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Rapido 3D - Laser Scanning - Body scanning - 3D Printing - Scaling - 3D Scanning

Rapido 3D LTD, unit 6, 2 Prince Edward Rd, London E9 5NN

What is 3D Laser Scanning ? How does it work ? Who has been Scanned ? ... and why ? Rapido 3D
3D scanning is a fantastic way to capture objects into the computer via laser scanning techniques.

3D laser scanning offers accurate ways to capture every detail of your subject, using 3D laser scanning to capture your object has obvious advantages over any other method, it does not touch the object, therefore it cannot alter the objects shape.

When you scan a human head using a Cyberware 3D head scanning rig, it takes just 12 seconds to capture a complete one piece mesh, the laser scanning rig moves very quickly therefore it does not stay in any place on the head for long.

The lasers in used in 3D scanning machines are low wattage and offer no risk when scanning human subjects.

These 3D laser scanning techniques are unrivaled by any other techniques available.

  1. Small objects (sculptures, pots models) are placed on a turntable.

  2. A low-power laser scans vertically creating a thin red line down the object.

  3. A camera is placed at an angle to the vertical laser line.

  4. The laser line is bent according the the shape of the object at that point which the camera sees as a bent red line.

  5. The turntable is rotated by a small amount and the process is repeated until all 360 degrees are done.

  6. The resulting images are combined into a 3D computer file format like Lightwave.

There is more info here: 3D Laser Scanning
Rapido 3D have scanned the following people :-

  • Lady Gaga BRIT Award statue
  • Naomi Campbell
  • Claudia Shiffer
  • Kate Moss
  • Robbie Williams
  • Gary Oldman
  • Liam Neeson
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Christian Bale
  • Jack Dee
  • Ken Watanabe
  • Tom Wilkinson
  • Michael Crawford
  • Gus Lewis
  • Robert Del Naja
  • David Chipperfield
  • Ben Wishaw
  • Rachel Hurd-Wood
  • Katie Holmes
  • Mathew Goode
  • Libery Ross
  • Gemma Ward
  • Lily Donaldson
  • Behati
  • Arius
  • Telisa Garcia
  • Sarah Cox
  • Ric Harrington
  • Ferry Corsten
  • Giles Peterson
  • Hasbro's Action Man
  • Rapido 3D have done 3D Scanning for the following :-

    Films

  • Harry Potter
  • Tomb Raider I and II
  • Batman Begins
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Mummy returns
  • Nutty Proffesor II
  • Perfume
  • Five Children and it
  • The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
  • Watchmen

    TV Programs

  • BRIT Awards 2010
  • Monsters we met.
  • The Truth about Killer Dinos.
  • Silent Witness.
  • Captain Scarlet new CG series.
  • Alien Worlds
  • Dr Who

    Magazines & Books

  • French Vogue
  • Vogue
  • V Magazine
  • Dazed and Confused
  • I D Magazine
  • W New York
  • Numero Paris
  • Fashioning the Future
  • Harpers Bazaar
  • Icon
  • American Vogue

    Our Clients Include

    Nike, BBC, BSkyB, Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony, Double Negative, Cinesite, The Mill, 422, Tomb Raider Productions, Moving Picture Company, Glassworks, Lola, Swarovski, Arteffects London, Ron Mueck and Steve Haines.
  • The most versatile 3D laser scanning & 3D object bureau in Europe.

    We do 3D Laser Scanning, 3D Body scanning, Scaling Statues, 3D Facial scanning, 3D Printing and Mobile high resolution colour 3D body scanning.

    We use Cyberware & Inspeck 3D Laser scanning systems.

    We do Bespoke 3D Laser Scanning and 3D modeling for film, TV and web applications.

    Most formats supplied.

    Rapido3d have been laser scanning for nearly 10 years now and have more expertises than any other 3d laser scanning operation in Europe.

    We have 7 different types of scanning rigs. All our laser scanning rigs and structured light scanning rigs capture colour as well as data, this allows us to print your object in full colour on our colour 3D printing machine thus offering a true 3D colour copying facility.

    Rapido3d have used 3d laser scanning techniques for many blockbuster movies and TV programs over the last decade, check our bio page for a list of movies we have been invloved in.

    We also use laser scanning techniques for the capture of sculptures for enlarging and reducing the data for 3D printing and CNC machining.

    All our laser scanning equipment is in house, we do not subcontract any laser scanning to other laser scanning companies.

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