HDS laser scanning can quickly and accurately capture simple or complex building geometry. Multiple scans can be registered together and unified into a single three dimensional “point cloud” which can be used to extract 2D or 3D information from. Below is a sample of a building façade that was scanned to create a 2D exterior elevation.

More complex information can be studied and extracted from the point cloud data such as the following partial section taken through a complex building roof structure. Exact sizes of structural members, angles and complicated dimensions can easily be derived and/or modeled.

BENEFITS OF LASER SCANNING

Below are some of the many benefits of laser scanning:

• Scanning allows you to capture vast amounts of data quickly. This means we can get in and out quickly minimizing any disruption to building occupants.
  
• All scanned information is captured in 3D and can be represented either in 2D or 3D for the final deliverables. In addition, not all information needs to be extracted right away. This gives you the flexibility to manage your costs by only extracting the data you need, when you need it. As your project progresses, should there be a need for more information it can be obtained without the need for further survey.
  
• Scanning can capture detail and complex geometry faster and more accurately than conventional surveying methods. Above ceiling plenum ductwork and piping, structural systems, ornate facades, surface modeling, etc.
  
• Once the scan data is modeled, drawings can easily be generated from the model in the form of unlimited sections in any direction, vertically or horizontally.