(AVEVA: Cambridge, UK) -- AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power, and marine industries, launched a new laser modeling solution at the recent SPAR 2011 conference. An integral part of AVEVA’s larger laser-scan strategy, the AVEVA Laser Modeller rapidly and cost-effectively transforms laser scan data into intelligent, as-built 3-D plant models. Creating an accurate 3-D model for existing brownfield facilities allows users to optimize the operations of their assets and significantly reduce the lead time on upgrade and revamp projects in a way that is simply not possible with previous applications.

Traditional techniques for converting laser scan data into an intelligent 3-D model requires many days of costly modeling services for each hour of scanning time. In most cases, the cost is too high to justify the total investment in 3-D. Laser Modeller automates most aspects of the modeling process, producing a fully intelligent 3-D model at a fraction of the time and cost of existing techniques.

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