Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
actually scanner wise the fuel3d scanify looks pretty good.
https://www.fuel-3d.com/meet-scanify/
probably work out around $1500.
Don't think there's currently anything else that comes close for the money.
Unless they have updated it since the early models, this is one I would stay away from. It can take a pretty single picture, but it's depth cameras are off so you can't take multiple and merge successfully.

Affordable scanners to look at are: David SLS-2/3, Rangevision Smart and Shining 3D EinScan S. Though they are all quite finniky and have a learning curve which may be too much for a school.

With that budget I think I would be looking at a used Artec Eva (probably less than $10k from Europe) (or Creaform GO for slightly more) which are quick, self merging and fun to see and spending the rest on a powerful computer or 2 and any number of FDM 3D Printers that work well out of the box.