Measured Building Surveys Poland – 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 in Poland 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.  The high quality data collected allows the team to create 3D models, floor plans, elevations and cross sections. As well as extracting topographical data on suitable sites.

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.

Previous Measured Building Surveys

Our team has an office in Krakow with regular laser scanning in the city as well as further cities incluing Warsaw, Katowice, Wroclaw, Poznan, Lodz and Lublin.

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

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

Leica Cyclone REGISTER 360 Version 2021.1.2 is the most recent release from Leica GeoSystems point cloud registration software – the M3S Surveys team have been using the original Cyclone Core software for the last 8 years. Due to the recent addition to our scanner fleet of a Leica RTC360 we have been trying out Reigster 360 with the RTC360 data when using the VIS feature before importing the project into Cyclone Core for final registration and QC checks.

Registration in Leica Cyclone Reg 360

There are quite a few differences between the packages and for those of us set in our ways of using Cyclone Core its hard to get use to the more visual interface of Reg360.

Cyclone Register 360

Using VIS allows for the scans to be placed in the correct location before applying additional registration techniques and QC.

Reg360

Cyclone Core

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/

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/

Registration Tutorials For Leica Cyclone

Well 2021 so far has been busy, carried on from the busy end of 2020 in to 2021 with plenty of laser scanning in the UK and Poland.  The last 12 months with Covid have been a real roller coaster but thankfully due to the nature of many surveys taking place either out doors or in empty buildings many jobs have still managed to continue.  At M3S Surveys we are seeing an increase in demmand for laser scanning on smaller sites such as residential proprties that require detailed elevations, cross sections along with floor plans. All of our clients also recieve TruViews in the LGS format to allow them to view each scan station which can be shared with all the professional services involved in the project. One other advantage of the TruView LGS Viewer is that IFC can be load in and viewed against the point cloud.

Laser Scanning – TruView LGS Point Cloud Viewer & IFC File

Surveying Tools & Deliverable Files

Laser Scanning  – fast, accurate collection of all the visible points that is registered together to create a point cloud of your project.

Photography – we can capture standard high resolution imagery and a range of 360 images depending on the job specification.

UAV Photography – our partners in the UK & Poland are fully liscenced and insured to fly. The M3S team have years of experience on UAV projects including flying fixed wing and processing data.

Photogrammetry – the imagery captured with the UAV and terrestrial photography can be merged in specialist software and combined with laser scan data  and/or points surveyed using a total station for scale to produce high resolution ortho photos and models.

Land Surveying – survey control and topographical data captured.

2D & 3D Drawings – supply both 2D and 3D drawings and topos.

3D Revit Model – 3D model of as built conditions in various formats including Revit.

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

Leica RTC360 Laser Scanner – https://leica-geosystems.com/products/laser-scanners/scanners/leica-rtc360

Capturing Reality (Photogrammetry) – https://www.capturingreality.com/

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

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

Leica RTC360 Laser Scanner – https://leica-geosystems.com/products/laser-scanners/scanners/leica-rtc360

Capturing Reality (Photogrammetry) – https://www.capturingreality.com/

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

Over the last year the M3S Surveys Ltd team have been involved in several Survey For Renovation Projects – Engineers, Planning Consultant, Interior Designer, Quantity Surveyor & Architect. The majority of the sites have been large homes and outbuildings, all in various different conditions and states of repair.  Using a wide range of the latest technologies including laser scanners, total station, GNSS, cameras and UAV we are able to capture the as built conditions on site. This allows the team to then create a range products the client can use themself, share with their engineer, planning consultant, architect and interior designer. Our Survey For Renovation Projects – Engineers, Planning Consultant, Interior Designer, Quantity Surveyor & Architect , allow the data to be captured safely and quickly on site with the various products being delivered and shared with various professional services.  The LGS TruView has continued to prove very popular allowing anyone with a PC to install free to use software called Leica JetStream Viewer. This software then allows the LGS file to be attached and you can navigate through each scan station and take measurements and mark up areas.

Survey For Renovation Projects – Services & Products

Laser Scanning  – fast, accurate collection of all the visible points that is registered together to create a point cloud of your project.

Photography – we can capture standard high resolution imagery and a range of 360 images depending on the job specification.

UAV Photography – our partners in the UK & Poland are fully liscenced and insured to fly. The M3S team have years of experience on UAV projects including flying fixed wing and processing data.

Photogrammetry – the imagery captured with the UAV and terrestrial photography can be merged in specialist software and combined with laser scan data  and/or points surveyed using a total station for scale to produce high resolution ortho photos and models.

Land Surveying – survey control and topographical data captured.

2D & 3D Drawings – supply both 2D and 3D drawings and topos.

3D Revit Model – 3D model of as built conditions in various formats including Revit.

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

Leica RTC360 Laser Scanner – https://leica-geosystems.com/products/laser-scanners/scanners/leica-rtc360

Capturing Reality (Photogrammetry) – https://www.capturingreality.com/

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

The team at M3S Surveys Ltd would like to wish all clients, friends and family a Happy New Year. Let’s hope for a far better 2021!  With so many problems and hurdles caused with Covid 19, from travel bans, countries closed, businesses on furlough and others closed for good we have managed to battle through the year.

We have managed to carry on with our laser scanning & surveying through out 2020 delivering a range of products including point clouds, TrueView’s, 2D CAD drawings (elevations, cross sections, floor plans etc), 3D models (Revit), Topos and photogrammetry.

The range of industries we are now carrying out laser scanning has expanded further. This now includes engineers, planning consultants, architects, engineers, fabricators – all offering a range of services within the built environment, heritage, construction, food production, water and oil & gas.

Two of the main advantages our clients have found is the speed we can accurately survey with laser scanning (minimal to zero interruption to business, even less out of hours!) and the ability to re-visit the site through Leica Jet Stream Viewer on their desk top.

Here are a few images of some of the work we have been carrying out:

Happy New Year From All At M3S Surveys Ltd

Leica P40 – Laser Scanning & Surveying

Swan Engineering ( https://www.m3s-surveys.com/swan-engineering-fabrication-onsite-engineering/ )

Slice Through Point Cloud From Our Laser Scanning & Surveying Services

P40 Laser Scan Data – Industrial & Pipe Laser Scanning (https://www.m3s-surveys.com/services/terrestrial-laser-scanning/ )

Slice through point cloud in a basement

Scan2Bim Revit Model ( https://www.m3s-surveys.com/aec-mep-laser-scanning-and-model/ )

Plant Room & Pipe Laser Scan

Merry Christmas from M3S Surveys Ltd  ( https://www.m3s-surveys.com/merry-christmas/ )

M3S Surveys Ltd 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

Leica RTC 360 Laser Scanner – https://leica-geosystems.com/products/laser-scanners/scanners/leica-rtc360

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

Laser Scanning & Surveying Services Social Media Channels

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• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• Flickr
• YouTube

Instagram Video

Swan Engineering specialise in a range of manufacturing and repair of farm & factory equipment. They also carry out bespoke fabrication with complex electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic installations. Swan Engineering also have a large portfolio and experience in line installation, relocation, on-site and in-field repairs. As projects increase in size, the time taken to measure and survey increases dramatically. With using laser scanning large warehouses full of machinery and equipment can now be surveyed far quicker, more accurately and with the data being registered as a point cloud then exported to LGS the team can now use the data in the workshop and office.  From the point cloud we can also have 3D models produced of the site,  view 360 photos and take quick additional measurements.  The point cloud and model can also be used to avoid clashes.

Services

• Fabrication
• Machining
• Onsite Engineering
• Process Machinery

engineering and fabrication laser scanning

Recent Investment in Auchtermuchty, Fife:

Towards the end of 2019, the company also made a further large investment to the local area of over £400,000.

Swan Engineering plans £400,000 investment in Auchtermuchty site

Contact Details

Website http://swanengineering.co.uk/ 

Address:

Station Road Business Park,
Auchtermuchty, Fife, KY14 7DP
Tel: 01337 827 777
Email: enquiries@swanengineering.co.uk

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

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

Our Instagram – 3D Laser Scanning profile is starting to look as a bit better now with additional content added ever week: Click here to follow  –  https://www.instagram.com/m3ssurveysltd/

M3S Surveys Ltd are on the following social media platforms – please click the following links and like/share follow us on our social media channels for up to date photos and videos of our current projects. Our other profiles will be updated to match our Instagram – 3D Laser Scanning

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• Flickr
• YouTube

Non Social Media – Do You Need Any Laser Scanning or Land Surveying Services Carried Out?

Surveying for Architect, Engineer or Planning Consultant

(Laser Scanning & Land Surveying)

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

Social Media – Jet Stream Viewer:

The following image and video are a quick snap shot of how many of our clients are using the point cloud data on their local machines – with out the need of a fancy PC or expensive software they can view, measure and take snap shots from the point cloud. This has proven extremely valuable with in the planning process. You can also easily record video from your point cloud in Jet Stream which creates great content that can be shared on social media.

Jet Stream Viewer