Measured Building Surveys – Happy Halloween allow our scanning teams to access some rather interesting and spooky places. With basements, attics to abandoned factories the team at M3S have all enjoyed exploring these areas while scanning to allow for a complete survey to aid the creation of plans and models.

Measured Building Surveying Using Laser Scanning

M3S use both a Leica RTC360 and Leica P40 laser scanner to capture the as built conditions on site. These scanners can capture data at rates of up to 2 million points per second on the RTC and up to 1 million points per second on the P40. To allow for a complete survey the team are often in basements, attics, abandoned buildings etc.  With such good coverage the CAD team can accurately draw and model all areas of the building.

Captured Data LIDAR From Measured Surveys  – Cyclone Register 360 / Cyclone Core

Once the data has been captured on site, the data is imported to Leica Cyclone.  If the RTC360 has been used with VIS is gets imported to Register 360 for an initial registration before being imported to Cyclone Core where full registration and further QC takes place. Once the registration, quality control and any additional survey control is added the registration is locked and the data exported to allow it to carry on to the production stage of the project.

“Spooky” Scenes From Previous Measured Building Surveys

The following scenes are snapshots from the point clouds that the scan team at M3S has captured this year…. with a little bit of “Photoshop” to help out!!

A haunting rural scene at a measured building survey with topo earlier this year a short drive outside Krakow. #MeasuredSurvey #LaserScanning #Topo #Halloween

Down in the deep, dark basements of an abandoned building in Eastern Europe for a scan to Revit model. Cyclone Core didnt quite manage to clean out the ghosts. #Haunted #Scan2BIM #CycloneCore #EveryDetailMatters

Our Scan Team were not so lucky when they surveyed this former factory – we have enough scan data for the crime scene team to investigate. #CrimeScene #Halloween2021 #EveryDetailMatters #JasonVoorhees #RTC360

More information  can be found on the official Leica Geosystems website  – click here

M3S Surveys Ltd – Laser Scanning, CAD, REVIT, Surveying and Photogrammetry Services:

Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/terrestrial-laser-scanning/

Topographic Surveys – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/topographic-surveys/

Photogrammetry – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/photogrammetry/

Aerial Surveys – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/aerial-surveys/

Spatial Data Analysis & Processing – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/spatial-data-analysis-processing/

Registration Tutorials For Leica Cyclone

The M3S team have spent years using and improving our work flows for laser scanning & measured surveying. From on site, registration software, QC to production for plans, elevations, cross sections, topo and Revit models. In addition to these products the laser scanning data can also be used for the following:

• Point Cloud (view / import to 3rd party software)
• Jet Stream Viewer (desktop viewer that allows the client to visit the site and each scan location with the ability to measure etc)
• Ortho from Point Cloud (high resolution ortho image can be generated and underlaid in CAD)
• LGS (a Leica Geosystems file that can be used in Jet Stream and CloudWorx)

The video below is a screen recording from point cloud data (LGS format) in the free to use Leica Jet Stream viewer.  It can be used on your local machine or hosted online* (depending on data size this can be costly).

Desk Top Site Visit – Jet Stream Viewer

Revit Model From Point Cloud – Laser Scanning & Measured Surveying

Once of the products that be produced from the successful data capture from laser scanning is a Revit model. This is produced from modeling the point cloud. The following video shows what can be produced:

Measured Building Survey – 3D Laser Scanning For Revit Model

Surveying Services

Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/terrestrial-laser-scanning/

Building Surveys (MBS) – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/measured-building-surveys/

Topographic Surveys – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/topographic-surveys/

Photogrammetry – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/photogrammetry/

Aerial Surveys – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/aerial-surveys/

Spatial Data Analysis & Processing – https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/spatial-data-analysis-processing/

Links:

3D Revit Model – https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/revit/overview?plc=RVT&term=1-YEAR&support=ADVANCED&quantity=1

Leica P40 Laser Scanner – https://leica-geosystems.com/en-gb/products/laser-scanners/scanners/leica-scanstation-p40–p30

2D Cad Drawing – https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/autocad/overview?plc=ACDIST&term=1-YEAR&support=ADVANCED&quantity=1