Check the latest software updates from HP Support

Did you know that HP has all latest software for the HP 3D scanner (ex-DAVID SLS) listed on its HP Customer Support - Software and Driver Downloads page?

There has been lots of updates in the Software Pro v5 with the 5.2 Revision so wanted to share some of the highlights.​

New features:

• ​3MF export
• Support for Sprout by HP
• Support for HP 3D Capture Stage
• Close Holes slider to allow closing only small holes in Fusion
• Adding Japanese ​​ 

Beyond the Support for other HP products such as Sprout and HP 3D Capture Stage which is one of the results of HP's acquisition of DAVID, one of the biggest update is 3MF support.

The 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) is a 3D printing format that allows design applications to send full-fidelity 3D models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services and printers. This XML-based data format is being developed by the 3MF Consortium, an industry association.

HP is the founding member of the 3MF Consortium alongside, Dassault Systems S.A.; FIT AG/Netfabb GmbH; Microsoft Corporation; HP; Shapeways, Inc.; SLM Solutions Group AG; and Autodesk Inc.

​Basically, your 3D scan files can interoperate with various 3D printing hardware and software, and will be able to continue to keep pace with the innovation ongoing in the 3D printing world.

There were other miscellaneous updates that were made too.  You can see how hard the software engineers are working to improve the HP 3D scanning experience!
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* Improved camera calibration robustness and precision
* Improved AutoNextScan sensitivity for scanning
* Allow direct color texturing with color cameras
* Enable high-performance rendering mode for NVidia Optimus by default
* Improved projector selection for HP 3D Structured Light Scanner Pro S2/S3 products
* Reset naming scheme for new scans when user creates a new project
* Avoid alignment error pop-up messages during turntable or sequence scanning
* Improved alignment of scans in automatic turntable mode
* Improved automatic alignment of scan sequences
* Improved texture fusion to avoid dark patches from shadows
* Support for camera hardware triggering
* Improved support for UTF-16 encoded filenames
* Open web help in default browser

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