Artec Studio 18. The power is in the software.
Transform your 3D scanner with industry-acclaimed software for professional 3D scanning and data processing. Easy 3D scanning. High-precision results.
Automatic processing
Speed up your scan-to-mesh workflow with Autopilot. With a few simple questions, the software will select the most effective 3D algorithms for the data at hand.
Powered by AI
Easily capture hard-to-reach areas, sharp edges, and small and thin elements in high-resolution 3D with Artec Studio’s AI neural engine.
Easy to learn
Artec Studio is designed to be intuitive and easy to use and learn, so all your attention can be focused on your work.
Introducing multi-resolution fusion
Combine different resolution scans in a single step with Artec Studio Smart Fusion. Now, you can capture the bigger picture with long-range Ray II, fill in any gaps with the handheld Leo, then create a model using the highest resolution data from each.
One software. Multiple workflows
Scanning & processing
Capture any physical object with a 3D scanner, create an accurate and high-resolution 3D model.
Scan with Eva, Point, Spider II, or Micro II
Connect one of the scanners to Artec Studio and preview the scanning results directly on your computer in real time.
Or upload data from Leo or Ray II
Import the projects you scan with Leo and Ray II directly to Artec Studio for processing.
Automated or manual processing
Use automatic processing mode to quickly create a final 3D model, or build your own customized workflow and choose between a wide range of smart and powerful processing algorithms.
Essential workflows
Convert scan data to CAD for reverse engineering or inspection, or prep it for animation and CGI.
Inspect your model
Artec Studio comes equipped with tools for fast and precise measurements, easy mesh-to-CAD or mesh-to-mesh deviation analysis. Complete essential tasks in Artec Studio, or easily export for more complex inspection.
Reverse engineer your components
From boolean operations to complete automatic scan-to-CAD conversions, streamline your design and manufacturing workflows with the latest essential RE tools in Artec Studio.
Create photorealistic 3D models with photo texturing & AI
Combine geometry data from your Artec scanner with texture data from an external camera or smartphone for extra realistic, texture-perfect 3D assets. With the power of AI, Artec Studio also sharpens textures, boosts resolution, and makes colors pop on your behalf.
Integrations
Export your data to any industry-leading reverse engineering, inspection, or 3D modeling software.
SOLIDWORKS
Directly export mesh or CAD entities, including any 2D sections, for in-depth reverse engineering, rapid prototyping, and CAD design in SOLIDWORKS.
Geomagic Design X
For more complex objects, send the mesh directly into Design X for advanced reverse engineering with just one click.
Geomagic Control X
Directly export your scan data into Control X for CAD data alignment, to reveal deviations, and for advanced quality measurement processes.
Updated yearly
The possibilities of what you can do with your scanner are constantly growing with annual updates to Artec Studio. You’re essentially upgrading to a new scanner every year, with game-changers such as slashing processing time and doubling the resolution of your Eva or Leo scanner with HD Mode.
2020 AS15
AI-powered HD Mode for 2x greater resolution for Leo and Eva, entry scan-to-CAD tools, one-click measurements, and 15x faster than AS14.
2021 AS16
Extended CAD tools for inspection and reverse engineering, 2x faster HD Mode, 10x faster project loading, and phototexture for CGI models.
2022 AS17
Advanced scan to CAD operations: booleans, auto-surfacing, datum aligning & enhanced targets support for metrology, faster and highly intuitive phototexturing, and one-click export to Artec Cloud.
2023 AS18
Smart Fusion introduced for multi-scanner projects, 2x faster global registration, 4x faster HD Mode, enhanced reverse engineering and quality inspection suite, new UI.
2024
Coming soon: another upgrade is in the works!
Trusted by top-notch professionals
Manufacturing
“Artec Studio is the secret sauce that takes 3D scanning to the next level! It contains all the advanced mesh editing and registration tools you’d expect from a great 3D scanning software – and it feels like you get a new and improved scanner with each update.”
Bo Helmrich,
Owner, Digitize Designs
Reverse engineering
“With each Artec Studio update, 3D scanning gets easier and better – you feel like you're working with a whole new scanner! That’s why we choose Artec scanners and software for the Royal Netherlands Navy.”
Ben Jansen,
CNC Coordinator, Royal Netherlands Navy
Cultural heritage
“In an industry where planned obsolescence is the norm, Artec Studio software stands out for its ability to improve hardware performance with every new release, thus renewing its life cycle, time after time.”
Pietro Meloni,
Owner, ShareMind
Inspection
“Artec 3D continues generating significant innovations in an already matured 3D scanning market. As such, Artec Studio improves with age, and every year feels like you’re working with a brand new 3D scanner.”
Kevin Shain,
Sales Engineer, Laser Design
3D scan black, shiny, or fine areas
Artec Studio analyzes the surface of your object and automatically adjusts the sensitivity of your scanner to pick up areas that are tricky for 3D scanning. As a result, even new users can digitize black, shiny objects, or hair with ease.
HD Mode
If you’re after the highest quality, we’ve got good news: Artec Studio operates in High-Definition Mode. Step up your scanning with Artec Leo and Eva to capture high-resolution HD data for ultra-sharp, clean, and detail-rich scans.
Scan-to-CAD for reverse engineering
Advanced quality inspection. Streamlined.
When it comes to quality inspection, Artec Studio offers the tools you need for streamlining your pre-production, inline, and final inspection workflows: precise measurements, fast, accurate mesh-to-CAD alignment, and mesh-to-mesh or mesh-to-CAD deviation maps.
Picture-perfect CGI with photogrammetry + scan data
Create accurate, high-res, and picture-perfect 3D models ready for use in CGI, VR/AR, and animation. In Artec Studio, you can now combine your scan data and photogrammetry all in one place for both best-quality texture and highly accurate geometry.
Sync scans seamlessly with Artec Cloud
Accessibility
These features are designed to make the software even more accessible to you.
Scan on a Mac
Artec Studio is supported via Boot Camp on macOS Catalina or earlier – make high-quality scans, or process 3D data in your browser using the new Artec Cloud.
Hassle-free export
Export your data to any industry-leading reverse engineering or 3D modeling software in a wide range of formats.
Mesh: OBJ, PLY, STL, USD, E57, AOP, ASC, Disney PTEX, XYZRGB, WRL
Point cloud (Artec Ray only): PTX, BTX, XYZ
Measurements: CSV, DXF, XML
CAD primitives: STEP, IGES, X_T, SAT
Available in 16 languages
To ensure accessibility to individuals and teams all over the world, Artec Studio is available and fully functional in 15 different languages: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
Choose the plan that works for you
Get a lifetime license or an annual subscription with regular software updates, and technical support.
What’s new in Artec Studio 18
Faster, easier 3D scanning with best-in-class results
Stunning color capture for creating realistic models
A streamlined quality inspection workflow
Certified for heavy duty deployment
Artec Studio has now gained PtB certification, so you can engage in industrial 3D scanning, safe in the knowledge that you’ve got a tool well-qualified for the job.
- To gain PtB recognition, one of the most highly sought after certifications in the field of quality inspection, our products first have had to undergo stringent testing.
- This ensures they meet German industrial measurement standards.
- Artec Studio has proven once again that it is at the cutting-edge of the field, with solutions for addressing applications everywhere the internationally recognized certification is valued.
- Ideal from applications from reverse engineering to quality assurance in medical and automotive.
Advanced tools for all your reverse engineering needs
Explore a new-look Artec Studio UI
Artec Studio’s new home
At the forefront of Artec Studio’s revamped UI is a new home screen. Designed to serve as a hub for all users’ local and cloud-based scanning activities, it can be accessed via an icon that lives at the top of the screen, and used to seamlessly navigate multiple projects.
Streamlined cloud syncing
Already great for rapidly backing up and sharing 3D scan data, Artec Cloud has now been integrated further into Artec Studio. This makes it easier to navigate projects and sync them in a single click – whether users are working with data captured via the new Ray II, time-tested Artec devices, or both.
In-depth properties tab
In the latest Artec Studio, you can access more detailed information under the properties tab, including everything from capture date and texture size, to fusion or resolution parameters.
Additional format support
Now with .sat and .usd file compatibility, Artec Studio can more easily be used with popular CAD modeling platforms, and in the creation of ultra-realistic Metaverse models.
Accelerate scan processing
Capturing too many frames can lead to bloated data files that take an age to process. With Artec Studio’s new Scan Decimation feature, you can accelerate this step by discarding unneeded frames, without compromising on scan detail.
Choose the plan that works for you
Get a lifetime license or an annual subscription with regular software updates, and technical support.
One advanced software. Multiple simplified workflows.
Explore the variety of workflows available to you with Artec Studio.
Easy 3D scanning in Artec Studio
With the most advanced 3D data algorithms, Artec Studio delivers high-precision results while ensuring 3D scanning is kept intuitive and user-friendly, providing a smooth scanning experience whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out.
The Artec Studio algorithms that power your scanning
When it comes to 3D scanning, the power is in the software. And with Artec Studio, that power lies in its algorithms. These advanced algorithms take your scanning and processing to the next level with easy but excellent results, and unbeatable 3D models.
Fast, automated processing
Whether you are new to 3D scanning and require step-by-step guidance, or are an experienced user looking to speed up your workflow, Artec Studio’s breakthrough automated processing features set a new horizon in 3D scanning.
Manual mode
Artec Studio also features a wide range of tools for you to process your 3D scans manually, giving you full control over your data. You’ll have access to many features which streamline your workflow, making it even faster to achieve the results you need.
Smart Base Removal: Automatically delete the base your object was scanned on. Using Smart Base Removal, you won’t need to waste any time manually erasing the table, stand, floor, or any base that your item is on – it’s all done for you easily and automatically.
Fast, accurate scan alignment: The click of a button is the only step you need to align your scans. With auto-align, you get fast and easy processing, and what you save in time you don’t lose out on in quality: 95% of objects can be auto-aligned, and with total accuracy.
Process data in seconds: Whether you’re scanning a key or a car, Artec Studio’s rapid Global Registration algorithm will save you huge amounts of time on processing. With Smart Fusion, you can also merge different resolution datasets in a single step, to engage in collaborative projects effortlessly, and recreate real objects and areas in stunning detail.
Single-click mesh editing: Simplify, heal, and filter out errant polygons with Artec Studio’s Mesh Optimization feature. At the click of a button, you can tidy up your mesh, get rid of outliers, and reduce file size without impacting quality.
Apply texture at lightning speed: Adding high-quality texture to your model can be done in no time at all when you’re working in Artec Studio. Utilizing its powerful neural network, you can also achieve sharper, higher-resolution textures, with much greater color contrast.
Edit your 3D model exactly as you need to
With editing tools and advanced algorithms, your 3D model can easily be processed with full focus on the precise requirements and customizations you need.
Inspecting your model
Artec Studio comes equipped with tools and features that allow you to inspect, compare, and measure your models. Complete essential tasks in Artec Studio, or easily export for more complex inspection.
Integration with Control X
Directly export your 3D data into Control X for CAD data alignment, to reveal deviations, and for advanced quality measurement processes.
Reverse engineer your components
Enhance your reverse engineering workflow and ensure that models meet your desired design intent with a suite of new CAD modification tools.
Full-featured reverse engineering
With Artec Studio 18, you’re already sorted for reverse engineering simpler parts. Dealing with a more complex object? Send the mesh directly to Geomagic for SOLIDWORKS or Design X at the click of a button for advanced reverse engineering.
Create photorealistic 3D models for CGI via photo texturing
Combine geometry data from your Artec scanner with texture data from an external camera or a smartphone for extra realistic, texture-perfect 3D assets for games, animation, VR/AR applications, and more.
Choose the plan that works for you
Get a lifetime license or an annual subscription with regular software updates, and technical support.
Artec Studio 18
3D scanning and processing software for Artec 3D scanners
| Version | 18 | 17 | 16 |
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| Fast, powerful 3D processing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-scanner pipeline: | ^ | ||
| Multi-scanner Smart Fusion | ^ | ||
| Multi-scanner Global Registration | ^ | ||
| Fusion: speed | 10% faster and with 30% less RAM vs AS16 | 10% faster and with 30% less RAM vs AS16 | |
| Fusion: exclude faulty frames | ^ | ^ | |
| Global registration | 2X faster | ^ | ^ |
| Single-step mesh optimization | ^ | ||
| Scan decimation | ^ | ||
| Autopilot | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| X-Ray Mode | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| AI powered HD Mode | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HD Mode for Leo and Eva | 4X faster | ^ | ^ |
| Point density and frame frequency selection | Automatic or manual | Manual | Manual |
| Simple HD presets | ^ | ||
| Multiple HD reconstructions with different settings | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Settings optimizer based on your GPU | ^ | ^ |
| Advanced CGI tools for the perfect color 3D model | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AI color contrast enhancer for Leo | ^ | ||
| Boosted texture quality | ^ | ||
| Optimized color capturing mode for Leo | ^ | ||
| Scene lighting optimization | ^ | ||
| Auto glare removal | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Model-to-model texture transfer | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Photo-texture | Includes photo-viewing mode | Includes photo-viewing mode | ^ |
| Texture healing brush | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Defeature brush | Improved | ^ | ^ |
| Smart automation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Autopilot | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Auto-align | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Scan size optimizer | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Smart base removal | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Improved auto-processing mode | ^ |
| Easy 3D scanning | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-brightness | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Automated sensitivity for scanning black, shiny and fine objects | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Create a 3D model from a combination of Artec 3D scanners | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Texture and geometry scanning | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Quality inspection | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PtB certification of Artec Studio | ^ | ||
| Mesh-to-CAD comparison | Import SAT, STEP, IGES, X_T files | Import STEP, IGES, X_T files | Import STEP, IGES, X_T files |
| Mesh-to-CAD alignment | Automatic | Manual | Manual |
| Datum alignment | ^ | ^ | |
| 2D section analysis | ^ | ||
| Automatic defect detection | ^ | ||
| Deviation mapping | Advanced distance calculation | Basic distance calculation | Basic distance calculation |
| Thickness mapping | ^ | ||
| Tolerance Check mode | ^ | ||
| Enhanced target support | ^ | ^ | |
| Target thickness compensation | ^ | ||
| Surface distance maps: one-click annotations | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Surface distance maps: point-by-point deviation | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Measurements: linear, geodesic, sections, distance maps, volume, annotations. Export to CSV, DXF, XML | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Direct export to Control X | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Run Control X Inspection from Artec Studio | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Run Control X Batch Inspection from Artec Studio | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Scan-to-CAD for reverse engineering | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit CAD primitives to 3D model | Cylinder, sphere, cone, plane, torus | Cylinder, sphere, cone, plane, torus | Cylinder, sphere, cone, plane, torus |
| Create free primitives | Cylinder, sphere, cone, plane, torus, box | Cylinder, sphere, cone, plane, torus, box | |
| Autosurfacing | Improved | ^ | |
| Freeform fitting | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Boolean operations | ^ | ^ | |
| Geometrical constraints | ^ | ^ | Basic |
| Precise positioning | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Export multiple open and closed contours directly to CAD | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Create draft angles | ^ | ||
| Chamfer and fillet tools | ^ | ||
| Instant deviation analysis | ^ | ||
| Move and offset faces | ^ | ||
| Surface thickening tools | ^ | ||
| Direct export of fitted primitives and meshes to SOLIDWORKS | ^ | fitted primitives only | fitted primitives only |
| Direct export to Design X | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| UI and ergonomics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Home screen project manager | ^ | ||
| Quick panel | ^ | ||
| In-depth properties tab | Advanced | Basic | Basic |
| Manual frame picking | ^ | ||
| Multiple object export | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Customizable workspace | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Cloud collaboration | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artec Studio to Artec Cloud Project Synchronization | ^ | ||
| Artec Cloud integration | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| One-click 3D model share | ^ | ^ |
| Import formats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artec 3D format | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| CAD formats | SAT, STEP, IGES, X_T | STEP, IGES, X_T | STEP, IGES, X_T |
| Export formats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh | OBJ, PLY, WRL, STL, AOP, ASC, USD, Disney PTEX, E57, XYZRGB | OBJ, PLY, WRL, STL, AOP, ASC, Disney PTEX, E57, XYZRGB | OBJ, PLY, WRL, STL, AOP, ASC, Disney PTEX, E57, XYZRGB |
| Point cloud (Artec Ray & Ray II only) | PTX, BTX, XYZ | PTX, BTX, XYZ | PTX, BTX, XYZ |
| Reference targets | OBC | OBC | |
| Measurements | CSV, DXF, XML | CSV, DXF, XML | CSV, DXF, XML |
| CAD | STEP, IGES, X_T | STEP, IGES, X_T | STEP, IGES, X_T |
| Hardware support |
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Artec 3D scanners compatible with AS18: Artec Ray II, Artec Metrology Kit, Micro, Medit D700, Leo, Ray, Space Spider, Eva, Eva Lite, plus discontinued models (Spider, MH and MHT series AG, AC, W2 and T2)*
* For full information on compatibility with discontinued scanners, please contact support@artec3d.com
Visit the Artec Support Center to view hardware requirements for Artec Studio.
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Get a lifetime license or an annual subscription with regular software updates, and technical support.