Cases

“It took me four years to convince myself I needed to spend $4,000 on a 3D printer, but it took me 15 minutes to convince myself to buy a $40K scanner.” Learn how an automotive designer from Melbourne, Australia uses Artec Leo to build cars from scratch.
Reverse engineering

Researchers in Australia have been studying multiple species of birds in order to measure how their bodies have changed over the past century in response to global warming. They needed a fast, accurate, and convenient way to document the precise dimensions of thousands of beaks of 86 different species of birds held in various museum collections.
Science and education

It started as a conversation; it ended as a gift. With the help of 3D scanning, three sculptures were installed around Glasgow – a reminder of hope and the future.
Art and design

As part of an ongoing excavation sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, an acclaimed UK facial anthropologist was called upon to digitally reconstruct the skull of an ancient warrior and create a painstakingly accurate approximation of his face as it had appeared in real life.
Science and education

High up in the Himalayas, ancient bones that lay untouched for 2,000 years and were not excavated until the late 90s hold insights into the lives of a people about whom relatively little is known. Experts from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) work to share this discovery with the world.
Science and education

With thousands of unique furniture pieces from across the company’s nine brands lined up for digital transformation, the design team needed just the right scanner to complete their scan-to-CGI imaging pipeline – one that’s 100% portable, accurate to below a millimeter, and can capture furniture-sized objects in minutes with no rescans needed.
Industrial design and manufacturing

If a cat exists in blockchain, can you hear it meow? Digitizing wire art for animation while creating interactive NFT art.
Art and design

With Artec Leo’s portability and onscreen display, combined with Artec Ray’s wide scanning range, the aircraft was easily and accurately captured in its entirety, with a realistic 3D model processed and created in Artec Studio.
Industrial design and manufacturing

When an experienced engineer needed to capture the exact dimensions of two massive hydroelectric draft tubes, he knew the right tool for the job: Artec Eva.
Industrial design and manufacturing

An innovative prosthetics specialist needed a way to create fast, millimeter-precise 3D measurements of molds of lower-extremity amputee residual limbs and other objects in order to guarantee a perfect fit for their revolutionary new 3D-printed Quatro prosthesis.
Healthcare

Testing the ability of Artec scanners to capture objects through glass, by digitizing the fragile remains of a creature from the Ice Age, which would extend the local city’s heritage by at least 12,000 years.
Science and education

An Italian craftsman needed to find a way to scan the decks of handmade yachts, and convert the scans into CAD drawings, to build custom teak decks.
Industrial design and manufacturing

Built in 1938 by German manufacturing company Ehrhardt & Sehmer by order of a Franco-Belgian consortium called “Hauts-fourneaux et Aciéries de Differdange, St-Ingbert & Rumelange” (HADIR), the Groussgasmaschinn is so large it could contain an entire tennis court, and then some.
Science and education

To best create lifelike and incredibly specific facial props, every Saturday Night Live host is scanned with Artec Space Spider.
Art and design

Replicating a rare part from a classic car to get it back on the road, and to make one man’s dream come true.
Reverse engineering

When two researchers set out on an ambitious project focused on the now-extinct thylacine, to accurately perform their analyses, they needed an easy and non-destructive way to digitally capture in submillimeter 3D the crania of hundreds of animals from dozens of different species.
Science and education

A prosthetics professional needed a way to create a custom-fit external breast prosthesis for post-mastectomy cancer patients, and to make it long lasting, lightweight, and comfortable.
Healthcare

Every time forensic accident reconstruction expert Jarrod Carter, Ph.D., steps up to a twisted wreck, he sees a book of stories waiting to be told.
Science and education

When a German prosthetics firm needed to create a unique lower-leg prosthesis for their patient, they understood that traditional tools and methods wouldn’t be up to the task, so they reached for their 3D scanner.
Healthcare

Over decades, the Iraqi people have faced bombing, war, and destruction – and the heritage that makes up the cradle of civilization has greatly suffered, too. The challenge here was to scan these lands as part of a film made by filmmaker Ivan Erhel.
Science and education