Table 1 Data acquisition.

From: Recognizing technique variation in rock engravings: ArchCUT3-D for micromorphological analysis

 

Chariot Engraving (full)

Chariot Engraving (partial)

Ibexes Engraving

Gigi Graffiti

Scanner

POLYMETRIC PT-M4

Creaform HandySCAN 700

Associated software

QTSculptor

VXelements

Light source

Structured light (white light, color temperature 3400 K produced by a 900-lumen halogen lamp)

Seven red laser crosses (+extra “single-beam” line)

Lenses and aperture

16 mm

5.6f

75 mm

5.6f

Real-time “automatic adjustment” configuration

Distance from target

1200 mm

300–400 mm

View field

400 × 400 mm

100 × 90 mm

275 × 250 mm

Accuracy (point spacing)

xy: 0.29 mm

z: 0.036 mm

xy: 0.084 mm

z: 0.017 mm

xy: 0.05 mm

z: 0.05 mm

Output

Point cloud

Mesh (automatic and direct output in real-time)

Optional scan parameters (optimization, fill, decimation, boundary optimization)

Default 0 value