PointCab

The Interdisciplinary Competence Centre (Interdisziplinäres Kompetenzzentrum Altbau (InKA)) of the university of Siegen accomplished the registration of the whole geometry of a factory of an industrial firm by means of laser scanning. The factory covers an area - including buildings and other elements - of about 10,000 square metres. All supply pipes and disposal lines had also to be documented which resulted in a great amount of laser scans.

The city - as a habitat and space for living - is undergoing a renaissance. People are looking for interesting properties. More often than not, old industrial buildings are renovated and turned into living areas. In this project, an old mustard factory was to be converted. The factory building with the shape of the letter U consists of several rooms over two floors. The rooms are filled with machines for production purposes and serve as storerooms and garages.

For the reconstruction of an old farmhouse in Wattenwil near Berne (Switzerland), AAP Atelier für Architektur und Planung AG performed the survey by 3D laser scanning as well as the analysis and interpretation by using the software PointCab by Laserscanning Europe.

Since the property had mostly been empty during the last years (because of high costs for maintenance), a reconstruction should be accomplished in order to be able to fully use the landmarked building as a home.

Using 3D technology, traffic accidents can be documented and afterwards reconstructed. For this purpose, the traces and the final positions of the involved vehicles are preserved and documented with all details in a scaled sketch. The dimensional sketch serves for reconstruction of the sequence of events leading to the accidents whereby not only the vehicles’ directions but also the collision and driving speed are determined. Using the results, the injury severity of the occupants can be found out.