How Holo-Blok models existing conditions and verifies work-in-place with SiteScape
Export your SiteScape scans as .E57 files to CAD
See how Holo-Blok is using SiteScape on-site at the University of Alberta Dentistry Pharmacy Project
Since the SiteScape beta first launched, you have been finding creative ways to get your scans into modeling tools like Revit, Sketchup, Navisworks, and ArchiCAD. In parallel, our team has been working to streamline export workflows and eliminate manual steps so that you can get your scans to where they’re needed, in a useable format, as fast as possible.
With our most recent iOS update, you can now export SiteScape scans as an .E57 file which can be directly imported to major CAD programs. You can also upload scans from the SiteScape app straight into a free or paid Sketchfab account for easy sharing online.
The architecture and building solutions experts at Holo-Blok are already leveraging mobile scanning to model existing conditions and verifying work-in-place. Based in Edmonton, Canada, Holo-Blok is a small team of innovators who are obsessed with efficiency, believe architecture is broken, and are always looking to new technology to improve their processes.
“One project that Holo-Blok has been leveraging SiteScape is on the University of Alberta's Dentistry Pharmacy Building,” says Rohit Handa, architect, and Chair of the City of Edmonton’s Subdivision & Development Appeal Board. “Having been engaged for fabrication modeling for the major mechanical and electrical components for the building, we’ve relied on SiteScape to verify as-built conditions of installed components. The end goal is the pursuit of a complete digital twin for the University of Alberta.”
Point cloud scan data overlaid onto the BIM model in Revit
Alberta Infrastructure’s standards for reality capture require that as-built conditions of concealed spaces (floors, walls, and ceilings) be captured prior to the drywall installation or pouring of a concrete floor. In prior years this meant photographs, but the latest guidelines encourage “laser scanning or other reality capture technologies” to fulfill the same requirements. In terms of thorough documentation and minimizing risk, a 3D scan of work-in-place conditions is, as Rohit puts it, “the best record they could ever hope for.”
Watch how Rohit validates his Digital Twin here and how he QAs his Revit model using SiteScape here.
Making existing workflow better is just the first step and we’ve some really exciting stuff coming soon that we can’t wait to share with Rohit and the rest of the SiteScape community!
To start scanning and exporting your own 3D architectural scans to CAD, download SiteScape today.