Head & Face Color 3D Scanner Samples
Output Formats
The raw data output format from Cyberware scanners is an ordered point
cloud. Cyberware has translators that support a wide variety of output
formats, including 3D Studio & 3D Studio MAX, ASCII, Digital Arts, DXF,
DXF (3D FACES), IGES 106, IGES 124, IGES 126, IGES 128, Inventor, OBJ, PLY,
SCR (AutoCAD mesh), SCR (AutoCAD slice), STL, subdivision surfaces, and VRML. For more information,
refer to our file formats listing.
All of the samples provided here have been scanned on a Cyberware
Head & Hace Color 3D Scanner using a single cylindrical scan. The scan takes approximately
17 seconds to complete and captures the 3D range (X, Y, Z) data and a 24-bit color texture map.
By default, these scans are saved in the Echo file format along with a TIF format
color texture map. We have taken the extra step of saving these samples in the PLY file format.
Both the Echo and PLY file formats are available in the public domain. You can find
sample I/O routines in C here:
Unless otherwise marked datasets may be used for any purpose. Credit to Cyberware is
appreciated where appropriate. Please direct comments, advice and requests to info@cyberware.com.
Additional tools and information may be obtained via our web site.
The intention of Cyberware in releasing these datasets is to both return value
to the CG community, to which we are indebted for its past and continued support, and to promote
these odd scanning devices that a couple dozen people here sweat over. We are interested to learn
and see what you might accomplish by using these models.
For some samples of portrait sculptures that used the Cyberware Head & Face
Color 3D Scanner, please refer to the
Portrait Sculpture section of our web site.