FARO As-Built Software
On-demand as-built data for building design
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Overview
Redesign of a building for repurpose, enhancement or maintenance requires on-demand, accurate and complete information of the as-built site to ensure your ideas will work. Failure in design results in cost overruns, unnecessary rework and diminished quality. The FARO As-Built Software solutions ensure architects and engineers efficiently create building designs based on precise as-built data that’s fully compatible with your CAD and BIM systems. As-Built reduces the time for information extraction from point cloud data and gets the job done right, so you and your customers can tackle the next big project.
Business Value of As-Built Software
- Ensure Better Deliverables : Create your design based on accurate, complete and anytime-available as-built data in order to ensure that your design will work. Validate your design by virtual overlay with the as-built site to run clearance checks and clash detection.
- Use with Existing Software : Use as-built data directly with your existing CAD and BIM systems. Proven data exchange interfaces and dedicated plug-ins for your design systems ensure highest model compatibility. As-Built’s user-guided interface reduces training to a minimum.
- Keep Budget and Schedules on Track : Increase efficiency with a faster design process using simple, intuitive and automated tools to transfer as-built information into your design systems. Take precise measurements anytime you need to, or transfer point clouds very fast into fully compatible CAD and BIM models to be used as a basis for further design creation.
- Gain More Transparency in Your Process : Overlay your final design with a virtual representation of the as-built conditions in order to either validate that your design will fit or explore your design options, resulting in better decisions across the involved stakeholders.
- Ensure Return on Investment : As-Built™ maximizes productivity, saving time and effort by preventing multiple visits to construction sites, and eliminates surprises in the construction process. Having the site accessible on your PC means it can be used on future project updates, amortizing the cost of the initial investment. Perpetual licenses and subscription options allow you to access the solution based on your needs.
As-Built Features
- BIM Extraction : Use automatic tools to extract objects and object systems for several disciplines of architecture and craft trades, plant engineering, MEP engineering, structural engineering and civil engineering. Powerful tools allow you to apply constraints to the design (e.g., keep highest accuracy while forcing the extracted model to be watertight).
- Floor Plans, Elevation Plans and Facade Plans : Creating slices and cross sections in the point cloud provides an overview of the as-built situation. Automatic tools help you extract line models and accelerate the creation of floor or elevation plans. Orthographic images of facades, which can be used in the CAD system, help to precisely plan assembly structures or preservation tasks.
- CAD Extraction : Extraction of surfaces and exporting in common CAD exchange formats (DXF, STEP, IGES) allow you to turn the point cloud into a CAD model, which can be used in your well-known CAD systems as an accurate as-built representation of the site.
- Design Validation : Virtually overlay your design with the as-built site in order to check if it will fulfill the clearance requirements or if it must be adjusted to avoid clashes. Tools for automatic surface deviation analysis or clash/clearance detection keeps the time investment to a minimum.
- Precise Measurement : Take measurements with millimeter-level accuracy. Measure distances, areas, volumes, clearances or highly precise tie-in points to bring your designs to next-level quality.
As-Built Applications
- Earthwork : Generate fast, accurate volume calculations of scanned stockpiles or excavations within building or civil engineering projects. Create accurate terrain models and topographical maps for civil engineering projects. Calculate clearance measurements for tunnels, bridges or highways.
- Outer Shell : Scan complete buildings to create missing as-built documentation, such as floor plans, elevation plans or façade plans, in order to plan your architectural model or assemblies such as façade panels, isolations or solar systems. Efficiently create 3D as-built models, including ground surfaces, walls, doors and windows, columns, beams and pillars, roofs or even pipe runs in commercial and industrial buildings, to kick off the BIM process with much lower effort and more confidence and transparency. Reconstruct, restore and conserve buildings and historic sites, thanks to detailed 3D scan data.
- Structures : Get accurate and complete site documentation for building structures made of wood, steel or concrete, such as roofs, beam systems, columns and pillars. Extract as-built models for structural calculations and analysis.
- Building Systems : Rely on this unmatched solution for as-built documentation of plant and MEP systems (e.g., piping or HVAC). Use inventory documentation of system elements to create bill of materials. Get high-accuracy measurements of tie-in points and clearances for SKID assemblies or other modular exchanges.
- Interior Finishing : Get true-to-deformation measurements of complex situations, such as roof structures, elevator shafts or interiors of historic buildings. Bypass outdated documentation for repurpose of buildings to plan drywall, carpentry or stairs. Validate designs to prefabricate construction modules that fit perfectly into the existing conditions without the need for rework.