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Greetings fellow tradesmen,
If you happen to be reading while out here at Symposium.....
On Saturday while I was registering I happened to catch some of the things being setup and in particular the new GIA FacetScan non contact measuring device. I also noted that it does happen to be an OGI single lens system except apparently this one is built from the ground up to work off of Windows XP and off of USB 2.0 (ie. you don't need additional pci cards etc.) and it will work off of any Windows XP based computer. GIA is helping to guide the software construction to help make it more user friendly to the trade. A definite step in the right direction I think. While the OGI technician was setting up the scanner I was talking to them about the quality of the models produced by the scanner and apparently there are 2 settings. One being "standard" the other being "professional". The latter being a more lab oriented version which interested me.
2 questions I have for some of my peers who happen to be reading. Garry or Sergey, your input would be appreciated if you are.
1. It was claimed during this short meeting that the OGI scans at 400 steps/scans while the Sarin only does 160. I have no reason to doubt OGI's claim of 400 steps/scans but Garry, I know you represented Sarin at one time or perhaps still do. Do you know if this is true regarding the amount of scans/steps the Sarin DiaMension does? I always thought the Sarin scanned at least 400 steps and know that in their newer DiaVision software there are 2 settings. One for quick scans and another for slower scans at higher resolution. I've always been able to produce more accurate models with with Sarin DiaMension. Just curious if you knew how many steps/scans the Sarin DiaMension takes in its analysis?
2. Based on my experience with non contact measuring devices one of the most challenging types of diamonds for a scanner to see happens to be one with painted upper halves. It is tough for many of these scanners to resolve those facets. Garry ... do you or does anyone here have a stone in CA with painted upper halves to run on the FacetScan to test its abilities to resolve those facets?
Thanks in advance for your input.
BTW, the new OGI software DOES look very cool with lots of options, reports, web capabilities etc. but I'm just wondering if they've improved its capabilities to produce more accurate models. There's even a quick button to produce an .stl file to load into AGS PGS software.
All the best,
If you happen to be reading while out here at Symposium.....
On Saturday while I was registering I happened to catch some of the things being setup and in particular the new GIA FacetScan non contact measuring device. I also noted that it does happen to be an OGI single lens system except apparently this one is built from the ground up to work off of Windows XP and off of USB 2.0 (ie. you don't need additional pci cards etc.) and it will work off of any Windows XP based computer. GIA is helping to guide the software construction to help make it more user friendly to the trade. A definite step in the right direction I think. While the OGI technician was setting up the scanner I was talking to them about the quality of the models produced by the scanner and apparently there are 2 settings. One being "standard" the other being "professional". The latter being a more lab oriented version which interested me.
2 questions I have for some of my peers who happen to be reading. Garry or Sergey, your input would be appreciated if you are.
1. It was claimed during this short meeting that the OGI scans at 400 steps/scans while the Sarin only does 160. I have no reason to doubt OGI's claim of 400 steps/scans but Garry, I know you represented Sarin at one time or perhaps still do. Do you know if this is true regarding the amount of scans/steps the Sarin DiaMension does? I always thought the Sarin scanned at least 400 steps and know that in their newer DiaVision software there are 2 settings. One for quick scans and another for slower scans at higher resolution. I've always been able to produce more accurate models with with Sarin DiaMension. Just curious if you knew how many steps/scans the Sarin DiaMension takes in its analysis?
2. Based on my experience with non contact measuring devices one of the most challenging types of diamonds for a scanner to see happens to be one with painted upper halves. It is tough for many of these scanners to resolve those facets. Garry ... do you or does anyone here have a stone in CA with painted upper halves to run on the FacetScan to test its abilities to resolve those facets?
Thanks in advance for your input.
BTW, the new OGI software DOES look very cool with lots of options, reports, web capabilities etc. but I'm just wondering if they've improved its capabilities to produce more accurate models. There's even a quick button to produce an .stl file to load into AGS PGS software.
All the best,