[Balazs] from RacingBrick posed this exact question: can a 3D scanner recreate LEGO pieces at home? Armed with Creality’s CR-Scan Otter, he set out to duplicate a humble DUPLO sheep and ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to ... the software stitches together many images from different angles to build the point cloud that is the foundation for everything else.

3D models of iconic medieval buildings, like the Bargate ... which dates to the mid-13th century. Scanning was then extended to a further 14 structures. Students from the university also helped ...

And once a 3D model has been made ... Should the building or object in question be removed or damaged in the future, he adds, at least his scan will have preserved what it looked like.