Artec 3D, world-renowned developer and manufacturer of professional 3D scanners and software, today announced the release of Artec Studio 17 (AS17), the latest version of its award-winning 3D scanning software.
AS17 is a major step forward for the product, featuring a host of innovative new tools and updates that promise enhanced functionality for quality control, reverse engineering and digital special effects workflows, as well as increased speed and ease of use across the board.
This new edition has been designed with the user in mind, with upgrades strongly driven by customer feedback. All users now have full automatic access to the latest version, while a 30-day trial version is available free of charge.
" Our customers have spoken, and we've listened. User feedback has played a major role in the development of Artec Studio 17, and we're confident that this product will excite anyone who works with high-precision 3D data, says Artyom Yukhin, President and CEO of Artec 3D. We're proud of our cutting-edge software solutions, but we're also very grateful to our strong customer base. That's why we invest a lot of resources in developing, enhancing and offering products for them. We look forward to seeing our users' reactions and creations."
State-of-the-art quality control: metrological accuracy thanks to new scan-to-CAD tools and manual target checking
Users can enjoy high accuracy and simplified quality control processes thanks to the latest set of scan-to-CAD features and tools directly in Artec Studio. Reference alignment enables metrology professionals to align meshes and CAD models using key geometric functions in just a few clicks, guaranteeing the absence of slight variations due to misalignment.
For scan workflows using reference objects for data recording, users now have enhanced manual control in Artec Studio. They can individually select objects such as spheres or checkerboard targets, take measurements between any of these objects, or exclude them from registration if necessary. What's more, users can now import multiple reference target clouds into the workspace and choose which ones to use for tracking.
Revolutionary reverse engineering: automatic one-click scan-to-CAD conversions and Boolean operations
Thanks to the new features in Artec Studio 17, engineers can scan and fully reverse-engineer an object in a single program, simplifying design and manufacturing workflows. The innovative Auto Surface tool enables one-click conversion of complex organic shapes into solid CAD models, while the addition of Boolean operations makes it possible to modify models with CAD entities and meshes using Union, Subtraction, and Intersection tools to create products such as custom molds and packaging.
A number of new updates offer enhanced efficiency:
- Independent CAD forms - simple creation, resizing and repositioning of primitive solid shapes in any part of your mesh.
- Constraints 2.0 - save, modify and redefine the conditions and relationships specified for each primitive at any time, and establish new constraints on those you've imposed in previous sessions.
- Mesh splitting - quickly and accurately divide your mesh into manageable pieces using a pre-adjusted plan, for subsequent 3D printing.
- Improved segment brush - easily and dynamically change the size of the selected area using the Segmentation sensitivity slider.
From image to perfect geometry: make photo texturing easy with photo view mode and algorithm-driven segmentation
Artec Studio's all-new photo visualization mode for applying high-resolution photos to high-precision scans will refine the process of creating professional, texture-perfect 3D models for digital special effects.
Users can now easily preview photos, see how they fit into the model geometry, and remove any faulty, overexposed or poorly lit images. Thanks to the introduction of the new photo texturing algorithm, images are automatically sorted and divided into groups: by size, camera type, or focal length, enabling simple individual registration.
Next-generation UI and UX: faster, smarter, more efficient scanning and processing
A wide range of user-centric UI and UX enhancements promise to transform 3D workflows, including :
Faster data - Algorithm update delivers 1.5x faster HD data for the Leo scanner, so users can concentrate on important tasks.
Faster reconstruction - the new GPU optimizer automatically fine-tunes the user's HD Mode settings to speed up the reconstruction of HD data from Leo or Eva.
Merger update - processing is now 10% faster and consumes 30% less memory.