PARACOSM – PX80

REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS OF

MOBILE LIDAR SCANNING
JOSH LOWE AMIR RUBIN
Strategic Partnerships President
Executive @AmirRubin
@makeFMcoolagain
 250º Color Camera

Velodyne
VLP-16
Velodyne
VLP-16

➔ FULL RGB COLOR POINT CLOUDS

➔ 80 M RANGE
➔ 300,000 POINTS PER SEC
➔ INDOOR / OUTDOOR USE
IMU
IMU
USE CASE

NEW 2D FLOOR PLANS FOR A

100,000 SQ FT HEALTHCARE
CAMPUS
SCAN PROCESS REGISTER MODEL
SCAN FIELD NOTES

➔ Break larger interiors down into

EXTERIOR
perform one scan for each
building exterior
INTERIOR
break up scans depending on
building size, density, and
complexity
scans of 10,000 - 40,000 sq ft
➔ Perform interior scans with
overlap in major areas to ensure
easy registration later
➔ Close the scan loop to achieve
higher accuracy
PROCESS FIELD NOTES

➔ The automatic processing time

Process the scans and is about 4X the scan time, and
load the data onto a can be performed after each
thumb drive
scan, or in a batch at the end.
REGISTER FIELD NOTES

➔ The process takes about 10

Open the scans on a minutes per scan for manual
computer back in the alignment and QA/QC.
office, load them into
CloudCompare, and align
the models manually ➔ Total alignment time for a
using the areas where single 100,000 square foot
they overlap to ensure asset is approximately 2-2.5
that they’re on the same hours.
relative coordinate
system.
MODEL FIELD NOTES

Open the .LAS files in

ReCap, convert them to
RCP format, import
them into Revit as a
group, then draw floor
plan over plan view of
point cloud.
TOTAL WORKFLOW IN HOURS
TOTAL COST TO
PRODUCE 2D PLAN VIEW
71%
REDUCTION IN
COST WITH
PX-80
SCANNING COST PER TERRESTRIAL
SQUARE FOOT SCANNING IS

3.5X

MORE
EXPENSIVE
THANKS FOR JOINING!
Contact:
Gannon Wilder, Business Development – gannon@paracosm.io
Amir Rubin, President – amir@paracosm.io

AkitaBox
Paracosm3D