#What is iges???
Greg,
It looks like you are working on the same line of projects that I am.
Currently I'm modeling golf grips for the company's '95 product line. With this
project I was able to do all the modeling within 3DS using the shaper and
Lofter' helix path. The IPAS skin sounds like the tool for you. As for IGES,
yes it a dying breed, you might want to keep an older version (versions up to
R12) of AutoCAD around in case you need to do any conversions to DXF for
importing into 3DS. There probably a few people up on this forum which offer a
3D scanning service, you might want to leave a message for them. I think you
can buy low end 3D scanners for under 3,000 but I don't remember there product
names.
Good luck Greg.
Mike Morgan, CAD Forms Inc.