3DMADMAC – 3D Digitization of European Cultural Heritage

This paper presents a full processing path from 3D-object scanning to its virtual representation with special focus on museum documentation and virtual reality applications. Measurement technique is based on opto-numerical approach using structured light projection. The processing path consists of three main steps: filtering and preparing 3D-clouds of points, merging of directional measurements by local co-ordinate spaces unification and transforming from a cloud of point representation to a triangle mesh with photorealistic texture. The applicability of this path for objects with mixed diffusive-reflective surfaces and a very complex shape is shown on the example of results from scanning performed in Polish museums . The exemplary results of these full 3D models (including geometry and texture) scanning is presented. The perspective of using this system in wide cultural heritage practice is discussed.