{"id":29358,"date":"2025-02-22T08:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=29358"},"modified":"2025-02-22T09:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T09:35:39","slug":"3d-model-from-point-cloud-with-cm-accuracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/3d-model-from-point-cloud-with-cm-accuracy\/","title":{"rendered":"3D model from point cloud with cm accuracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"151\">What comes to your mind when a client requests a <a href=\"https:\/en\/scan-to-bim\/\">3D model from point cloud<\/a> with \u00b11cm accuracy?<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"672\">For us, here\u2019s what we consider first:<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"672\">We would explain that this level of accuracy is entirely possible. However, the client should carefully assess whether they truly need such precision for the entire building. Higher accuracy means higher costs (about 30% more compared to \u00b11.5cm), a heavier 3D model, and limitations in using standard modeling tools. Achieving \u00b11cm accuracy requires advanced techniques like morph modeling (Archicad) or &#8220;model in place&#8221; (Revit), which makes future modifications more complex.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"831\">Of course, a higher price is good for us. But even better? We genuinely enjoy working on high-precision, detailed models\u2014it\u2019s always an exciting challenge!<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1067\">What about you?<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1067\">If your CAD partner follows the common approach of simply inserting a point cloud into CAD software and tracing over it (as often seen online), achieving \u00b11cm accuracy will be extremely difficult\u2014if not impossible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1138\">To ensure \u00b11cm accuracy, you must control several critical factors:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1506\">\n<li data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1295\">Perfect point cloud alignment, with no deviations. (In reality, we\u2019ve found that over 50% of client-supplied point clouds contain errors exceeding 2cm.)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1392\">Use of a high-precision terrestrial scanner. (Mobile scanners cannot achieve \u00b11cm accuracy.)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1506\">A specialized point cloud processing workflow, with strict deviation control throughout the modeling process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29370\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29370\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-29370\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27833%27%20height%3D%27535%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20833%20535%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27833%27%20height%3D%27535%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1.jpg\" alt=\"3D model from point cloud 1cm accuracy\" width=\"833\" height=\"535\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3D model from point cloud 1cm accuracy, example compare point cloud and 3D model<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1940\">What does the client really need?<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1940\">In one case, our client realized that his previous CAD partners never met accuracy expectations. This time, he wanted to request \u00b11cm accuracy to ensure that even with deviations, the model would still meet the minimum requirement of \u00b12cm. However, he was unaware that achieving \u00b12cm accuracy costs only 50% of what \u00b11cm does\u2014and that we could fully commit to delivering the required precision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1942\" data-end=\"1995\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">What do you think? Have you faced similar challenges?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1942\" data-end=\"1995\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This post received a lot of attention on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vmtsolutions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>, with many colleagues discussing it. You\u2019re welcome to join the conversation and share your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/vmtsolutions_pointcloudtobim-3dscanning-laserscanning-activity-7297872561055444994-xnny?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAARATWwBFLqJHk9ptQXuAC0p-en-_DIjmtM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What comes to your mind when a client requests a 3D model from point cloud with \u00b11cm accuracy?<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Quality: A Key Factor in the Point Cloud to BIM Industry\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GRIHu1kednE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What comes to your mind when a client requests a 3D model from point cloud with \u00b11cm accuracy? For us, here\u2019s what we consider first: We would explain that this level of accuracy is entirely [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,325,337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-why-we-are-better","category-point-cloud-to-bim","category-point-cloud-to-cad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vmts.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}