Edinburgh Unit for Forensic Anthropology
RESEARCH GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Training day 2: February 20th, 2015
10:00-13:00: Surface scanner training (Tutor Helen Langstaff)-Computer lab 2.36
The School of History Classics and Archaeology is running a training day on the use of the 3D surface scanner (3D3Solutions), which is available in Archaeology, and the relevant software Flexscan 3.0. The scanner was initially purchased for the needs of a PhD project in Archaeology but it can be beneficial for research and teaching purposes among staff members as well. The training will include a general description of the scanner (technical characteristics of the scanner, scanning processes, the software etc) and the actual scanning of several different objects such as:
1. Faces
2. Dry bones (e.g. skulls)
3. Ceramic artefacts
4. Metallic artefacts and/or jewellery
20 places are available for this session and no registration is necessary.
Examples of scanned objects with HDI 3D FlexScan
Example of scanning a face with a light scanner by Helen Langstaff
14:00-16:00: 3D printing (Tutor Diego Zamora-Computer lab 2.36 )
3D imaging:
Surface scanning, 3D printing and Hands on Amira training
3D printing is also known as desktop fabrication or additive manufacturing, it is a prototyping process whereby an real object is created from a 3D design. The digital 3D-model is saved in a format (e.g.STL format) and then sent to a 3D printer.
EUFA has recently acquired a simple 3D printer for small objects (Printrbot Simple) which can be used for replicas of bones and artefacts which can be of particular interest in Forensic Anthropology, Osteoarchaeology and Archaeology. An introduction to 3D printing and possible applications will be given by Diego Zamora, PhD candidate at the College of Arts. 20 places are available for this session.
Prinbot simple 3D printer
3D prints of the bony labyrinth in natural size and x4 magnification.
3D models of a pair of humeri
Training day 1: February 19th, 2015-Hands on AMIRA
The objective of the training is to provide hands on training on a 3D multifaceted software platform (Amira, Visage Imaging) for visualizing, manipulating, and understanding 3D reconstructions of bio-medical data and/or other sets of data. 20 places are available for the training session and priority will be given to PG students with related PhD or MSc topics.
Tutors: Elena Kranioti and Mara Karell
Computer Teaching Lab Room 2.36
10:00-11.00: Introduction to Amira
11:00-12:00: Import/Export data, data formats, Visualisation, Inspection
12:00-13:00: Manual and semi-automatic segmentation
13:00-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-15:00: Digitizing and measuring in Amira
15:00-15:15:Break
15:15-16:15: Animation and Video making with Amira
16:15-17:00: Questions
Hands on Amira 2011 training session.
Using Amira to study 3D reconstructions of endocasts and skulls from the human fossil record.
Using Amira to study Sharp Force Trauma with 3D reconstructions from CT scans.
