The Drake Wireless, Hand-Held 3D Scanner Selected DE Editor's Pick of the Week


Multipurpose instrument with user-configurable with different lenses intrigues Editor at Large.



FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, USA — Digital Engineering (DE; digitaleng.news) announces that the new Drake, a wireless, hand-held 3D scanner from Thor3D (Moscow, Russia, is its Editor’s Pick of the Week for October 5, 2016.



The Drake “white-light scanner has a number of attractive characteristics,” writes Anthony J. Lockwood, editor at large for Digital Engineering. “It's battery-powered and wireless. You can take it where you need to be and transmit data to a workstation over WiFi. You can also dump data to a USB drive to work on later.”



“But the number one aspect to focus on is that you can equip it with one of three lens sets, each of which has a different field of view,” he says. “That means Drake is available with lens for scanning in small, medium or large objects.”



“Now, the lens sets come separately,” he adds. “But nothing is stopping you from opting for all three. See, you can swap out and swap in lens sets like switching lenses on a camera. The potential here is enormous. For one, you could have a single multipurpose scanner for use anywhere in your organization. Two, you can take Drake to big jobs across town or use it on small jobs on your workbench.” “If your outfit needs to scan in a variety of objects but doesn't always have the right-sized tool for the task, the Drake could be what you're looking for,” concludes Lockwood.



Read the full Editor’s Pick of the Week at “Hand-Held Scanner Has Swappable Lens.”



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