Michael Raphael

President

Michael Raphael is founder and president of Direct Dimensions Inc., a Baltimore-based company offering a full range of 3-D imaging services including reverse engineering, dimensional inspection, and 3-D scanning. Direct Dimensions has been providing solutions for a wide range of fields from manufacturing, engineering, and design to art, sculpture, and architecture for nearly 15 years.

Wed, 03/30/2011 - 05:30
3-D Scanning for Bus 19 Peace Memorial Laser scanning and digital modeling deliver detailed models for visualizations and more
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 05:30
On Jan. 29, 2004, 11 people lost their lives and 50 were wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged Bus 19 in Jerusalem. Since that tragic incident, the remains of Bus 19 have travelled around the world as a reminder of the horrors of terrorism. First…
3-D Scanning for Bus 19 Peace Memorial Laser scanning and digital modeling deliver detailed models for visualizations and more
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 05:30
On Jan. 29, 2004, 11 people lost their lives and 50 were wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged Bus 19 in Jerusalem. Since that tragic incident, the remains of Bus 19 have travelled around the world as a reminder of the horrors of terrorism. First…
Aircraft OML Reverse Engineering Enables Complex CFD Analysis A case study featuring Texas A&M University’s Flight Research Laboratory
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 14:50
There are many reasons why firms need to model the exterior contour of existing aircraft outer mold lines (OML). Most aircraft flying today were not designed in a modern 3-D CAD system. Even with a current 3-D digital design, the actual as-built…
3-D Scans of Matisse Sculptures Reveals Artist’s Methods 3-D scanning is the future of art history research.
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 05:00
3-D digitizing technologies have been utilized in the industrial world for the last 20 years but are increasingly used in many other fields. One of the exciting, but unanticipated, uses of 3-D measurement tools has been their adoption by museums…
Clark Construction Uses 3-D Laser Scanning to Convert Building into BIM 3-D scans and BIM allow company to detect and avoid spatial conflicts prior to installing plant systems
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 05:30
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System 150-acre campus Faro Laser Scanner LS scanning room elements Photo of section of room 3-D scan of same room…
3-D Scanning Used to Recreate 100-Year-Old Darwin Bust Imaging technologies facilitate physical to digital to physical transformations
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 06:00
The year 2009 contains two significant anniversaries within the scientific community: the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking book On the Origin…