Glossy, coated business card

This 50X optical profiler image of coated business card stock shows the individual coated paper fibers.   Measured via: Sensofar S neox 090 3D optical profiler, 50X Direct Interferometry lens Data source: Adam M. Platteis and Sensofar

FDM 3D Printed Surface

This dataset shows the bottom surface of an FDM 3D printed part. The surface was formed against a “textured” build plate. The stitched dataset consists of 5×5 individual measurements. Measured via: Zygo NexView NX2, 5.5X objective, 0.5X zoom, CSI mode Data source: Brian Renegar – Surface and Interface Metrology Group – NIST

Wear Scar on a Flat Surface

This dataset includes a wear region on a planar surface. The Wear Analysis tool in OmniSurf3D lets you precisely define the wear region and reference geometry to calculate wear depth and wear volume. In this video we use the Wear Analysis tool to calculate the depth and volume of the wear scan in this dataset. … Read more

Wear Scar on a Spherical Surface

This dataset includes a wear region on a spherical surface. Typically it would be challenging to measure the depth of this wear scar, because it blends into the overall curvature of the sphere. But the Wear Analysis tool in OmniSurf3D lets you precisely define reference and wear regions, to calculate key parameters such as wear … Read more

Soda Can Pull Tab

A lot of engineering goes into a soda can. This dataset shows the ridges in the can lid that let you open it with one finger—but that keep the can from bursting before it gets to you!  We put a can under an Alicona optical 3D measurement system to have a look.  The data shown … Read more

Rain Jacket

Mountain Hardware rain jackets are really soft and impressively waterproof. If you zoom in on this rain jacket/shell material, you can see the differences in the woven material in each direction (i.e., the “warp” and “weft”). This dataset has an image overlay stored with it—click the camera icon in the OmniSurf3D toolbar to view the … Read more