Industry case · Cultural heritage

Digitizing hundreds of Maya monument casts

A British Museum and Google Arts & Culture project used portable scanning to digitize hundreds of medium and large Maya casts

SCANNERArtec Eva and Artec Studio
OBJECTMore than 400 plaster and papier-mache casts of Maya monuments
EVIDENCE STATUSManufacturer-published institutional case

The job

The problem the scan had to solve

Capture historically valuable objects in a crowded warehouse more efficiently than the previous photogrammetry workflow

The workflow

From physical object to usable output

  1. 01

    Plan two-person capture around fragile casts

  2. 02

    Scan medium and large surfaces in color

  3. 03

    Process the captures into complete 3D models

  4. 04

    Prepare selected results for research, education, printing or milling

Reported result

What the source says changed

The source reports roughly ten minutes of capture for an average cast before additional processing

Evidence limits

What this case does not prove

This is an Artec-published case

The professional equipment and institutional workflow differ from consumer scanners

Best3DScanner did not validate the timing or models