Any caveats when combining terrestrial scans from two different manufacturers? We have a Faro S series and an X7. The seems to have similar accuracy (2mm).
we have a larger job coming up and want to split the scanning to save time on the field.
Combining scans from different manufacturers
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Re: Combining scans from different manufacturers
When i combine riegl with tx5 (faro) i just scan some spheres with the Riegl, extract the center coordinates from Riscan and import that in Faro Scene.Augusto 3D wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:30 pm Any caveats when combining terrestrial scans from two different manufacturers? We have a Faro S series and an X7. The seems to have similar accuracy (2mm).
we have a larger job coming up and want to split the scanning to save time on the field.
I'll export both datasets and import them in Pointcab for 1 nice combined dataset.
I'm sure the X7 software knows how to calculate the center of a sphere as well.
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Re: Combining scans from different manufacturers
interested to learn more about your workflow. So you bring the sphere centers as control points into Scene ? I mean you should be scanning the same speheres with both scanners no?landmeterbeuckx wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pmWhen i combine riegl with tx5 (faro) i just scan some spheres with the Riegl, extract the center coordinates from Riscan and import that in Faro Scene.Augusto 3D wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:30 pm Any caveats when combining terrestrial scans from two different manufacturers? We have a Faro S series and an X7. The seems to have similar accuracy (2mm).
we have a larger job coming up and want to split the scanning to save time on the field.
I'll export both datasets and import them in Pointcab for 1 nice combined dataset.
I'm sure the X7 software knows how to calculate the center of a sphere as well.
PointCab is nice, I wish they had some better extraction tools because in terms of rasterizing scans, nothing beats it.
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Re: Combining scans from different manufacturers
Of course i scan the same spheres with both scanners. In Riscan incan extract the center of a sphere. I import that in SceneAugusto 3D wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:17 pminterested to learn more about your workflow. So you bring the sphere centers as control points into Scene ? I mean you should be scanning the same speheres with both scanners no?landmeterbeuckx wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pmWhen i combine riegl with tx5 (faro) i just scan some spheres with the Riegl, extract the center coordinates from Riscan and import that in Faro Scene.Augusto 3D wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:30 pm Any caveats when combining terrestrial scans from two different manufacturers? We have a Faro S series and an X7. The seems to have similar accuracy (2mm).
we have a larger job coming up and want to split the scanning to save time on the field.
I'll export both datasets and import them in Pointcab for 1 nice combined dataset.
I'm sure the X7 software knows how to calculate the center of a sphere as well.
PointCab is nice, I wish they had some better extraction tools because in terms of rasterizing scans, nothing beats it.
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Re: Combining scans from different manufacturers
Intensity returns from different instruments can be very different. Ranges vary and can be linear or logarithmic. Can make drawing using Intensity on the combined mode a bit of a pain.
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Re: Combining scans from different manufacturers
We've recently done a job that combined data from a Faro S150, NAvVis VLX, Emesent Hovermap and DJI M300/P1.
All went together without a problem as our survey control was good.
All went together without a problem as our survey control was good.
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