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The flagship regional event saw more than 180 delegates from 20 countries congregating for various sessions of high-value knowledge-exchange from 25 – 26 April 2013 at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore.
The conference featured latest developments as well as future perspectives relating to 3D documentation, and in attendance were participants from a variety of sectors such as Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying, Forestry, Forensics, Facilities Management, as well as Mining and Tunneling industries. Speakers from around the world shared their technical know-how and expertise with the audience, and Mr. Jay Freeland, CEO and President of FARO Technologies, Inc., graced the event and got the conference off to an engaging start with his insightful introductory remarks.
Centered on the theme of “Connecting 3D Communities”, FARO’s event truly helped to make meaningful connections. Said Mr. Joseph Arezone, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, FARO Technologies, Inc., “Several months of hard work in planning and preparation finally culminated in two days of excellent networking and technical sharing at this first-ever FARO 3D Documentation Conference in Asia Pacific. We have held this conference in other regions in the past but this is the first time we are taking it to Asia, and we could not have asked for a better outcome and response. In fact, we have already received requests from delegates asking about when and where the next conference in Asia will be held.”
One of the keynote addresses was delivered by Dr. Bharat Lohani, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Dr. Lohani shared his findings and techniques for motion correction for laser scanning of moving objects. His novel approach involves rigid mounting of GPS and INS devices on the body of the object. When trajectory data generated by both devices is processed along with the laser scanner data, motion correction is facilitated.
Another plenary speaker, Mr. Magnus Ronnang, Technical Expert, Volvo Cars Group, Sweden, spoke about the usage of 3D laser scanning in Virtual Manufacturing. He asserted that a paradigm shift is imminent, where reverse engineering from point clouds to CAD would no longer be necessary. Instead, point clouds would be used directly for a variety of manufacturing engineering purposes, and CAD data used to represent new, non-existing artifacts.