Integrate the Digitized Facility with 3D CAD (Laser Scan Data in AutoCAD, AutoPlant, MicroStation, PDMS, PDS, SmartPlant)

Quantapoint enables integration of a high-definition Digitized Facility™ with 3D CAD to access more complete information for design, reducing remodeling time, design time and design clashes.

Put Reality into Your 3D Designs using the Digitized Facility

Laser Models integrate laser scan data to provide detailed, high-definition solid “models” of a Digitized Facility. Laser Models are 3D, visually clear and include fine details, unlike “point clouds” whose sparse measurements make it difficult to visualize or understand the facility and may not include fine details. Laser Models are relatively small and do not require a “point server”, so they may be loaded, rotated, and zoomed as needed to view a specific area or an entire facility. By integrating the Digitized Facility with 3D CAD, Quantapoint clients have been able to decrease remodeling time by 85%, design time by 60% and design clashes by 85%.

Integrate the Digitized Facility and Multiple 3D CAD Formats in PRISM 3D

The CAD Conversion Option for PRISM 3D™ enables 3D CAD models from various formats (such as AutoCAD, Catia, MicroStation and PDS) to be imported into PRISM 3D to view with and clash against one another and Laser Models. This enables multiple CAD packages to be effectively used during design.

Put Reality into Your Design Software with QuantaCAD
Quantapoint’s QuantaCAD™ – winner of an R&D Magazine award for innovation – puts reality into your design software by enabling facilities digitized using laser scanning to be accessed as high-definition Laser Models™ and photo-realistic Laser Images™ within various commercial packages, such as AutoCAD, AutoPlant, MicroStation, PDMS, PDS and SmartPlant Review.

Powerful Capabilities to Decrease Design Time and Clashes
Quantapoint capabilities for integrating the Digitized Facility with 3D CAD using the CAD Conversion Option and QuantaCAD include

• Access Laser Models, not “Point Clouds”
• View Laser Models with CAD models in 3D
• Work with Multiple Design Software
• Toolbar for quick access to commands
• QuickLoad™ Laser Models around CAD models
• Load Neighboring Laser Models
• Point, distance and piping measurements
• Graphical view of laser scan locations
• Clip and slice to remove obstructions
• Display CAD models as solid or wireframe
• Clash Laser Models with CAD models
• Demolition to hide Laser Models and clashes

Typical Benefits of Integrating the Digitized Facility with 3D CAD
By integrating the Digitized Facility and 3D CAD (PDF), Quantapoint clients have typically been able to

• Reduce remodeling time by 85% – Use the Digitized Facility instead of remodeling or as a basis to remodel
• Reduce field trips by 95% – Virtual site visits instead of trips
• Decrease design time by 60% – Easier access to information
• Cut rework from design clashes by 85% – Correct clashes between the Digitized Facility and the new design