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FARO | From Raw Scans to Stunning Reality

Written by Justin Sadgrove | May 13, 2025 12:23:18 AM

You've harnessed the cutting-edge technology of 3D laser scanning, capturing intricate details of a building, a crime scene, or a crash site. The raw data is in your hands. But what's next? This is where FARO SCENE Software steps into the spotlight, transforming those raw point clouds into actionable insights and breathtaking 3D visualisations.

Think of SCENE as the engine room for your reality capture data. It's the intuitive and efficient software where the crucial processes of data processing and scan registration come to life. With SCENE, you're not just looking at points; you're crafting a digital twin of reality, ready for exploration, analysis, and sharing.

Experience Reality with Immersive Visualisations

SCENE empowers users to create stunning 3D visualisations of real-world objects and environments. Imagine navigating through a detailed digital replica of a complex industrial facility or walking through a meticulously documented forensic scene. And the experience doesn't stop there. SCENE's impressive virtual reality (VR) view takes immersion to a whole new level, allowing you and your stakeholders to truly experience and evaluate captured data within a virtual environment.

Mastering Registration: Interactive and Hybrid Power 

At the heart of transforming raw scans into cohesive 3D models lies the critical process of registration. FARO SCENE offers two powerful and intuitive features to master this task:

  • Interactive Registration: Say goodbye to black box registration processes. SCENE's interactive scan registration provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface that allows you to see how individual scans are being linked together in real-time. You gain visual control over these linkages, enabling you to manually refine connections and ensure a cleaner, more accurate final result. It's like connecting the dots of reality with unprecedented clarity.
  • Hybrid Registration: Flexibility is key, and SCENE's hybrid registration delivers. Seamlessly combine cloud-to-cloud alignment, target-based registration, and survey control data – use them together, separately, or in any combination that best suits your project needs. This versatility ensures improved accuracy and allows you to leverage all available data for optimal registration outcomes.

 

Unlock the Full Potential of Your FARO Scanners

FARO SCENE is more than just processing software; it's the perfect partner for your FARO reality capture devices. Whether you're using the versatile FARO Focus Laser Scanners, the agile Focus Swift Indoor Mobile Scanner, the portable Freestyle 2 Handheld Scanner, or the innovative FARO Orbis Mobile Scanner, SCENE seamlessly integrates to enable comprehensive data visualisation, efficient management, thorough cleaning, and precise registration.

Why Choose FARO SCENE?

  • Only Visit a Site Once: Capture all the data you need on your initial visit and explore it digitally with stakeholders through panoramic views, 3D fly-throughs, and immersive virtual reality tours. Minimise return trips and maximise efficiency.
  • Share and Collaborate Effortlessly: Leverage web-based services via Sphere XG for easy and secure sharing of your scan project data. Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders anytime, anywhere, breaking down geographical barriers.
  • Save Valuable Time: Benefit from automatic data processing, intelligent filtering, and robust registration functions that deliver a high-quality digital representation of reality at a glance, accelerating your workflows.
  • Work with Unwavering Confidence: Real-time on-site registration provides immediate feedback, allowing you to leave the scanning site assured that you've captured all the necessary data for subsequent analysis.
  • Control Data Quality with Precision: Utilise versatile registration and validation tools that ensure your data adheres to specified tolerances, guaranteeing accuracy and reliability.
  • Gain Intuitive User Feedback: The graphical representation of registration results empowers you to control and improve the final registration outcome, boosting confidence, especially in mid- to large-scale scan projects.
  • Achieve Improved Accuracy: Register your point clouds with the method that best suits your data – cloud-to-cloud, targets, survey control, or any combination thereof for optimal precision.
  • End "Blackbox" Data Silos: Take control of your registration process and effectively correct most registration errors – challenges that often prove insurmountable with other software solutions.

Seamless Connectivity Across the FARO Ecosystem

SCENE isn't a standalone solution; it's a vital component of the integrated FARO software ecosystem. Seamlessly transfer your processed scan data into powerful downstream applications:

  • FARO As-Built™ Software: Convert rich scan data into intelligent CAD and BIM workflows.
  • BuildIT Construction Software: Ensure stringent construction quality control through accurate deviation analysis.
  • FARO Zone 3D Software: Reconstruct, meticulously analyse, and create compelling diagrams of forensic scenes.

Dive Deeper with Immersive Views and Superior Navigation

Explore your scan data in captivating 2D, detailed 3D, and immersive VR environments. SCENE handles point clouds of virtually unlimited size with exceptional detail. Navigate effortlessly through your digital reality using predefined or customised viewpoints, an intuitive overview map, and real-time user feedback that optimises data rendering quality and performance.

Experience the Difference with Advanced Features

SCENE is packed with features designed to streamline your workflow and enhance your results:

  • Efficient Data Processing: Utilise a range of powerful tools for scan data filtering, improving data cleanliness and achieving accurate color balancing.
  • Automatic Search: Let SCENE intelligently identify artificial spheres, checkerboards, coded markers, or natural reference points (corners, planes, etc.), accelerating the registration process.
  • Intuitive Data Organisation: Manage even the largest projects efficiently with a clear hierarchical data structure and comprehensive project history management.
  • Automatic Scan Coloring: Bring your point clouds to life by automatically coloring scans from high-resolution color photographs or the innovative Laser-HDR™ color option.
  • Sphere XG Integration: Seamlessly upload your projects to the Sphere XG service for secure sharing and collaborative workflows.
  • SCENE 2go App: Share project data effortlessly with clients for easy exploration via a convenient USB flash drive.
  • Advanced Expert Tools: Experienced surveyors can fine-tune SCENE's registration parameters for ultimate control and precision.


The World's Leading Scene Documentation Software

FARO SCENE is specifically engineered to process scans captured with FARO's industry-leading laser scanners, as well as select third-party devices. User-guided workflows and extensive language support ensure a rapid learning curve. Combined with intelligent automatic functions and optimised utilisation of your PC hardware, SCENE delivers the fastest and most productive workflows available, making surveying up to three times more efficient than traditional methods.

Ready to Transform Your Raw Scans into Reality?

Don't let your valuable scan data remain static. Unlock its full potential with the intuitive power and comprehensive features of FARO SCENE Software. From seamless registration to immersive visualisations and effortless collaboration, SCENE is the essential tool for anyone serious about leveraging the power of 3D reality capture.

Contact us today to discover how FARO SCENE can revolutionise your data processing workflows and bring your projects to life in stunning detail.