3D Engineering Solutions, a designer of process tooling and fixtures for aerospace, automotive, nuclear, and green energy industries, and a provider of non-contact digital 3D laser scanning and dimensional laser inspection services has used long range laser scanning to digitize the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.
The Faro long range laser scanner is shown capturing massive rotunda of Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.
The company used the Faro, a high-speed, moveable laser scanning device and obtained accurate measurements of the art deco museum. The measurements will aid engineers and architects in their preservation efforts. The deco structure was captured with millimeter-accuracy as data points. The scanning, which took a couple of hours generated millions of data points as 53 GB of data.
As part of the effort, a fly-through video of the museum center’s structure and its details were created. In addition with other software, the data generated by the scanning is being utilized for building information modeling. This will facilitate engineers and architects to create simulations for preserving The Cincinnati Museum Center.
The laser scanning services and the data collected were donated by the company to the museum center. Rob Glassburn, Vice President of Operations, 3D Engineering Solutions stated that long range laser scanning can be used to perform many activities, and that mapping of a facility was just one of its capabilities.
3D Facility Mapping of Union Terminal by Long Range Laser Scanning
The laser scanning tool can be used for capturing crime scenes and for inspection of structures. The laser scan can read surface textures, residues and tire treads even when the surroundings are pitch-black, he added.