to work on either, so the scan data needed to be perfect and the 3D prints needed to be crisp. The 3D printed maquettes turned out beautifully!

After the 3D prints were produced, rubber molds were made over each figure and waxes were produced. The wax models made were an exact duplicate of the 3D prints. Once formed, the waxes were pulled from the molds, hand chased, and wax rods (gates) were attached to the wax castings in just the right positions.

The next step was to dip the new waxes into alternating layers of investment liquid and sand several times, creating ceramic molds. Between each dip, the ceramic layer must cure before another layer can be applied. The ceramic shells were then placed in a kiln and fired, and the wax was melted (lost) from the shells creating hollow molds. Thus the term, “Lost Wax”.

The ceramic molds were then removed from the kiln and the molten bronze was immediately poured into them. At the time of pouring, the bronze was 2100 degrees Fahrenheit. After the castings cooled several hours, the shells were carefully broken away leaving the unfinished bronze pieces. Next, the pieces were inspected, welded together, and the weld marks chased and re-detailed. Lastly, the new bronzes were sandblasted, hand polished and patinas were applied.

The finished bronze figures were permanently affixed to handmade, cherry wood bases, brass plaques were placed on the fronts and the new “Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion” and the “Rod Carew American League Batting Champion” awards were created…. and in less than 2 weeks!

“We’re thrilled to have had the opportunity to work with such a distinguished institution as Major League Baseball”, said Scansite’s Lisa Federici. “And we’re familiar with what it takes to accomplish substantial projects under seemingly impossible circumstances. But the real reward came from the joy expressed by the Carew and Gwynn families and seeing the faces in the crowd react at the ballpark.”

About Scansite3D

Scansite3D is an internationally acclaimed 3D technology company based in San Francisco. With the expertise and attention to detail necessary to cater to world-class museums or aerospace companies, Scansite3D provides state-of-the-art services and meticulous, guaranteed results every time.

CONTACT: MEDIA RELATIONS – pr@scansite.com

www.scansite.com (415) 488-9500

3D Scanning Daniel Chester French’s “Black Angel”

David Bassett — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:16:32 +0000

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – June 1, 2016 – The “Black Angel,” is a nationally known monument that pays tribute to Ruth Anne Dodge, Gen. Grenville Dodge’s wife.

The sculptor who made it is the same man who crafted the “Seated Lincoln” statue the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

For nearly a century, she’s gazed at the sky in the heights of Lincoln Fairview neighborhood.

“That monument is a world-class treasure,” said Susan Seamands, a former president of the Lincoln Fairview Neighborhood Association. “With that, comes some responsibility.”

Scansite Chief Technical Officer David Bassett’s job is to record and preserve that legacy.

“I love art, and so we get to seeing some beautiful art, and that’s a good example right there,” he said.

The city of Council Bluffs and the neighborhood paired up to hire a California company to record the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial in three dimensions.

The sculpture was inspired an angelic vision. Bassett used a structured light scanner more than 100 times over two nights.

“This machine is not only doing a 3D scan, it’s doing a photogrammetry session, so what that means is it’s using those markers to align all those scans,” Bassett said.

From every angle, light danced across the angel at night. Bassett spent 18 hours turning art into raw data.

“When we go back to home base in California with the data, we’ll spend days editing it,” he said.

The work is being done to ensure the work of a renowned sculptor keeps her place for another century to come.

Saving Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam” / Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Bassett — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 20:12:01 +0000

Saving Adam: Scansite3D helps restore Tullio Lombardo’s Adam Sculpture at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

San Rafael, California – October 26, 2015 – Scansite3D (www.scansite.com), the leading innovator in museum quality 3D scanning and virtual reconstructions announced today its role in the restoration of Tullio Lombardo’s Adam, the crowning pride of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Venetian Renaissance Sculpture collection. It was October 2002 when the podium supporting the masterpiece buckled and Adam tumbled to the floor. One of the most precious art pieces in antiquity, now reduced to hundreds of fractured pieces, needed help. That’s when the Museum turned to the expertise of Scansite3D. Commissioned in the 1490s, in its original state Adam is life size and 880 pounds of Carrara marble. When Scansite3D arrived on the scene, only 28 major fragments along with over 400 minor pieces and a pile of marble dust were all that remained. It was clear that the task at hand was going to be deliberate and painstaking!

Creating Virtual Adam

The work that Scansite3D accomplished was the foundation for this 12-year restoration project. After Scansite3D digitized the broken fragments, they embarked on a two year journey to precisely reassemble the pieces into a 3D digital computer model. The challenge was exponentially enhanced because when stone breaks, it expands. Perfectly retrofitting all of the fragments back together required the detailed and exact work for which Scansite3D is known for. Once the 3D model was created, Scansite3D then reversed the digital data so that a CNC mill could create a foam cradle in which to house the fragile fragments.

Creating Virtual Adam

The next task asked of Scansite3D was even more challenging! The Museum needed a way to accurately get the digital reassembly into finite element (FEA) software to identify structural points for the physical reconstruction. Having pioneered the field of reverse engineering for use with their manufacturing clients, Scansite3D built a suitable 3D engineered CAD file over the scan data and from there, the team was able to use ‘Virtual Adam’ to tell them exactly how to put back together ‘Physical Adam’.

“We’re very proud of our involvement with the Metropolitan Museum and cultural heritage work has long been one of our specialties; but this project

pushed the boundaries in terms of technology and pioneered a new way of thinking about what’s possible in conservation.”

Lisa Federici, CEO of Scansite3D

About Scansite3D

With its internationally acclaimed studio in the San Francisco Bay Area, Scansite3D is a full-service 3D metrology, 3D content, inspection and reverse engineering company. With the expertise and attention to detail necessary to cater to world-class museums, Scansite3D provides state-of-the-art services with meticulous detail every time.

CONTACT: Media relations, pr@scansite.com, (415) 488-9500

Scansite3D Provides 3D Scanning and 3D inspection and analysis of Rodin’s Hands for Stanford University

David Bassett — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:45:22 +0000

Stanford University Medical Center Uses 3D Sculptures to Demonstrate and Train Clinical Anatomy and Surgical Students

SAN RAFAEL, California – June 25, 2015 – Scansite3D, the leading provider of 3D scanning, 3D inspection and analysis and reverse engineering, has posted a case study highlighting its innovative work with Stanford University. Scansite3D provided high-quality 3D scans of the Rodin sculptures at the Cantor Museum, which has an extensive artwork collection, including a collection of Rodin bronzes that is among the largest in the world. It was here that art, and specifically Rodin’s hand sculptures, was used to teach students how to diagnose what they saw, since many of the Rodin sculptures depicted disfigurement and look like some hands being treated in surgery.

Stanford’s Division of Clinical Anatomy was tasked with scanning the sculptures, adding CT scans of actual patients with the same conditions as the Rodin sculptures, and superimposing those CT scans inside the hands for a three-dimensional view for students. This is called Augmented Reality (AR). The team needed a scanning provider with capabilities and precision expertise to get deep inside of the Rodin sculptures. To realize this cutting edge dream, the organization brought in Scansite3D, with its expertise, experience and attention to detail necessary to cater to museums, cultural artifacts and priceless sculpture projects like this one.

“3D scanning technology is improving over time but to get an accurate representation, especially with subjects as detailed as these, you need very high quality,” said Dr. W. Paul Brown, Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University, who played a lead role in the project. “In addition to the fact that they seemed to be the only ones capable of achieving our goals, Scansite 3Dwas enormously patient and helpful with our inquiries. The results were extraordinary.”

According to Matthew Hasel, Clinical Anatomy Production Manager, Stanford University, “Scansite3D has the detailed experience we needed and a fantastic reputation. They’re known for museum quality work. Their expertise and experience made it possible for us to be comfortable letting them handle things and assured us from the start that we’d get great results. Scansite 3D was a piece of cake to work with and delivered exactly what we needed. The project could not have been done without them.”

See how Scansite3D teamed up with Stanford to use 3D scanning of Rodin sculptures to teach surgery techniques. Inside Rodin’s Hands Teaching Surgery through Art and Anatomy, Stanford Clinical Anatomy.

“We were honored to be chosen and excited to be part of this cutting-edge project,” said Lisa Federici, CEO of Scansite3D. “Working with such a forward thinking team was a pleasure and I love the fact that the findings were used to educate new doctors and surgeons. Scansite3D technology collects over 5 million points per scan, which gave us all of the detail we would ever need. That same attention we give to Rodin, we give to all of our clients. We know that’s how exceptional results happen.”

About Scansite3D
With its internationally acclaimed studio in the San Francisco Bay Area, Scansite3D is a full-service 3D scanning, 3D metrology, 3D inspection and analysis and reverse engineering company. With the expertise, experience and attention to detail necessary to cater to world-class museums and legacy car owners, Scansite 3D provides meticulous and state of the art services to every industry. With more than 20 years of experience, Scansite3D helps its customers surpass their 3D scanning goals. Go here for more information about 3D scanning or call us at (415) 488-9500.