Learning FARO: Laser Scanning

Learn how to create accurate 3D laser scans in indoor and outdoor scenarios with the FARO Focus scanner, and edit your scans in FARO SCENE.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know
• Exercise files

1. Getting Started

• Getting to know the scanner
• Planning
• Indoors or outdoors
• Targets or cloud-to-cloud
• Level of detail or accuracy
• Survey control

2. Scanner Settings

• Using the scanner interface
• Resolution and quality
• Sensors
• Color and lighting
• Field of view
• Setting up a project
• Your first scan
• Enable WiFi control

3. Outdoor Scanning 101

• The equipment
• Targets best practice
• Field process

4. Indoor Scanning

• Cloud-to-cloud registration
• Notes or auto registration

5. In the Office

• Getting started with SCENE
• Importing scans
• Preprocessing
• Views and measurements
• Manually marking objects
• Targeted registration process
• Cloud-to-cloud registration process
• Visually checking registration quality
• Exporting projects

Conclusion

• Next steps