Hey Mike,

I suggest stop using the turntable, I'm sure it has a use (calibration), but not for any serious scanning.

Hughes, the decimation was in Meshlab. SolidWorks has the same method build into it's Scanto3D add-in, but Meshlab is faster. Having said that, SolidWorks can break your mesh up by curvature, and then you can run that algorithm afterward in an effort to isolate and preserve any really sensitive meshes you want untouched (like holes).