A new camera calibration technique for 3D machine vision with the radial alignment constraint (RAC) is described.This method seperates camera parameters by using RAC
gives a new camera model with one term radial lens distortion
and provides the solution through a linear algorithm according to the reasonable order instead of traditional nonlinear optimization
so it shows high accuracy and simplicity.The technique has successfully been applied to calibrate the CCD camera fixed on ZEISS CMM.