Category Archives: Recommended Free Tools

This category contains tools which I have found usefull.

For “no open source” free tools, consideration is needed if they are safe to use in that task or environment.

Avira Free Antivirus, Tool for basic protection

Posted on 22 September 2013 by Admin

There are several different antivirus programs on the market. One of the free alternatives is Avira . One can configure real-time scan mode (reading/writing), update frequency etc. Plus: Simple GUI No learning curve The scan mode settings might slow down … Continue reading →

PDFill “PDF Tools”, tool for manipulating PDF files

Posted on 2 September 2013 by Admin

PDFill PDF Tools is a good alternative for various operations on pdf files. It contains more features than PDFsam which I have listed earlier. Especially it can encrypt/decrypt, add text or image watermarks etc. (However, licensing is different than in … Continue reading →

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VisualSFM, Tool for creating 3D reconstruction from photos

Posted on 17 August 2013 by Admin

VisualSFM is a GUI application for 3D reconstruction using structure from motion (SFM). wikipedia: Structure from motion (SfM) refers to the process of estimating three-dimensional structures from two-dimensional image sequences which may be coupled with local motion signals. Plus no … Continue reading →

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David Laserscanner with webcam & line laser, Tools for capturing 3D objects

Posted on 4 August 2013 by Admin

A tool called DAVID LASERSCANNER has a free alternative with limited options. The main limitation is that one can save captures with lower resolution only. The tool is shown below. And the setup consists of “corner with calibration picture”, line … Continue reading →

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MeshLab, Tool for creating and manipulating 3D models

Posted on 4 August 2013 by Admin

MeshLab is a free and open source alternative for creating 3D models (meshes) from capture data. Plus: lot of features and import and export formats Minus: crashes without informing the reason ie. need to save the work often Example 3D … Continue reading →

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SCENECT with Kinect, Tools for capturing house layouts in 3D

Posted on 31 July 2013 by Admin

SCENECT is a free tool from FARO to capture 3D point cloud of objects and environments. There are several other tools for the similar 3D capture, and the choice depends on the goals. In this case the main goal is … Continue reading →

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Art of Illusion, tool for modelling in 3D

Posted on 23 July 2013 by Admin

Art of Illusion is a good candidate for the first 3D modelling tool. It is quite straightforward to learn, and it is sufficient for basic work. I was searching for a 3D modelling tool in order to create book cover … Continue reading →

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