AWERProcedia Information Technology & Computer Science Vol 03 (2013) 1135-1140 3 rd World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT-2012) Web presentation of 3D scanned sculptures - heritage preservation of Taiwanese arts Naai-Jung Shiha *, Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Section 4, Keelung road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. Chia-Yu Lee, Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Section 4, Keelung road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tsu-In Jan, Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Section 4, Keelung road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. Chan-Wei Cheng, Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Section 4, Keelung road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. Queenie Lin, Conservation Center, Juming Museum, No. 2, Xishihu, Jinshan Dist., New Taipei City, 20842, Taiwan, R.O.C. Ruo-Xuan Chen, Conservation Center, Juming Museum, No. 2, Xishihu, Jinshan Dist., New Taipei City, 20842, Taiwan, R.O.C. Suggested Citation: Shiha, J., N., Lee, Y., C., Jan, I., T., Cheng, W., C., Lin, Q. & Chen X., R. Web presentation of 3D scanned sculptures - heritage preservation of Taiwanese arts, AWERProcedia Information Technology & Computer Science. [Online]. 2013, 3, pp 1135-1140. Available from: http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/P-ITCS. Proceedings of 3 rd World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT-2012), 14-16 November 2012, University of Barcelon, Barcelona, Spain. Received 19 January, 2013; revised 21 July, 2013; accepted 28 August, 2013. Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Hafize Keser. ©ϮϬϭϯ Academic World Education & Research Center. All rights reserved. Abstract 3D digital preservation of arts was conducted to the sculptures created by famous Taiwanese sculptor, Ju Ming. This is a one year project to scan 9 copper and 55 sand stone sculptures. Since the stone sculptures are currently deteriorated at the pace of one per season, the 3D digitization becomes very urgent as both the shape and appearance must be retrieved before further weathering damages occur. A hand-held device, the Artec 3D color scanner HM-T, was used as the main capture tool for stone sculptures, while the Cyrax 3000 long-range laser scanner was used for the larger copper sculptures. The final digital models are presented in web pages and Rapid Prototyping (RP) printouts. Keywords: heritage preservation, 3D scan, Ju Ming; * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Naai-Jung Shiha, Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Section 4, Keelung road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C., E-mail address: shihnj@mail.ntust.edu.tw