Laser Scanning · CAD · Model · BIM
Laser-scanned reality, delivered as the drawing, model, or BIM your team actually needs.
One capture, three possible outputs. We set a control network with a Leica total station, scan with FARO, and process the point cloud only as far as your deliverable requires. Based in Budapest, working across Hungary and Central Europe.
FARO Focus Premium, published specification
| Instrument specification | Value |
|---|---|
| 3D position accuracy | 2 mm at 10 m, 3.5 mm at 25 m |
| Capture rate | up to 2,000,000 points per second |
| Delivery | LOD 200–500, processed to need |
Instrument figures published by FARO. What your model inherits depends on the control network, not on the data sheet. We explain the difference below.
Trusted by industrial and construction teams across Europe
Three services, one workflow
Choose the output your project needs
Scan to CAD
2D linework, dimensioned drawings, or fully superimposed as-built documentation — three levels of detail, DWG/DXF.
Explore Scan to CAD →Scan to Model
A clean 3D mesh or surface model for visualization, coordination review, or reverse engineering — not a full BIM build.
Explore Scan to Model →Scan to BIM
Coordination- or fabrication-grade Revit/IFC models, LOD 200–500, MEP-aware — sized to the design phase you're in.
Explore Scan to BIM →What you get
Everything we hand over
Fourteen deliverables, one capture. Which of them you receive is a scoping decision, not a different project and not a second mobilisation.
Point cloud and site record
| Deliverable | What it is | Who asks for it |
|---|---|---|
| Registered point cloud | .rcp ReCap project and E57 | Teams doing their own modelling, and tender specifications that name E57 |
| FARO SCENE 2go package | The registered scan walks on a normal Windows machine. No SCENE licence, no CAD, no training | Owners and site managers who need to look at the building without buying software |
| Panoramic tour / browser viewer | Scan positions linked to a site map, viewed in a browser | Distributed teams and clients reviewing a site they cannot visit |
Drawings and imagery
| Deliverable | What it is | Who asks for it |
|---|---|---|
| 2D CAD documentation | Plans, sections, elevations (DWG / DXF), three levels of completion | Renovation design, tender packages, area documentation |
| Orthophoto | Measurable rectified imagery, true to scale | Facade surveys, heritage documentation, condition mapping |
| 3D CAD model | Geometry without parametric intelligence | Coordination, layout studies, handover to a design office |
Models
| Deliverable | What it is | Who asks for it |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh / surface model | OBJ / FBX / STEP | Irregular geometry, visualisation, reverse engineering input |
| BIM model | Revit / IFC, LOD 200–500, developed per Need-LOD | Design basis, clash detection, fabrication, FM handover |
| Plant model | AutoCAD Plant 3D, pipe diameters recognised from the cloud | Process piping, brownfield retrofit, plant documentation |
| Reverse engineering | A model built from measurement where no reliable documentation exists | Equipment, switchgear, components, one-off installations |
Verification and measurement
| Deliverable | What it is | Who asks for it |
|---|---|---|
| Clash detection and as-built verification | Design model against cloud, or cloud against cloud, in Navisworks | Confirming what was built matches what was designed, before it is closed up |
| Deformation and movement monitoring | Repeat measurement over time against the same control network | Settlement, deflection, structures under load or under adjacent works |
| Volume survey | Volumetric calculation from the point cloud | Stockpiles, cut and fill, storage capacity |
| Registration and processing only | You capture, we register and process | Teams that own scanners but not the processing time |
One limit, stated plainly: plant models are delivered in AutoCAD Plant 3D. We do not model in AVEVA E3D or PDMS. If your project is contractually tied to an AVEVA database, we are the wrong supplier for the modelling and will tell you at the first call rather than at handover.
The Need-LOD philosophy
One capture, exactly as much detail as the job needs
The same registered point cloud can become a lightweight visualization mesh, a coordination-grade surface model, or a fully detailed BIM model. The raw capture never changes; only how far we take the processing does. That's what keeps a fast-turnaround project fast, and a fabrication-grade project accurate.
- Point cloud stays the single source of truth across CAD, Model, and BIM deliverables.
- Detail is raised where your use case needs it, left lean everywhere else.
- Delivered as a ReCap project (.rcp), ready to drop into Revit or AutoCAD.
The workflow
Total Station accuracy, FARO speed
- 1
Control network
A Leica Total Station establishes a geo-referenced network of control points across the site.
- 2
FARO capture
The FARO Focus Premium / S150 captures the point cloud, registered to those control points rather than cloud-to-cloud alone.
- 3
Registration
Every FARO scan position is registered to that network, not to whichever scan sits next to it — see what actually governs accuracy on your site below.
- 4
Need-LOD processing
We process the point cloud only to the level of detail your specific deliverable requires.
Accuracy
What actually governs accuracy on your site
Deliverable accuracy is set by the control network, not by the scanner's data sheet.
A FARO Focus Premium is specified at 2 mm 3D accuracy at 10 m. That describes one scan, in controlled conditions, at close range. Your model does not inherit that number. It inherits the error that accumulates when dozens of scans are joined together across a building, and on a 180 m production hall that accumulation is what decides whether a fabricated spool arrives and fits.
So we work the other way round. A Leica total station establishes a geo-referenced network of control points and targets across the site first. Every FARO scan position is then registered to that network, not to whichever scan happens to sit next to it. The error stops compounding along the length of the building, because each scan is tied back to a surveyed coordinate instead of to its neighbour.
Cloud-to-cloud registration is faster and it costs less. On a house, an office floor or a single hall it is the right call and we will say so. On a plant, we do not use it as the primary method, because drift is not something you can argue about with a fabricator after the steel is cut.
Where the method gets harder, and what we tell you before mobilising: highly reflective or wet surfaces return poor data; plant that keeps moving during the scan has to be captured in one pass or excluded; dense pipe racks create occlusion that needs extra positions rather than clever processing; and if targets cannot be placed safely in a live area, the control network has to be designed around that constraint before anyone arrives on site.
By the numbers
Intera Survey, in numbers
Industrial track record
Real Scan to BIM work on real industrial sites
From a transformer substation to a warehouse automation project, industrial facilities are where our hybrid Total Station + FARO workflow earns its keep — dense equipment, tight clearances, and zero tolerance for a model that doesn't match reality.
Oil & Gas Processing Facility — Industrial Scan to BIM
A large, operational oil and gas processing facility needed accurate as-built documentation of its process equipment, piping, and structural steel — the kind of dense, safety-critical environment where a rushed or incomplete survey is most likely to show up as a clash later. Given the sensitivity of the site, this case study is deliberately kept without a named client or location.
Transformer Substation Documentation
An electrical transformer/substation unit needed a fully reverse-engineered BIM model before the client's MEP team could begin detailed design work — the existing paperwork didn't reflect what was actually installed, and the equipment was dense enough (transformer body, switchgear, cable routing) that guessing from photos wasn't an option.
DN Warehouse Storage Area, Cluj — LOD 300 Scan to BIM for Automation Design
DN, in Cluj, Romania, needed an accurate LOD 300 BIM model of a warehouse storage building. It was the baseline an automation contractor would design a storage system against, so every clearance and structural dimension had to be real, not assumed from the original drawings.
Sisters of Mercy Hospital, Zagreb — Facade Modeling & Installation Control
Akfen İnşaat and Dost İnşaat, in consortium, are building the Sisters of Mercy Hospital (Sestre Milosrdnice) in Zagreb. The project needed accurate facade measurement and 3D modeling, plus as-built verification once cladding panels went up — confirming the installed facade actually matched the design rather than assuming it did.
FAQ
Frequently asked
What exactly do you deliver — a drawing, a model, or something else?
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Scope your project in one call.
Tell us the site, the deliverable, and the deadline — we'll tell you the tier and turnaround that fits.