Learning FARO As-Built for AutoCAD
4h 37mBeginner2018-12-19
Authors

Irene Radcliffe
Technical consultant in the oil and gas industry
Course details
Today's clients demand a level of accuracy that's difficult to reach with traditional measuring tools. FARO As-Built allows you to leverage scan data to extract piping, structural steel, and building details in AutoCAD. In this course, you can learn how to work with FARO As-Built, from configuring your project and scan data to sectioning and slicing and digitizing your scan. You can also get familiar with the drawing tools available and learn how to use VirtuSurv, the FARO software for producing more realistic and intuitive views of scan data. Instructor Irene Radcliffe also shows how to apply your skills to model piping, steel structures, and floor plans. Once you complete the training, you should be able to model everything from utility rooms to complex plant facilities using FARO As-Built.
Learning objectives
Importing ReCap data
Creating a VirtuSurv project
Setting point-cloud parameters
Loading specs for pattern recognition
Creating and saving sections and slices
Viewing points with the Scan Navigation feature
Fitting linework and shapes to point-cloud data
Editing drawing data
Analyzing drawing data
Sending coordinates to AutoCAD with VirtuSurv
Modeling objects with VirtuSurv macros
Processes for piping and steel beams
Creating floor plans with the As-Built building tools
Learning objectives
Importing ReCap data
Creating a VirtuSurv project
Setting point-cloud parameters
Loading specs for pattern recognition
Creating and saving sections and slices
Viewing points with the Scan Navigation feature
Fitting linework and shapes to point-cloud data
Editing drawing data
Analyzing drawing data
Sending coordinates to AutoCAD with VirtuSurv
Modeling objects with VirtuSurv macros
Processes for piping and steel beams
Creating floor plans with the As-Built building tools
Skills covered
AutoCADBIMAutodeskAECLearning
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Get to the point Create as-built models from a point cloud
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - How to use the exercise files
1. Get Started
- 04 - As-Built for AutoCAD overview
- 05 - Create the ReCap file
- 06 - Create the VirtuSurv file
2. Prepare Your Project
- 07 - Modify display settings in AutoCAD
- 08 - Set the point cloud parameters
- 09 - As-Built settings
- 10 - Loading the specs
3. Section Tools
- 11 - Sectioning tools
- 12 - Section manager
- 13 - Creating slices
4. Scan Navigation
- 14 - Scan Navigation overview
- 15 - Set Scan Navigation direction
5. Fitting Tools
- 16 - Fit outline plan
- 17 - Fit circle
- 18 - Fit arc
- 19 - Fit polygon
- 20 - Fit plane
- 21 - Fit cylinder
- 22 - Fit cone
6. Digitizing Tools
- 23 - UCS tools
- 24 - Edge and corner detection
- 25 - Ortho drawing
- 26 - Flatten
- 27 - Measuring tools
7. Basic Analysis Tools
- 28 - Planar analysis
- 29 - Cylindrical and conical analysis
- 30 - Cylindrical analysis to Excel
8. VirtuSurv
- 31 - VirtuSurv overview
- 32 - Display settings
- 33 - Send points to AutoCAD
- 34 - Install macros
9. VirtuSurv Macros
- 35 - Additional macros - Part 1
- 36 - Additional macros - Part 2
- 37 - Additional macros - Part 3
10. Piping Processes
- 38 - Pre-calculate cylinders
- 39 - Walk the run - Part 1
- 40 - Walk the run - Part 2
- 41 - Walk the run - Part 3
- 42 - Apply Constraints
- 43 - Export to AutoCAD
- 44 - Export to Plant 3D
11. Steel Processes
- 45 - Structural steel overview
- 46 - Fit Beam
- 47 - Copy and postpone fitting
- 48 - Edit Beam
- 49 - Alignment tools
- 50 - Export to AutoCAD
12. Building Tools
- 51 - As-Built building overview
- 52 - Extract walls
- 53 - Place doors
- 54 - Place windows
- 55 - Place stairs
- 56 - Place rectangles
- 57 - Place grids
- 58 - Dimensioning
Conclusion
- 59 - Next steps