Price (list by modules or components) --------------- make your selection -------------- $1790 - $4990 $7,500 $8,750 $9,750 8500 Call Local Rep. Consult SIS Consult Trimble Contact local Topcon dealer Contact Maptek I-Site represen... Contact Trimble dealer Free Included with DeltaSphere; con... Included with the Scanner On demand POA [2]
Laser scanner brands and models from which data can be imported directly --------------- make your selection -------------- 3 DIS 1500 All All (ASCII or PTC format) All (all brands can be importe... All brands All [3] DeltaSphere-3000IR, also Polhe... IMAGER 5003 & IMAGER 5006 & Al... Leica Geosystems, FARO, Riegl,... Maptek I-Site/MDL/Optech Maptek I-Site/Riegl/Optech/Lei... Riegl Topcon Topcon GLS-1000 and GLS-1500
Operating systems supported (if one is preferred, please state) --------------- make your selection -------------- 7/Vista/XP/2000 AutoCAD application (e.g. Arch... Microsoft MicroStation Win 200, XP 32 and 64 , Vista ... Win XP 32 and 64 , Vista 32 an... Windows 2000, NT, XP Windows 7, Windows Vista, Wind... Windows NT, XP Windows Vista 64, WIndows XP 6... Windows Vista 64, Windows XP x... Windows XP Windows XP and Vista (32-bit) Windows XP Professional, Windo... Windows XP, Vista Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 X... Windows XP/Vista/7
Minimum CPU requirement --------------- make your selection -------------- 1.5ghz Pentium 4 2 GH 2 GHz Pentium 4 or Higher 2.5 ghz 2.5GHz processor 2GHz Intel Pentium Core Duo 2.0 GHz... Like AutoCAD Pentium 1.6 GH Pentium 4 2GHz Pentium 4 or later Pentium 4, 2 Giga Hertz
Minimum RAM required --------------- make your selection -------------- 1 GB 1024 MB 1GB 1GB (2GB for Windows Vista) 1GB RAM 2 GB 2 GB (4 GB recommended) 2000 MB 2048 MB 256mb Minimum; 1024mb Maximum 512 MB 512 MB (2 GB recommended) Like AutoCAD (recommended 2 GB... Pentium 4 2GHz
Space required on hard disk to properly run application, including swap space, etc. (list in Mb) --------------- make your selection -------------- 12 mb 2000MB 2048 MB 2048 MB (Up to 10GB for large... 2048 MB (Up to 10GB for large ... 2GB 4 GB 45 mb 5 GB 50 MB (512 MB swap) 512 MB 700mb project example; 40gb pr... A small 30-60GByte Based on project Like AutoCAD Sufficient space to store raw ... Sufficient to store raw data [8]
Other hardware requirements --------------- make your selection -------------- 3D Graphic Card Recommended 3D graphics card Accelerated 3D graphics, 3 but... Discrete video card with 128 M... GeForce graphics card 128M mem... graphic card (minimum 256 MB) Like AutoCAD No NTFS File system, Raid 0 drive... Nvidia Quadro FX graphic board OpenGL Graphics Video Card w/DirectX 9.0c supp... [4]
Cloud Editing/Analysis
Can features be defined with user-created code libraries? --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Only individual coding Points can be assigned feature... Yes Yes [9] Yes, Import codes from CAiCE, ...
Feature codes exportable to CAD software? (specify which software ) --------------- make your selection -------------- AutoCad/Imageware Coded points can be exported t... Direct pointcloud links to: Au... MicroStation/AutoCAD N/A N/A (already in CAD) No, runs in CAD VRML models, lines, OBJ Yes Yes via DXF format Yes, All Major CAD Packages Yes, LandXML, ASCII
Can user compare cloud or shapes fitted to clouds to plan or perform theoretical shape and interference checking? (State which, all or none.) --------------- make your selection -------------- All Clash Detection module (PointC... No None Yes Yes [9] Yes, all Yes, interference checking
Ability to make measurements such as distances, angles, areas, volumes, of lines, planes, shapes and other surfaces from cloud? (State which, all or none.) --------------- make your selection -------------- All Distances between points, line... distances, angles, areas Distances, angles, areas, volu... Distances, angles, areas, volu... Distances, angles, polylines, ... Yes Yes [9] Yes, all Yes, distances and 3D model ge... Yes, linear only
Can user overlay or drape a photograph from an external source (e.g., digital camera) on cloud or elements extracted from cloud? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Version 2.0 Yes Yes (from internal scanner cam... Yes, 4400/8800 series scanner ... Yes, fully automatic Yes, [10] Yes, [5]
Ability to register scans without the use of targets? --------------- make your selection -------------- NA No No (product for post-processin... Yes Yes [17] Yes, fully automatic Yes, using geometry
Ability to place several clouds from different scans in coordinated 3D space using total station or GPS survey data that has been used to determine positions of scanner and alignment of scans? --------------- make your selection -------------- NA No Under development - combine an... Yes
Analyze points in a cloud representing shapes such as planes, cylinders and spheres to detect measurement outliers? --------------- make your selection -------------- No None Planes Planes, spheres Yes Yes (planes and cylinders) Yes (Pro planes and cylinders)
Ability to integrate scans with floor plans, engineering drawings of objects and surveyed information? (State which, all or none.) --------------- make your selection -------------- All All (2D plans, 3D CAD models) Engineering drawings and surve... Import drawings from DWG and D... Import total station data and ... No None Yes Yes, all
Automate decimation of points in selectable areas to make data files as compact as possible? --------------- make your selection -------------- NA No No (manual only) Yes Yes, FA
Is fitting of lines, planes and shapes to cloud done manually or automatically, or both? --------------- make your selection -------------- Automatic plane fitting. Also ... Both both (lines, planes, pipes) Manually Manually for polylines (automa... N/A No Yes
- For automatic and manual fitting, what techniques are used or available (e.g. least squares, taking average, etc.)? --------------- make your selection -------------- Best fit least square Least squares least squares & Orthoganal Reg... Least Squares and others Least squares distance, ICP Least squares, best fit Least squares, minimum circums... Least squares; catalog N/A No Yes
Ability to automatically track lines or limits of areas by color or texture discrimination? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Yes Yes, segment by intensity
Ability to automatically calculate and list alignment of center line of shapes (such as a pipe) containing straight and curved segments such as elbows? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Yes Yes, calculate Yes, straight Yes, straight (Pro) Yes.. calculating center lines...
Maximum number of points that can be loaded --------------- make your selection -------------- 100 Million in one reference. ... 128 million on 32 bit PC 20 million in 3D (hardware dep... 20 million per view window (1) 200,000,000 3 billion, 10 million recommen... CPU & RAM Dependent depends on system limits Four Billion limited by PC memory N/A N/A [13] No limit over 200 million 64-bit Editio... Unlimited
Automatic removal of noise (e.g., cars on road, vegetation, etc.)? --------------- make your selection -------------- Cars and people with multi-sca... No Yes Yes - Rules based
Rendering/CAD Model Generation/Viewing
Does software automatically or manually generate or create CAD models or model segments from point clouds and other known information? (Specify level of automation and intelligence.) --------------- make your selection -------------- Automatic and Interactive meth... Automatic VRML models from poi... Manually No semi-automatic line fitting, A... Yes Yes, Automated Yes, level of automation is hi... Yes, level of automation is hi... Yes, level of automation is hi... Yes, semi/automatic. Level of... Yes, Surface Models Yes, [11] Yes, [6] Yes, [9]
Are items (CAD models such as pipes, steel, flanges, elbow) fit to the point cloud using standard object tables/catalogs? --------------- make your selection -------------- No No [9] No, but a user's custom librar... Using primitives Yes
Create statistical quality assurance reports on the modeled objects? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Yes
Automatically compute, without user interaction, a full 3D polygonal mesh (not view-based) from a point cloud? --------------- make your selection -------------- Automatic No No (in v2.0) Yes Yes, FA
Perform contour generation? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Yes
Perform volume calculation capabilities? --------------- make your selection -------------- No No (is a AutoCAD feature) Version 2.0 Yes
Perform solid modeling (volume generation) based on user-defined lines, planes and other surfaces as bounds? --------------- make your selection -------------- All No Yes Yes, volumes
Perform profile and cross-section generation along any cutting plane, family of planes or road alignment? --------------- make your selection -------------- Yes No Yes Yes, via feature coding
Have edge detection technology to determine boundaries of solids, planes and other shapes? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Version 2.0 Yes Yes, edges, planes, low, high,... Yes, Plane intersection lines ...
Perform automatic extraction of standard shapes from cloud (e.g. pipe fittings, structural steel members, etc.)? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Pipe center-line Pipe fitting, cylinder fitting Yes Yes {14]
Can user view cloud or generated shapes or models from any viewpoint in 3D? --------------- make your selection -------------- Yes No Yes
Are fly-throughs or walk-throughs supported? --------------- make your selection -------------- No No recording Yes Yes (is a AutoCAD feature) Yes (Video generation)
Have intelligent display of detail depending on scale of the view? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Supports variable resolution (... Yes Yes (images)
Can user select transparent/opaque surface for cloud and CAD shapes? --------------- make your selection -------------- Like AutoCAD No Yes
Which export formats are supported? --------------- make your selection -------------- Multiple 11 Formats, [7] 3dp, 3dv, ma, vrml, dxf, dwg, ... acis rendering All standard formats As AutoCAD As MicroStation As PDMS As SmartPlant ASCII Ascii, Crystalix, 3DD with SOP... AutoCAD DXF R12, COE, ASCII, X... DGN, DWG, DXG, IGES, ACIS SAT,... DXF, CSV, PXA dxf, dwg, dgn, asc, obj, kml, ... LandXML, Leica DBX, Custom ASC... Like AutoCAD plus kubit PTC Multiple N/A PTS, PTX, TXT, DWG, DXF, LAS, ... RTPI,VRML, ASCI XYZ, OBJ TXT, IGES,DXF,STL,OBJ,VRML.Mic... vrml, dxf, dwg, dxb, obj, 00t,...
Specify other measurement tools (e.g., clearance, cut/fill, table of elevation differences) --------------- make your selection -------------- All Annotations Clearance, Surface Deviation, ... Delta from X,Y or Z Full 2D and 3D inspection tool... Heights, lengths, angles, radi... Many (2) Multiple Multiple Inspection Tools Avai... None Numerous: consult Trimble Perpendicular point to plane Point Readout; Altitude Read, ...
Can the pointcloud be rendered with visualization effects (e.g., intensity mapping, elevation mapping, shading, silhouette)? --------------- make your selection -------------- Like AutoCAD No Yes Yes, all Yes, all and more Yes; laser intensity, range, f...
Can the software automatically detect scan targets? --------------- make your selection -------------- Automatic detection of target ... N/A No Yes Yes, spherical & planar
Miscellaneous
Provide high-speed thumbnail views of scans, clouds, photographic images and generated shapes? --------------- make your selection -------------- No Yes
Can client/server system support multiple users? --------------- make your selection -------------- No No, System includes multiple l... Yes
Is client/server system supported to enable several clients contributing to a single project? --------------- make your selection -------------- No No, It is easy to have multipl... Yes Yes, simultaneously
Other Features
Describe --------------- make your selection -------------- Auto intersection of planes to... Bubble view support Cyclone II TOPO is an easy to ... Grid cell manager to split hug... Image extension: combined eval... Integrated WiFi control Many (3) See (3) Station-based navigation - Ima... TruView is an easy to use, fre... Usable in standalone (LASERGen... Yes [15] [16]