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There is a new CAD type combo called Winning Program
It combines Catia 3-D design Dymola modeling Simulia simulation Enovia product data:

http://www.3ds.com/company/news-medi...0eb914a8fa75da

This might also be something scifi-mesh folks might want to use.

More
Make 2D into 3D?
http://programming.itags.org/matlab/...+into+3d+image
Slit scan objects cheaply
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Flat...tography/761/1
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=155626&page=2
http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1415 Super-camera
http://programming.itags.org/matlab/...+into+3d+image

Artificial retina
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0814213326.htm
Femto-photo http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=16121

Square holes http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=13732

Free software for art
https://www.daz3d.com/i/3d/free-3d-s...me_f_btn=start
Uh oh
http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/...gh-opaque.html

Free 3D model ripper
http://thefree3dmodels.com/publ/how_..._games/8-1-0-9