Usually used in architecture and construction a lidar scanner consists of a high powered laser moving horizontally and a mirror rotating around a vertical axis.
Laser scan architecture.
3d laser scanning has immense potential for aiding the process of architectural design from the early stages of site documentation and conceptualization to monitoring construction progress and verifying as built accuracy.
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And many specific benefits based on your industry and application.
Laser scanning also requires a high end computer that can store and handle large amounts of data.
Laser scanning helps you understand your building the day the project starts keeping you from relying on outdated or inaccurate drawings.
The architectural applications of 3d laser scanning.
Full architecture reconstruction case study in 3df zephyr featuring dslr photos laser scanner data cad drawing.
When a complete scan is conducted early on you can design around obstacles you may not have even remembered to measure.
In this way the laser covers a huge area scanning thousands of dots every second.
Retrieval of tree branch architecture attributes from terrestrial laser scan data using a laplacian algorithm.