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FARO Focus laser scanners
Announcing the new FARO Focus Premium Max and the updated Focus Premium and Focus Core scanners released October 2024.
This latest update to our Focus portfolio underscores our commitment to innovation, excellence, and responsiveness to customer feedback. The entire Focus portfolio offers an end-to-end 3D laser scanning solution with intuitive software for easy data acquisition and quick decision-making.
Updates
Technology Updates and Releases
Program
Release date
Release name
Description
Type
11 September 2025
Focus Premium/Core Scanner Firmware Update
Update 7.3.4: Update the firmware of your FARO Focus Laser Scanner to ensure optimal performance. New firmware versions from FARO provide additional features, issue fixes, and overall enhancements. Follow the instructions below to download and install the latest firmware for your Focus scanner model, view release notes and firmware installation instructions.
Firmware
28 August 2025
FARO Sphere ® XG Floor Plan Generation - Beta
The Channel Partner Team is pleased to announce the August 28 beta release of Floor Plan Generation for Sphere XG. Floor Plan Generation allows users to convert uploaded 3D point clouds into 2D floor plans. This streamlined process will benefit AEC and PSA customers alike as the 2D plans denote critical as-built elements.
Technology
31 July 2025
FARO Zone 2D 2025.7
Use the link below for software download, release notes and installation.
Technology
31 July 2025
FARO Stream 4.0.4
Read more about the release by clicking below.
Technology
31 July 2025
Faro Blink Firmware Update
Released in June 2025, the updated firmware of your FARO Blink™ Imaging Laser Scanner ensures optimal performance while providing additional features, issue fixes, and overall enhancements.
Click here to view release notes and firmware installation instructions.
Firmware
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Faro Blink
Reality capture just got faster, easier, and more accessible. With guided workflows, stunning visuals, and one-touch data capture, Blink delivers powerful insights for your projects—no expertise required.
- Guided scanning with real-time feedback that will tell you if you've moved out of position or if you’re about to scan in the wrong location
- Preview your data while you're still on the jobsite with the Stream App- no more “scanning blind”
- Stunning visuals & precise point clouds
- Automatic data registration & filtering
- Seamless collaboration with Sphere XG
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Focus Premium Max - 400m scanning range
- Up to 50% Faster Scan Times with Flash Technology™With a panoramic camera mount and Hybrid Reality Capture™ included, the Focus Premium Max can take Flash Technology™ scans. Customers have the flexibility to mix Flash scans (which take just 28 seconds) and traditional scans — boosting field productivity by over 50% and reducing time spent on site.
- Exceptional Capturing Efficiency, Data Quality, and Accuracy The Focus Premium Max boasts an extended range of up to 400 meters. This significant increase in range over previous Focus models enables customers to capture data of larger structures and use the scanner for broader geospatial applications.
- Super-high colour resolutionThe latest color camera technology enables Focus scanners to capture scans with up to 266 megapixels of color information.
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Focus Premium - 200m scanning range
- Reduce Rework and Save TimeWith a 200m range and the option to scan in Hybrid Reality Capture™ mode, Focus Premium is perfect for collecting as-built documentation, data for MEP design and installations, construction quality control, structural surveys, and more.
- No More Scanning BlindFor efficient, comprehensive on-site data capture, Focus Premium connects with the new FARO Stream App, bridging FARO hardware to the cloud. Pre-registration scans are fed directly into the cloud, so jobs can be done more efficiently.
- Reduce Wasted Time and MaterialCapturing the measurements of a large building or facility with conventional documentation can take days or weeks — and even then, the data might be incomplete. The FARO Focus Premium creates accurate, photorealistic 3D representations of any environment or object in just a few minutes, even in the most extreme outdoors conditions.
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Focus Core - 100m scanning range
- Ideal for Low Profile ProjectsWith a panoramic camera mount and Hybrid Reality Capture™ included, the Focus Premium Max can take Flash Technology™ scans. Customers have the flexibility to mix Flash scans (which take just 28 seconds) and traditional scans — boosting field productivity by over 50% and reducing time spent on site.
- Remote Access for Global Collaboration100 meter scanning range, smartphone-enabled remote control capabilities, and improved wireless workflow with faster Wi-Fi operation.
- Exceptional Capturing EfficiencyEnjoy scan speeds up to one minute per scan and faster loading/system response. Greater data management efficiency when paired with Stream and uploaded to Sphere XG. With the option to mount a panoramic camera, Focus Core provides the ability to upgrade and scan in Hybrid Reality Capture mode if this capability is desired.*
All-in-one mobile laser scanner
Faro Orbis - up to 120 meters in range
- Unique mobile scanning solutionFARO® Orbis™ is a unique mobile scanning solution created to optimize workflows and elevate productivity. Designed for construction, engineering and surveying and public safety professionals, Orbis delivers rapid speed of capture, while returning highly accurate 3D visual representations of the real world. Integrating FARO’s Flash Technology™ in Orbis allows for stationary scans in just 15 seconds and provides unrivaled detail from a mobile mapping solution.
- Lightweight and Easy-to-UseWeighing just 3.6kg(7.93lbs), including the datalogger and battery, Orbis is ideal for scanning large areas fast, without large setups.
- Best of Both Worlds ProcessingOrbis offers local offline processing in the FARO Connect software or optional cloud-based processing in Sphere XG – flexible solutions for processing, analyzing and sharing sensitive data.
- 360° Photos and Colorized DataThe integrated 8-megapixel camera on the Orbis enables colorized point clouds and additional 360° panoramic pictures.
Models
Focus Premium Max
Focus Premium
Focus Core
Performance Specifications
Unambiguity Interval
614 m
Range
White, 90% Reflectivity
0.5 - 400 m
0.5 - 200 m
0.5 - 100 m
Dark-grey, 10% Reflectivity
0.5 - 150 m
0.5 - 150 m
0.5 - 100 m
Black, 2% Reflectivity
0.5 - 50 m
0.5 - 50 m
0.5 - 50 m
Range Noise
White, 90% Reflectivity
0.1 mm @ 10m, 0.2 mm @ 25 m
Dark-grey, 10% Reflectivity
0.3 mm @ 10m, 0.4 mm @ 25 m
Black, 2% Reflectivity
0.7 mm @ 10m, 1.2 mm @ 25 m
Max Speed
Up to 2 MPts/sec
3D Accuracy
2 mm @ 10m, 3.5 mm @ 25 m
Ranging Error
±1 mm
Angular Accuracy
19 arcsec
LaserHDR
Yes
Temperature Range
Temperature Range7 Operating: +5° to +40° C, Extended Operating: -10° to +55° C, Storage: -10° to +60° C
Scan to BIM training & services
Unlock the full power of FARO laser scanning and Autodesk workflows with Modena’s expert-led training. Each course is designed for professionals in architecture, engineering, and construction who want to move from scan data to reliable BIM deliverables—faster, easier, and with greater accuracy.
Available courses
- Recap Pro & FARO Scene training
- As-Built modelling in Revit
- As-Built for AutoCAD
- As-Built for Revit
- Build-It Construction
- EdgeWise by ClearEdge – Introduction
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Software
Latest Software Download for FARO Connect
FARO Connect
Software Download and Installation for FARO Connect
Click this link to download the latest version of FARO® Connect Software.
Software Download and Installation
SCENE
FARO Data processing and scan registration software
FARO SCENE Software is where data processing and scan registration happens. With 3D SCENE Software, users can create stunning 3D visualizations of real-world objects and environments and export that data in various formats.
SCENE Impressive Virtual Reality (VR) view
SCENE also features an impressive virtual reality (VR) view, allowing users to experience and evaluate captured data in the VR environment.
SCENE Interactive Registration
With SCENE users can also benefit from two key features: Interactive Registration and Hybrid Registration. Interactive scan registration provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface, allowing users to visualize how individual scans are linked together during the registration process and to manually control how those linkages are made.
SCENE Hybrid registration
Hybrid registration allows cloud-to-cloud, targets, and survey control to be used together, separately or in various combinations.
Data processing software
AS Built Suite
On-demand, accurate and complete information
Redesign of a building for repurpose, enhancement or maintenance requires on-demand, accurate and complete information of the as-built site to ensure your ideas will work. Failure in design results in cost overruns, unnecessary rework and diminished quality.
BIM Extraction
Use automatic tools to extract objects and object systems for several disciplines of architecture and craft trades, plant engineering, MEP engineering, structural engineering and civil engineering. Powerful tools allow you to apply constraints to the design (e.g., keep highest accuracy while forcing the extracted model to be watertight).
Floor Plans, Elevation Plans and Facade Plans
Creating slices and cross sections in the point cloud provides an overview of the as-built situation. Automatic tools help you extract line models and accelerate the creation of floor or elevation plans. Orthographic images of facades, which can be used in the CAD system, help to precisely plan assembly structures or preservation tasks.
CAD Extraction
Extraction of surfaces and exporting in common CAD exchange formats (DXF, STEP, IGES) allow you to turn the point cloud into a CAD model, which can be used in your well-known CAD systems as an accurate as-built representation of the site.
Design Validation
Virtually overlay your design with the as-built site in order to check if it will fulfill the clearance requirements or if it must be adjusted to avoid clashes. Tools for automatic surface deviation analysis or clash/clearance detection keeps the time investment to a minimum.
Precise Measurement
Take measurements with millimeter-level accuracy. Measure distances, areas, volumes, clearances or highly precise tie-in points to bring your designs to next-level quality.
Precise As-Built data
Built It Construction
Validation to Design Model
Visualize where the construction site deviates from design. Measure differences, plan accordingly and track progress — ensuring that buildings are constructed to exact model specifications.
Tolerance Evaluation
Embed tolerances into charts and highlight areas of the construction site that are out of agreed tolerances. Document these areas for immediate rework.
Continuous Data Synchronization
Minimize lost data, thanks to uninterrupted point cloud data sharing.
Liability Documentation
Digitally detect and document unexpected issues for transparent proof of construction progress.
Compliance with ASTM E1155, TR34 and DIN18202 Standard
Check concrete floor flatness and levelness against regional standards. With BuildIT Construction you can verify and document that any concrete structure you build matches local requirements anywhere in the world. Analyze the freshly poured concrete and scrap areas while concrete is wet. This ultimately saves you time and labor, reduces waste and allows the following trades to start their work earlier.
Incorrect Part Placement Detection
Identify improper placement and missing features such as walls, columns, beams and pipes. Assign issues to the related trades earlier, before clashes on-site delay the following trade work.
4D Analysis
Visualize shifts and movements within structural performance over time. By uncovering these earlier, your team gains time to plan actions that prevent collapses and cost less than rework at later stages with higher risks of failure.
Compatibility with Standard Design Files
BuildIT Construction is compatible with Autodesk® AutoCAD® (dwg and dxf versions 2.5-2020), Revit (2015-2020), IFC (2×3, 4), sat, iges, Parasolid and Step.
Customized Reports
Generate easy-to-read, complete reports that highlight the most relevant information. With this, your stakeholders can better understand the situation and plan next actions more precisely.
Project Virtual Design Templates
Use templates for prefabricated parts and assemblies, as well as equipment placement for factory layout and planning. Use BuildIT Construction with Tracer Laser Projectors and BuildIT Projector Software to automate the virtual templating workflow.
continuous construction verification
SPHERE
Close existing workflow gaps
Close existing workflow gaps by enabling remote collaboration, project monitoring and completion from anywhere in the world
Eliminate additional site visits
Eliminate additional site visits due to registration failure or incomplete scans
Inform project stakeholders
Inform project stakeholders that a scan is complete and that modeling can begin, speeding job completion times yielding significant savings per project
De-silo data
De-silo data by connecting your point clouds, 360° photos, and 3D models in a single project
cloud-based digital reality platform
Noeleen Foster
Sales and Services Manager (FARO)
Modena
Noëleen Foster heads up the FARO 3D laser scanning division at Modena Infrastructure. Passionate and focused on helping clients for the last 8 years within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Results driven leader with a love for people, understanding industry frustrations and helping clients bridge the gap between software & hardware workflows.
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