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This paper performs an analysis of the uncertainty and repeatability of the NextEngineTM portable low-cost 3D laser scanner by scanning an object 20 times in two different resolution modes\u2014Macro and Wide. Some dimensions of the object were measured using a digital calliper, and these results were used as the \u201ctrue\u201d or control data. In comparing the true and the scanned data, we verified that the mean uncertainty in the Macro Mode is approximately half that of the Wide Mode, at \u00b10.81 mm and \u00b11.66 mm, respectively. These experimental results are significantly higher than the accuracy specifications provided by the manufacturer. An analysis of repeatability shows that the successive replicates do not match in the same position. The results are better in Macro Mode than in Wide Mode; it is observed that the repeatability factor is slightly larger than the corresponding mode accuracy, with \u00b10.84 vs. \u00b10.81 mm in Macro Mode and \u00b11.82 vs. \u00b11.66 mm in Wide Mode. 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