PRISM 3D (3D laser scanning data viewer)[4] QuantaCAD (3D laser scanning data integration with CAD)[5] AccessPoint (3D laser scanning data integration with facility information)[6]
Services
3D Laser Scanning[7] Tie Point Certification[8] Design Validation[9] Fabrication Verification[10] Construction Visualization[11] As-built Documentation[12]
Number of employees
Approximately 70+ (2013)[citation needed]
Website
www.quantapoint.com
Historyedit
Quantapoint was founded as K2T, Inc[1] (or K2T) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1991 by Eric Hoffman,[3]Pradeep Khosla, Takeo Kanade and other Carnegie Mellon University faculty members. K2T focused on creating custom robotics and 3D range-finding imaging systems to help them navigate complex environments. The most notable are the laser range-finding system created in 1992 for the DANTE walking robot that explored Mount Erebus in Antarctica as part of a NASA sponsored competition [18] and the 360-degree phase-based 3D laser scanner named SceneModeler created in 1997.[19]
The company name was changed to Quantapoint in 1999 to reflect the focus on 3D laser scanning hardware, software and services.[19]
Quantapoint has received several patents[13] and awards[24] for the 3D laser scanner hardware and 3D laser scanning data software that it has developed.
3D laser scanner hardwareedit
Quantapoint uses both its own 3D laser scanner hardware, the SceneModeler 5 and SceneModeler 9,[14] and the Photon from Faro Systems.[25] Quantapoint has a fleet of more than twenty (20) 3D laser scanners.[26]
Digital facilityedit
The Quantapoint Digital Facility consists of the following:[4]
Laser Models: Quantapoint technology that integrates all 3D laser scanning data to provide detailed, high-definition 3D solid "models" of a facility.[27] Quantapoint avoids using the term "point cloud" or "cloud of points".[28]
Laser Images: Photo-realistic, perspective-corrected panoramic images of individual 3D laser scans.[7]
3D laser scanning data softwareedit
Quantapoint provides the following software for using the 3D laser scanning data in the Digital Facility:
PRISM 3D: View and interact with Laser Images and Laser Models directly.[4]
CAD Conversion Option for PRISM 3D: Import 3D CAD models into PRISM 3D to view with or clash against Laser Models.[4]
QuantaCAD: View and interact Laser Images and Laser Models within 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software, including AutoCAD, AutoPlant, AVEVA Review, MicroStation XM, PDS, PDMS, Revit, SmartMarine 3D, SmartPlant Review and SmartPlant 3D.[5]
AccessPoint: View and interact Laser Images and Laser Models via the Internet and integrate with facility information.[6]
^Reuters Editorial (7 October 2009). "Quantapoint Awarded GSA Laser Scanning IDIQ Contract". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)