What file formats are supported for laser scanning?

[cam3d]

Hi mino - Welcome

If you are dissatisfied with your results from photographs using 3DF Zephyr, please feel free to share the photographs with us so we can give you some in-depth feedback on how to improve your image acquisition and subsequently the 3D results you will get!

Are the letters blurry on your cookie package box in any of the photographs you took? If not, it might be that the cameras in your scene have not oriented correctly and need some adjustment for a better outcome. There are a lot of variables to consider, so sharing the photographs and any Zephyr project files (.ZEP) which you are having trouble with will help inform our response

You can certainly combine third party laser scans with photogrammetry in Zephyr, however, this functionality is not available in the LITE/FREE versions of 3DF Zephyr, only the full version (either monthly subscription or a perpetual license) - If you want to try the full version of 3DF Zephyr you can do so by following this link and filling in the application form: https://www.3dflow.net/3df-zephyr-ev...download-page/

It seems strange that STL is the output data format for the 3D laser scanner - STL is more of a finishing format than a format you want to be working with. STL files don't have scale information and their units are arbitrary. There are a lot of different laser scanning systems available, and a lot of different formats Zephyr and import/export (including STL):

Here is a list of compatible mesh import file types:

*.ply
*.dp
*.ive
*.osgb
*.fbx
*.x3a
*.las
*.ptx
*.txt
*.obj
*.e57
*.collada
*.xml
*.dae
*.stl
Points (*.pts)
Coordinates (*.xyz)
FARO Laser Scanner (*.fls)
FARO Workspace (*.fws)
Zoller + Frohlich Scan (*.zfs)
*.rdb
Riegl Scan (*.rdbx)
Dot Product Scan (*.dp)
*.ive
*.osgb
*.fbx
X3a Archive files (*.x3a)

I hope this is helpful!

[mino]

In order to get used to Zephyr, I installed the free version of Zephyr the other day and challenged the photogrammetry of some items.
I'm surprised that a 3d model are created to be similar to the real items only from the photos, but I am feeling some dissatisfaction.
For example, when modeling a cookie package box, the original flat surface has irregularities, and the outer rectangular shape has collapsed. ( The items I'm targeting are small ones, like a cookie package box.)
And the letters are blurry (this may be solved by installing the paid version and adding a lot of enlarged photos).
Regarding the former problem of " collapsed shape", take the outline data with 3d laser scan, transfer the outline data to Zephyr, and paste the texture created by Zephyr from the photograph to the outline data.
I think we can create a model that is closer to the real items by this way.
As I don't own a 3d laser scanner, I'm thinking of requesting a laser scan from a trader, but the answer from the trader is that the output data will be stl files.
I read Zephyr's English tutorial and confirmed that ply files and the native format files (Faro (.fls, .flw) ,RIEGL (.rdbx) ,Dot Product (.dp) and Z+F (.zfs) ) are supported.
But what about stl files? (What other file formats are supported?)

There are many other things I would like to know, but could you please urgently teach me about this matter?

(I'm new to English, so maybe I didn't realize that the answer was written in a place where I could easily see it. Or maybe I just don't know how to find it. )