3D Laser Scanning Services

3D laser scanners enable the rapid collection of detailed, three-dimensional data from complex environments, efficiently capturing millions of precise data points in their current state. This innovative technology provides businesses with access to critical information that was once difficult to obtain, supporting smarter decision-making while reducing costs and time investment.

Our scanning process involves precise registration in the field, ensuring alignment with your CAD coordinate system. This allows seamless integration of the point cloud into AutoDesk CAD software, enabling our customers to effortlessly insert or reference the data for accurate and efficient project workflows.

Scan data is seamlessly integrated into your 2D or 3D AutoCAD environment, streamlining the creation of new or updated plant layouts. Laser scanning allows as-built data to be directly imported into AutoCAD layouts, eliminating the need to manually interpret and transfer mark-ups from drawings.

Traditional field checks with tape measures are time-consuming and prone to errors. By replacing this step in the standard layout workflow, laser scanning significantly enhances accuracy and reduces design time.

In the architectural field, scans are often integrated directly into Revit or BIM environments. They have become a standard tool within the architectural community, particularly in estimating, design, and engineering processes. Scans are especially valuable as a starting point for older structures lacking existing engineering drawings.

Laser scanning not only provides precise "as-built" drawings but also enables the use of advanced clash detection tools to identify interferences between CAD models and point clouds. This technology allows us to run collision detection and pinpoint potential pinch points between the current as-built environment and proposed modifications.

Using our scans and 3D models, we can generate a comprehensive report detailing every pinch point based on customer standards and highlighting hard collisions throughout the system. This eliminates the need for a team of engineers to manually inspect the facility with tape measures or other traditional methods, significantly improving accuracy and efficiency.

By leveraging 3D point cloud data and AutoCAD software, we can extract cross-sections from any part of the point cloud. These cross-sections are used to generate precise 2D drawings of the existing facility layout or to measure specific dimensions as needed. This approach eliminates problems like missed measurements, errors in manual data translation, and data loss, reducing the need for additional site visits.

The project timeline is expedited by utilizing a unified "data set" that all team members can access. This shared resource ensures everyone has a clear understanding of the exact environmental conditions, enabling them to adjust, schedule, and respond efficiently. Laser scanning creates a single source of truth, allowing the entire team to collaborate seamlessly and make informed decisions.