scAnt is an open-source platform for the creation of digital 3D models of insects and small objects. scAnt consists of a scanner and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which enable the automated generation of multi-view Extended Depth Of Field (EDOF) images. These images are then masked with a novel approach combining random forest-based edge-detection, adaptive thresholding, and connected component labelling and can be processed further with a photogrammetry software package of choice, including open-source options such as Meshroom, to create high-quality, textured 3D models.
All code available from Github
Building instructions available from Thingiverse
Check out our model library, here on sketchfab!
Find us at http://evo-biomech.ic.ac.uk/ and EvoBiomech
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8 comments
Se podria utilizar una camara menos costosa que la BFS-U3-200S6C-C: 20 MP, 18 FPS ? o los resultados no serian satisfactorios.
Si alguien ha colocado otra podria dejar el enlace.
nice,I need a geek friend to help me learned this.
@EvoBiomech ah, ok, good to know. i just googled the model of camera at on manufacturers site it showed this small resolution
20 mp makes much more sens 
Hi @mantasT ! The Model we are using has a 20 MP sensor. The camera comes in many different versions for machine vision applications and the one used in scAnt is the BFS-U3-200S6C-C: 20 MP, 18 FPS
very nice rig / set up. just wondering why you went with 720 × 540 resolution camera, wouldn't old dslr do a better job with 25- 40 or more megapixels ?
You have no idea how happy I am I can look at this model!
@nikolaih Thanks a lot for the kind words!
What an amazing project! Keep up the great work :)