Benefits
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Quarries are ideal for scanning. Detailed data about cliff faces and benches can be collected safely and quickly. |
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A scan of an historic building at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem - made with the FARO Photon scanner - looks like a black and white photo. The information can be used for historic preservation. |
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This historic lathe was scanned and the visual point cloud was rotated and viewed from every perspective to identify and dimension its extremities. |
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The frames attached to the hull of the Island Spirit were prefabricated based on scan data. The boat yard reports that the pieces fit "like a jig saw puzzle." |
Data is captured quickly “on-site”.
Scanning can be completed quickly, reducing impacts to traffic and site activities. Ships are not kept in dry-dock for lengthy periods to take measurements.
The data we capture is dense and depicts detailed information about the shape and irregularities for every visible surface. The precision of the scans matches or exceeds conventional surveying, and the level of detail far exceeds conventional surveying.
Scanning allows a “hands-off” approach.
Scanning can be used to collect data in difficult or dangerous sites. We can access hard to reach heights and depths remotely (in other words, without the need to physically touch the scanned surface).
Tall structures, bridges, freeways, busy intersections, ship hulls and interiors, industrial facilities, hazardous sites, and landslides can be scanned quickly and safely.
Scanning can be completed in the dark.
Freeways, intersections, tunnels, and even parking lots can be scanned at night. By scanning metal structures at night, varying temperatures and sunlight are less likely to cause distortion. Nooks and crannies of building interiors can be scanned without lighting.
Scanning produces visual results and supports a variety of deliverables.
The results of 3D scanning are visual and immediate. With the new scanner, the results resemble a black and white photograph. The scan data be "toured" from the desktop and used for visualizations.
In many instances, viewing the raw data provides key information. Dimensions and scalable images can be generated directly from the point cloud by Westlake or by end-users with free or low cost software.
The deliverables we produce reflect the end-users needs. Complex shapes can be dimensioned, modeled, or cross-sectioned.
Site inventorying is now a realistic goal.
Our scans create a database of 3D coordinates. Scan data constitutes a geometrically reliable and visual inventory.
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Calculating a new dimension or locating a new site feature can be accomplished by revisiting the data in the office, rather than by revisiting the site - which may be a building across the country or a ship at sea.
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Expanding the scope of the scanning effort can provide an inventory of site conditions for long-term planning and future projects.
- As design drawings are completed, the engineer or architect can check for interferences and plan for construction.
- Scan data can eliminate costly retrofit work, supporting prefabrication and effective construction planning.
- Scan data can be used in GIS-type data bases and updates as site conditions change.
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