Polyga FlexScan3D vs Polyga PointKit

Polyga FlexScan3D is free legacy software for controlling 3D scanners, capturing scans, and processing them into digital 3D models. It can operate multiple scanners, change scanner settings, and recalibrate systems; Polyga states that acquisition takes approximately one second per scan. The built-in mesh editor supports processing, aligning, merging, cleaning, and filling holes. Standard edition tools measure and analyze deviation by comparing two meshes with a color map. Exports include PLY, OBJ, STL, ASC, and FBX. A C++/C# API library and scripting functions expose scanner controls and data processing. Compatibility includes Polyga scanners, most Basler and FLIR monochrome global-shutter cameras, and standard DLP projectors through HDMI. An automatic rotary table supports 360-degree scanning, and color capture works with color machine-vision cameras. The listed minimum operating system is 64-bit Windows 10. Polyga provides a manual but no one-on-one support for custom DIY scanner builds.

Polyga PointKit is a toolset for processing, scanning, analyzing, and sharing 3D point-cloud and mesh data. PointKit Scan runs on Windows and prepares scan data by importing, aligning, cleaning, decimating, remeshing, inspecting, and exporting it. Alignment works on two or more selected meshes when their captured areas overlap sufficiently. After alignment, a finalization tool can combine scans into one mesh and apply additional processing. A lasso tool selects and deletes mesh sections. Supported capture sources include desktop and laser scanners, 3D cameras, photogrammetry, LiDAR, and other 3D devices. Exports include PLY, STL, OBJ, PBN, ASC, E57, LAS, and LAZ. PointKit Scan includes controls for connecting scanners and sharing data with PointKit View. The offering also lists a cross-platform web viewer, SDK, API access, mesh reconstruction, point-cloud tools, and real-time capture. PointKit is freemium, with a free plan and trial. Premium costs $99 a month for one active license and includes XTract3D 2 and PointKit.