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We started an email newsletter back in 2002 as “The Focus.”  We kept that up for some time and then made the plunge into blogging around 2008. Over the years, thousands of students and engineers from around the world have told us that our blog is an invaluable tool to them. If you can’t find what you are looking for, don’t hesitate to contact us. 

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Oh, no – my favorite Arizona PADT puzzle is missing a piece!! What can I do to recreate the Phoenix/Tucson part? Luckily, I have access to reverse engineering tools with our ZEISS 3D scanning ...
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Scanning Surface Matters When it comes to structured light scanning, certain material types, surfaces, and other factors limit the ability to scan parts accurately and completely. Two such items a...
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BTS - scanning a Jeep Wrangler using one of our handheld scanners 3D Scanning Overview PADT has several technologies to scan and digitize physical parts. With the help of knowledgeable Enginee...
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3D Scanning? Structured Light Scanning? What’s that? How is that relevant to me? Can’t you just take a picture of my part and 3D print it? We can take a picture, but the only thing we can do is f...
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The new combined offerings are being called #HandsOnMetrology. Someone must of let an engineer into the branding meeting because the new name is a perfect description of what the product line of...
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 This post is the fourteenth installment in our review of all the different products and services PADT offers our customers. As we add more, they will be available here.  As always, if you have any...
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Scanning is one of the fastest growing parts of PADT's business, and with the announcement of a new agreement to distribute for ZEISS Industrial Metrology, we are growing even faster.  Blue Light 3D ...
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Did you know that PADT does scanning of parts?  No? You are not alone. We recently ran into several customers who were sending their scanning out of state and didn't know that they could have it done...
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This Thursday we had the first of seven free seminars on how to deal with geometry created with 3D scanning, how to repair faceted geometry, and how to deal with old CAD geometry.  Don't panic, we ha...
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Yes. Another press release from PADT announcing a new partner.  The truth is we have the advantage of having worked with some great companies in 2014 and we are now fortunate enough to be able ...

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