A suite of tools for the management of 3D scanned data

In this paper we describe a 3D scanning software suite which gives support to most of the processing phases of a complex 3D scanning project. In particular, our tools support: range maps alignment, range maps merge, mesh editing and mesh simplification. The software suite has been implemented by scratch and encompasses both up-to-date solutions (alignment, editing) and some original methods (merging, simplification, and, in part, alignment). The architecture of the software suite is described and an evaluation of its use in the framework of a complex acquisition in the Cultural Heritage domain (3D scanning of a bronze statue) is reported