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Benefits to using 3D point clouds.

Architects need 3D point cloud data when creating 2D floor plan designs for new construction projects, or renovating or redeveloping existing building projects.

3D point cloud provides highly accurate data, offering Architects, Building Designers, Interior Designers and Landscape Architects (just to name a few AEC professionals), a comprehensive view of the space they are working with. And no need to re visit the building site or space as all the existing data is always accessible in the 3D point cloud.

Providing 3D point clouds for AEC professionals is an efficient and effective way to help them save time and money, while leaving more time for creating the required professional designs for their clients, as well as issuing relevant documentation and permits.

Ongoing 3D point clouds can also be used during construction projects to compare as-built construction stages to design parameters – ideal for project management purposes.

3D point cloud files can be provided in various formats for interoperability use by Architects in their various CAD software programs, such as Revit, Recap Pro and BricsCAD.

How are point clouds created?

Using our BLK360G1 laser imaging scanner, we can capture 360,000 pts/second with an accuracy of <6mm over 10m with scanning range upto 60m radius. 360-degree spherical images with thermal imaging

What is a point cloud?

Generated by a 3D laser scanner, the time taken for the laser light to bounce back off any object within 60m is stored as an individual point. Each point has its own xyz coordinate. Millions of points of reality are captured, creating a crust-like layer of points over every object or surface. When joined together during the scanning process, these points create a 3D point cloud the existing building or space.

The process of scanning a building requires multiple scans and results in multiple point clouds. Each point cloud can be joined and this process is called registration.

Registration finds the overlapping point data from each scan and matches it up in 3 dimensions (xyz). Merging these multiple point clouds into one, bundling all point cloud data together so you have a single whole 3D point cloud of a building or space.

The point cloud scan can be co-ordinated using survey targets setup prior to scanning and surveyed by conventional methods, with relevant site boundary and/or height datum, AHD (Australian Height Datum) for example.

This coordinated 3D point cloud can be useful in architectural, engineering and construction purposes and can be linked to a conventional Contour & Detail Survey coordinate system.

Architects can get the complete survey package – an external Contour & Detail Survey combined with a 3D Point Cloud Survey. This combination provides the AEC professional with all the relevant internal and external information of a building site or space.