Posts made by Drew Shark

• When using Capture.Image images are stored in the same folder as the python script.

  Hi Jose,The Capture.Image call in the API sends a request to the scanner, which sends back a response that has the image wrapped. You can see the capture Image example here.In that example, the ima...

  posted in THREE API and Programming

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  Drew Shark
  10/6/25, 8:35 PM
• Polarizing filters

  Hi Will, Thanks for the great idea. I don't have a ton of time lately to rnd this, but it sounds very plausible. I'll put it on my list. If you try it yourself let us know how it goes!

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  8/19/25, 9:00 PM
• API Tips and Tricks

  Hello fellow makers and developers. We're a small team and the API is a small portion of what we focus on, so mistakes are bound to be there. This post will hopefully help you deal with any common ...

  posted in THREE API and Programming

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  Drew Shark
  7/17/25, 2:26 PM
• Exporting a merged scan

  Hi Mehdi,I'm glad you got it resolved.There is another non-obvious thing going on with Merging, and also the documentation on the schema (out of date, thank you for finding it). First the non-obvi...

  posted in THREE API and Programming

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  Drew Shark
  7/17/25, 1:56 PM
• Ransac to align two groups

  Hi Mehdi, Great question.The task to align computes the alignment, but doesn't apply it to the model. When using alignment, you should listen for the response. The output from the response (if su...

  posted in THREE API and Programming

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  Drew Shark
  7/14/25, 3:48 PM
• Scanning minerals, crystals, and gems

  Hi Wayne,I think the short answer is, not likely, and you might find this is difficult with any scanner. This is because all scanners have trouble scanning objects that are reflective to the wavel...

  posted in Pre-Sales Questions

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  Drew Shark
  4/15/25, 1:31 PM
• Benefit of using horizontal and vertical pattern?

  Thanks for the suggestion Christian. Again I cannot discuss the details, but suffice to say, this is something that makes us different from Shining and Polyga.  

  posted in General 3D Scanning Discussion

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  Drew Shark
  3/10/25, 2:43 PM
• Missing features

  Hi Christian, I'll try to answer your questions the best I can. 1) When looking at speeding up the scan process, we always have to compare the benefits and dissadvantages. Since the scanner is no...

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  3/10/25, 2:39 PM
• Benefit of using horizontal and vertical pattern?

  Hi Christian, I can't go into the details about it unfortunatly. Suffice to say, mathematically you are correct, but in practise using vertical patterns gives better results. There are no plans to...

  posted in General 3D Scanning Discussion

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  Drew Shark
  3/10/25, 1:52 PM
• Release Notes 8.2 - 10.14

  Hi all, Update 10 is out with some major features.  Since 8.2, we've made some massive improvements and bug fixes. - Turntable fixes and improvments.- Texturing improvements, including fast...

  posted in Announcements

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  Drew Shark
  1/30/25, 4:15 PM
• Automate QA inspection

  Hi Travis, surprisingly enough, this is a feature that we're releasing either this week or next! It's also available via the API.  The feature does essentially exactly what you're describing...

  posted in Pre-Sales Questions

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  Drew Shark
  1/15/25, 9:32 PM
• Focus point, focus distance, depth of focus, and scanning quality

  Hi Joseph, Great question.If you want a rule of thumb for accuracy, then it should be the closer the better.  But I will caveat this with the fact that most scans do not need the best ac...

  posted in General 3D Scanning Discussion

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  Drew Shark
  12/11/24, 7:43 PM
• Announcing the First Release of the Matter and Form THREE Python Library!

  We’re thrilled to announce the initial release of the Matter and Form THREE Python library! This library allows any developer the ability to control and interact with the Matter and Form THRE...

  posted in Announcements

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  Drew Shark
  11/27/24, 9:16 PM
• Automatic dual-brightness/exposure

  Thanks Joseph, We have this on our feature list. We're currently working on textures and some major bugs that came up. This will be next after all that.

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  10/28/24, 2:22 PM
• Software release notes?

  Forgot to update herehttps://www.matterandform.net/community/xenforum/announcementsRelease notes will be in the software in the next update

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  10/28/24, 2:20 PM
• Release Notes 6.14 - 8.2

  Hi everyone, Sorry for the late reply I was on vacation. We skipped V7 as it never made it through the release candidacy. We update major versions when there is a Schema change that might break pr...

  posted in Announcements

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  Drew Shark
  10/25/24, 1:46 PM
• Release Notes 6.3 - 6.14

  Heres a quick list of what's new in some of the versions lately.A quick reminder, please TURN OFF your subscription to nightly updates unless are very brave and want to risk breaking your scanner. ...

  posted in Announcements

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  Drew Shark
  9/18/24, 11:30 PM
• Increased Turntable control / feedback

  Hey Andrew,Thanks for the insight and request.First, let me say that the turntable error is common and due to a problem on the actual silicon on the processor. We found a fix and are working to get...

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  9/16/24, 3:24 PM
• Software release notes?

  Thanks Tom, Well add this to a software feature soon. For now I'll post release notes here in the forum.

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  9/6/24, 2:51 PM
• Option to mirror a group of scans and flip along axis

  Noted, thanks for your ideas Alex. I have them down as feature requests in our project.In the meantime, may I suggest getting to know the software Blender?  It's free and extremely powerful fo...

  posted in Feature Requests

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  Drew Shark
  9/5/24, 1:59 PM