MEASURING APPARATUS, NAMELY, COMPUTER-OPERATED DEVICE, NAMELY, AN OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF MEASURING AND MANIPULATING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES OF SURFACES FOR USE IN THE FIELD OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; PROGRAMMED OR AUTOMATIC DEVICE, NAMELY, AN OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF MEASURING AND MANIPULATING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES OF SURFACES FOR USE IN THE FIELD OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; MANUALLY-OPERATED DEVICES, NAMELY, AN OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED FOR NON-CONTACT ACQUISITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES AND FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT OF OBJECTS, AND FOR RECONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AN OBJECT IN THE FIELD OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PERFORMING ACQUISITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES AND FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS OF OBJECTS OR SURFACES, FOR VIEWING, ANALYZING, COMPARING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS RESULTS, FOR CREATING REPORTS, FOR CONVERSION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT RESULTS INTO VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS OR PARAMETER CHARTS IN THE FIELD OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING