Capture the Present, Form the Future

Offering cutting-edge Reality Capture solutions that provide a faster, more accurate way to capture existing site conditions in construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects. By leveraging laser scanning and photogrammetry, we help minimize labor, save time, and reduce project risks, while ensuring highly accurate, comprehensive, and actionable data. This digital process seamlessly connects 2D and 3D design workflows, empowering you to move forward with confidence.

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What is Reality Capture

Reality Capture is the process of creating a highly detailed, digital 3D model of an object, building, or site by scanning it in the real world. This is done using static, mobile, or aerial laser scanning and/or photogrammetry. These methods capture millions of surface points to develop a textured, high-resolution, and geometrically precise 3D model that can be integrated into your design process.

The Reality Capture Process can be defined by 3 Key Steps:

1. Capture

Using hardware such as laser scanners or camera-mounted UAVs, a site is scanned and a detailed set of data or "points" is captured for further processing.

2. Compute

Using Reality Capture software, scan data is automatically registered, stitched into a coordinate system, cleaned up, and analyzed. The final product is a point cloud or mesh ready for CAD and BIM authoring tools.

3. Create

Design with confidence knowing that your base information is a model of up-to-date data of actual site conditions, whether on a building renovation or large scale infrastructure project.

Benefits

Scan with Accuracy, Design with Confidence

A comprehensive site scan helps detect issues early and provides a detailed view of potential problems that may impact your project. 

With this insight, architects, engineers, and construction professionals can avoid rework and keep projects on schedule.
See Beyond the Site

By aligning scan data with 3D models, architects can better understand site challenges, engineers can resolve issues earlier, and stakeholders can make more informed decisions. Reality

Begin with the End in Mind

Reality Capture eliminates the need for multiple site visits, as it enables teams to scan once and design confidently. The captured data serves as an accurate, actionable foundation for your design, reducing rework, improving accuracy, and ensuring project timelines are met.

Enhanced Software Integration

The rise of intuitive and integrated software solutions has made Reality Capture even more accessible. A streamlined Scan-to-BIM workflow allows users to go from capturing site data to developing BIM models in a matter of hours. Our Reality Capture software integrates directly with tools like AutoCAD, Revit, and Civil3D, providing powerful capabilities such as automatic scan registration, noise reduction, and feature extraction.
By transforming complex data into actionable insights, our solution simplifies the design and analysis process, helping you communicate design intent more effectively and ensure that your projects stay on track.

Extensibility into Mobile Apps

Reality Capture solutions are optimized for field use, allowing real-time data access and collaboration via handheld devices. Field crews can view, mark up, and share data directly from mobile devices, facilitating quicker decision-making and reducing project delays. Mobile apps enable instant comparison analysis on-site, allowing for real-time updates and minimizing the need for office-based review.

Capture the Present, Form the Future

By incorporating Reality Capture into your project workflow, you ensure timely project delivery while improving productivity, quality, accuracy, and safety. Our solution helps you visualize your projects in 3D, monitor construction progress, and dramatically reduce costly rework and change orders. Reality Capture allows you to deliver high-quality projects faster, ensuring long-term success in the AEC industry.

Having several years of experience in realised BIM projects around the world, Boogertman + Partners is actively pioneering developments in BIM processes to achieve our deliverables on every project. Without Modena’s excellent service and support we would not be able to achieve this.

Anton Koekemoer

Boogertman + Partners (Pty) Ltd

Scan to BIM Services

Transform Real-World Data into Actionable Insights

At the intersection of the physical and digital worlds, Modena AEC and Infrastructure provides advanced Scan to BIM services that convert real-world data into detailed Building Information Models (BIM). Our services offer a digital twin of your project, streamlining workflows and improving design, construction, and asset management throughout a building’s lifecycle.

With our Scan to BIM technology, you can enhance precision, reduce rework, and optimize project outcomes. Let Modena help you bridge the gap between physical and digital, transforming how you approach AEC projects.