1. A method for establishing a data collection with the aid of at least one imaging means and at least one illuminating device, wherein an object is imaged from at least three different imaging directions and illuminated from at least three different illumination directions, each in direct light, wherein one imaging direction each being substantially opposed to one illumination direction, so that from each of the three imaging directions at least one contour of the object appears with a light side and a shadow side of the object, and substantially the complete object is imaged from the at least three imaging directions by the at least one imaging means, wherein the imaging directions and the illumination directions, on the one hand, and the object, on the other, are movable defined relative to each other with several degrees of freedom, wherein the images and/or the data derived therefrom are stored in the data collection, wherein images are made in various relative positions of image capture devices and illumination devices, on the one hand, and of the object, on the other, and wherein the illumination devices and the image capture devices are arranged substantially star-shaped, the illumination directions as viewed from one direction comprising in pairs an angle between 75 degrees and 145 degrees, preferably 120 degrees and as viewed from one direction the imaging directions comprising in pairs an angle between 75 degrees and 145 degrees, preferably 120 degrees.