Accessing and working with Laser Scan Data ....

10 August 2009, 4:22pm

Accessing and working with Laser Scan Data via the Internet

Z+F UK release LFM® NetView 1.1 allowing for improvements in accessing and working with Laser Scan Data via the Internet

The introduction of LFM® NetView 1.0 saw a number of real world challenges resolved. Alternative web share products meant the accuracy and quality of laser scan data could suffer as the data was made 'compact' to allow for efficient web transfer. For the first time users could access high resolution laser scan from around the globe via the Internet.
This core development strategy is maintained in our latest version of LFM® NetView.
LFM® NetView 1.1 allows for collaborative working, ease of navigation and is intuitive to use for an untrained or infrequent user.
New features ensure full colour support of laser scan data, enhanced security and improved measurement and annotation tools.
The ability to reliably and rapidly measure pipe diameters is a key new feature which greatly adds to the power of LFM® NetView for Process, Power & Marine users. Pipe measurement is simple; the user scribes a line along the pipe to be measured and its diameter is then calculated. Width Measurements can now also be made, allowing the user to determine the perpendicular distance between a point and a plane.
New tools also allow for improved navigation. Users have found the BubbleView a natural and simple way to browse through scan data. This experience has been enhanced. Users can now ascertain the location of adjacent scans from within the currently loaded BubbleView. Coloured symbols also indicate the distance between the scans and whether the scan would be visible or hidden from view. Adjacent scans can be loaded from the current BubbleView with a one click motion.
Improvements have been made to 'Master-slave mode', This is a feature which is unique to the LFM® environment and allows one device to have unidirectional control over one or more other devices. In addition to mark-up and measurement facilities, a highlighter function has now been added to improve communications between parties, whilst remotely discussing a particular feature in a Master-Slave session. A Master can make a single mouse click to highlight a particular area of the scan which he/she is referring to. It is instantaneously highlighted in the Slaves.

Additional new features include:

• 'Fast Region Definition' - LFM® NetView now allows scans to be grouped according to user-defined regions.
• A 'Filter by Region' and 'Filter by Name' option allows users to filter scans on the Key Plan
• Communications between LFM® NetView and laser scan data in LFM® NetView Server are now digitally signed. LFM® NetView Server will only respond to requests that it authenticates as being genuine, preventing unauthorised access to data.
• There are now three levels of user privilege: Administrator, Regular or Guest. These provide control over what different users can do in an LFM® NetView project.
• German and Spanish Language Support.
• Annotations now have attributes allowing users to see who created them and when.

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