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>>Has anyone had a chance to work >>with the new desktop 3D Digitizer >>from Immersion? I played with it briefly >>at my local dealer, but I'm not convinced >>I could be very productive with it. It IS >>very neat though. I've used it quite a bit. I think it does just what it says it will do. It's immensly easier if you use Hyperspace instead of the lowball quickie software included with the digitizer. However, modeling with it can be just as tedious as any other method. The main problem with hand digitizers is the fact that you must digitize every vertice. That means that a 5000 vert. mesh, though relatively low-res, will require you to press the button 5000 times. You have to first carefully clamp the object down thoroughly and it helps if you predefine a "game plan" for your digitization (often one will see grid lines drawn on an object to aid this). In sum, if you want to do, say, a sculpted face, count on at least 2 days of solid work for setup, digitization, and post-dig. mesh cleanup for a mesh with enough resolution to recognize the face. It's never easy, is it?! I know a dealer with a used one for sale pretty cheap, including the Hyperspace software. If you want to call him, send me a post. Jim