In today's world, advancing technology has undoubtedly made great strides in the mapping and surveying industry. Naturally, laser scanning devices have also benefited from these technological advancements. These devices are now being used in many sectors, including reverse engineering services.
Last year, we had the opportunity to get acquainted with the RTC 360 laser scanner from Leica Geosystems, one of the leading brands in the industry. This beast, with its high resolution and 2,000,000 point scanning speed per second, excited us from the moment we first used it with its millimeter-level measurement accuracy. Without getting lost in technical details, I want to share our user experience with this beast, which we have been using in the field for a long time.
LEICA RTC360 User Experience
Our working area is an industrial facility. We perform necessary measurements to detect deformed gas pipes and reverse engineer the supporting structures for modeling them as solids in Autocad Plant 3D software.
This device, which caught everyone's attention as soon as we took it out of the box, has dimensions of 120x240x230 mm. The RTC360, which weighs an average of 5 kilograms and provides a stable measurement when used with its own tripod, enables us to establish a session quickly without wasting time thanks to its IMU sensor, which measures its own slope and bubble level.
You need a phone or tablet to remotely control the installed device. We used an iPad for all of our measurements. The device, which we can manage with the Cyclone FIELD 360 software, has really been designed with user experience in mind. The connection quality between the device and the iPad was also quite successful.
After the necessary installation procedures, we start our first scan. After pressing the Start button, the session time is approximately 2.5 minutes, including the device's panoramic photo shoot time. We can say that the RTC360, which measures an average of 2,000,000 points per second, is really skilled at its job. RTC 360, which provides the opportunity to simulate the sessions we measured in the field on the tablet, also makes our workload in the office much easier.
After completing the measurements at the industrial facility by coming back to the office, when we looked at the point cloud data, the result was truly impressive. The noise was almost non-existent, the quality of the measurements was very good, and the HDR panoramic photos looked amazing. Leica RTC 360 is delivering everything it promised and more. Its high precision and measurement speed easily set it apart from its competitors, making it a leader in the industry. Now it's time for modeling.
In this article, as the KG Engineering team, we have tried to share our experiences with RTC 360 with you. The RTC 360 that we currently use as equipment is really in a leading position in its class with its high measurement accuracy and fast measurement time. If you would like to learn more about laser scanning systems or have any questions, you can contact us at info@kgmuhendislik.com or leave a comment below.
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