The company includes its own MakerWare for Digitizer software, which creates files suitable for both the firm's own 3D printers and generic 3D files for other hardware.

MakerBot Digitizer Will Clone All Your Stuff Using a Turntable and Lasers The Digitizer is about the size of a portable 45 rpm record player -- with a laser-shooting accessory attached to the back.

Though we got a glimpse of it at SXSW, it wasn't until today, five months later, that MakerBot made its Digitizer 3D Scanner available for pre-order.

Conclusion Mechanical measurements can be easily made with a digitizer, all youneed are appropriate transducers and accessories. The basic setup andoperation of some simple mechanical measurements ...

Software drivers for Windows, Linux, LabViewRT and VxWorks enable the U1071A to integrate into existing measurement systems as well as to be exchanged, replaced or upgraded to the latest high-speed ...

The software works like this: An operator calls up the CAM2 measuring program for a particular part, and using the FaroArm, follows step-by-step instructions for digitizing the required features.