LIDAR Scan of DMS

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@Paul_Morley

Does DMS own or did you have access to it some other way?

DMS doesn’t have a tool like this as far as I know but they did or still do have other types of 3D scanners. I have access to the tool via a makerspace like lab at work. I’ve discussed my work a bit before like the thread below.

Making on the Job

I’ve learned a lot from the space over the years but it’s hard to quantify that or share with others what that means (it’s not like there’s a degree or something to show). I recently had the opportunity at work to exercise some of the skills I’ve acquired at the space. It started with trying to scan a 2 million year old fossil on an industrial CT scanner. The X-rays couldn’t make it through the block with it laying down (the thickest part was too thick). [medium] A weekend of laser cutting ac…

@AlexRhodes runs the lab at work where I checked out the tool. Employees have access to the lab, tools, training, etc. It’s a great resource.

@Paul_Morley

Also, roughly how long did it take you to walk the space to capture it all?

It took around 40 minutes to do the scan which was split into three parts (old space, new space, and outside). The data was captured at normal walking speed. Turns out it takes a while to walk through everything at DMS.

@Josh_Melnick

how did you do this??

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LIDAR Scan of DMS

The LIDAR scan data came from a GeoSLAM ZEB Horizon scanner which is based on the Velodyne Puck. https://geoslam.com/solutions/zeb-horizon/ The software I used to render the data is called Houdini which is an incredibly powerful and flexible computer graphics program.