Mechanical Room 3D Documentation Houston, TX
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is an intelligent 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct and manage buildings and infrastructure.
Registration
Laser Beam Direction - prism rotation
Laser scanning project starts with placing out registration targets to a permanent stationary object. These targets are going to become linking points for creating a project PointCloud in the registration process after survey is completed. The shape of registration objects is varying from a 3D object to a plate but the most commonly used is the checkerboard and the sphere.
These types of targets were placed out systematically in the mechanical room and the scan performed with the appropriate settings (laser grid density was 1.5M points within 10m).
Registration - Sphere
Registration - Checkerboard
Black circle on the plan view map (top-left corner) indicates scan station locations.
After all the scan positions are completed, the next step was to perform pointcloud registrations and basic filtering on the dataset.
Perspective view
Registration was successfully performed the alignment was less than 1/4” (within a 10m range). Now the project PointCloud is ready for further analysis or vectorization.
Objects or distance are measurable
Applicable Industries for 3D Documentation
•Civil - (Use intelligent, connected workflows to help improve predictability, productivity and profitability.)
•Architecture
•MEP – (Improve MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) design quality and collaborate in real time to support the project delivery process.)
•Construction – (Digitize your construction site and connect project information from design through construction and handover.)
•Structures – (Explore how structural design and detailing software helps you win new business and support project delivery.)
•Plant – (Manage the design and construction of intelligent piping, structures, and processes more efficiently and collaboratively throughout project lifecycle and at hand-off.)
