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Page 1: Discover the no. 1° technology for 3D Documentation · Mobile Mapping Survey and inspection of bridges >> page 10 Fascinating visitors in the Cathedral of Steam page 4 Heritage Visit

Mobile MappingSurvey and inspection of bridges>> page 10

Fascinating visitors in the Cathedral of Steam >> page 4

Heritage

Visit us @ www.faro.coM

arcHaeologyThe cave paintings of Laas Geel>> page 9

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Things to know and important links.

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Discover the no. 1° technology for 3D Documentation

arcHitecture & Virtual realityChallenging assignment to save an architectural milestone>> page 6

3D Documentation News

The No. 1 Choice.FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D

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registration iMproVeMentsThe speed of automatic plane detec-tion has been significantly increased while automatic determination of the principle scan direction has been added. As a result, registration is much faster and more reliable. These 2 features are particularly useful for target-less registration. Additionally, automatic correspond-ence search is about 2 times faster than in the previous version.

clipping boxes in 3DThis feature allows you to highlight and easily visualize specific areas of interest on your computer – even after multiple scans have been registered. You can highlight and hide scan points, visualize specific details of cross sections and elevations or export scan points that have been boxed

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Dear Readers,

Thanks to its compact design, touchscreen display, state-of-the-art features, multiple sen-sors, and revolutionary price, the FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D is now the preferred option of many small, medium and large compa-nies in different industries.

But greatness never comes alone. The combination of a Focus3D and SCENE software is the perfect complete solution for point cloud creation and easy scan data processing.

The new SCENE 5.1 presents features and functionalities to further improve and speed up the entire workflow of a scanning project. You can read about them in this issue. We also present our new App Center – the perfect place to find the right applica-tions for specific scan-related tasks.

Finally, in our new application cases there is a story on mobile mapping and we follow FARO technology to some challenging locations on heritage preservation and archaeological missions.

Yours,

iMprint

eDitorial

publisHer: FARO europe GmbH & Co. KG

Lingwiesenstrasse 11/2, D-70825

Korntal-Münchingen

Phone: +49 7150 9797-0, Fax: +49 7150 9797-44

[email protected], www.faro.com

eDitors: Alberto Castiglioni, David Taylor

layout: FARO: Vanessa Sevil Kizilelma

print: SV Druck, D-72336 Balingen

pHotos: FARO, customers

Date of issue: October 2012 in German, english,

French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish

Alberto Castiglioni,Chief Editor

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Easy to use programs tailored to specific tasks are the future of 3D Documentation software. Of-ten users do not really need to buy and run com-plex software solutions that can handle multiple and complex tasks. All they need for specific jobs

The right software App for your particular tasks3D app center The new FARO 3D App Center is the ideal platform for users looking for specific applications to solve their curent business needs.

–software –

Image: FARO

urements or using the orthophotos as a basis for drawing.

3Dconnexion spaceMouse supportThe new SCeNe 5.1 supports 3DConnexion SpaceMouse with clear benefits for the user: easy, fluent and immersive navigation in 3D spaces, with the possibility to explore areas of interest. This allows more effective and efficient work.

iMproVeD app interfaceSCeNe 5.1 presents an improved App management dialog to install/de-install Apps. Moreover the new Application Programming Inter-face (API) offers software develop-ers the possibility to develop Apps for further specific applications which can then be made available on the new FARO 3D App Center.

SCENE: new 5.1 release to speed up and simplify 3D Documentation project workflowscene FARO’s scan processing software, presents new useful features and functions that simplify daily activities and improve and accelerate the complete workflow: from project set-up to post processing, from registration to using data in SCENE or third party applications.

using this function. It is also now possible to export into webShare or third party CAD applications only the defined areas of interest – greatly facilitating and speeding up data management and project execution. Finally, names can be assigned to Clipping Boxes, which helps to quickly access and visualise the parts of a project that the user is currently interested in.

ortHopHoto featureThanks to the Clipping Boxes fea-ture it is also possible to create or-thophotos (TIFF format) – bypass-ing the problem of having CAD software applications that cannot read scans. This is particularly useful because users can now ex-port scaled images to almost any 2D or 3D CAD system for further processing: e.g. for taking meas-

new websHare featuresSCeNe presents a new upload manager for SCeNe webShare, the world's most advanced scan project sharing plattform. In SCENE, it is now easier for the user to define basic in-formation (meta data) of a scan project before uploading it to the webShare server: e.g. a preview image of the project can be modi-fied, project description and keywords can be defined making searches on WebShare much easier, or a geo-location of the project can be specified to have WebShare correctly display

the project location on a world map. You can also set which functionalities webShare should offer for the project: e.g. the user can define whether measurement should be possible in the panorama view and if scan data should be downloadable from the webShare server. Based on these settings, SCeNe will only up-load the required data to the webShare server. SCeNe webShare now supports both grey-scale/intensity and colour images of scans. This feature, along with dual monitor sup-

port, permits the comprehensive and op-timal visualization of project information. The Hierarchical Project List feature al-lows users to group and better organize project information. Projects for a spe-cific customer could be collected into one folder while large projects might be split in smaller parts which are then grouped in a folder for the overall project. Finally, the new release presents enhanced configuration on the server side.

– like surface or volume calculations – are spe-cialized applications. To offer customers easy ac-cess to the applications required for their specific business needs, FARO has launched the new 3D App Center. Now companies and organizations

can really save money: with the 3D App Center, they only have to buy the specific applications that they really need for their daily activities.

The new 3D App Center is also open for third party software providers: companies developing Apps for laser scan management and processing can use the FARO 3D App Center as an additional channel to market their Apps and reach a larger base of potential customers. All Apps are tested and approved by the FARO Team before being made available in the 3D App Center.

3D-app-store.faro.coM

The new Clipping Boxes allow the cration of cross sections through the whole point cloud.

The user can choose whether scans are displayed in colour or in greyscale mode.

Image: FARO

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Fascinating visitors in the Cathedral of Steam

–Heritage–

Heritage While renovation progresses, visitors can explore the inner workings of the world's largest steam pumping station that has been helping to keep feet dry in Friesland for almost one hundred years.

3D virtual reality tours are a growing phenomenon, which allow the general public to experience the fascination of remote and inaccessible or delicate and dangerous locations. One such place is the D.F. woudagemaal pumping station. Built in 1920 to drain floodwaters from the province of Friesland in low-lying Holland, it is the largest operational steam pumping station in the world with a mind-boggling capacity of one million litres per minute.

Being a UNeSCO world heritage site, the pumping station fondly called 'the Cathedral of Steam' has started a 3-year program of extensive renovations with engineering and consultant service provider Royal HaskoningDHV managing the work. The first idea was to use 3D scans to create accurate 'As-Built Documentation' for the renovation work. But the project quickly developed to include solutions that also support the visitor centre during the long period of renovation.

"we spent 10 working days collecting about 185 scans with a FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D. Together with some conventional surveying information these were registered in the software SCeNe from FARO and then exported to the FARO webShare environ-ment," explains eric Borst of Royal HaskoningDHV. webShare allows any authorized user to log in to the server and explore the processed scans of the whole site. "So you can navigate around the pumping sta-

royal HaskoningDHV

Royal HaskoningDHV is a leading inde-pendent, international project manage-ment, engineering and consultancy service provider with 8,000 staff in 35 countries.

Specialising in planning and transport, infrastructure, water, maritime, aviation, industry, energy, mining and buildings, the company contributes to the delivery of some 30,000 projects around the world each year.

with Dutch, UK and South African roots, Royal HaskoningDHV is particularly fo-cused on sustainability and innovation.

www.royalHaskoningDHV.coM www.wouDageMaal.nl

–Heritage–

Image: Royal HaskoningDHV

A scan of the pumping station with colour provided by the integrated camera of the Focus3D.

Screenshot of WebShare: 1. Project contents, 2. Overview map, 3. Panoramic scan view.

tion and look at the full 360° colour views from each scan position. Then there are various user tools for in-depth examinations."

"with more than 10,000 visitors per year and the building covered in scaffolding or with whole areas closed-off due to the renovation work, it was important to have an exciting exhibit in the visitor centre. we also wanted to maintain the interest of more casual visitors." So the next step was to export the data to Autodesk 3D Studio Max, with the Alice Labs Point Cloud plugin. This was used to

Image: Royal HaskoningDHV

Scanning with FARO in front of the world's largest operational steam pumping station.

Image: Royal HaskoningDHV

3D point cloud presenting the interior of the pumping station.

create a virtual tour – a 6 minute film that visitors can watch on 32-inch touch screens. It is a virtual flight through the building, with the option to stop in different places and see detailed information about the actual progress of the renovation work."

Borst and his team have also been able to take the visitors into places that you could otherwise never

enter - like inside a steam boiler or down into the pitch dark areas below the waterline. "Because the Focus3D is so compact and light, we often acquire unusual perspectives. Dispensing with the tripod, we can stick the scanner down a drain or into a boiler casing – obviously something you could not do if the scanner was bigger or heavier," says Borst with satisfaction.

1 Customer demand: More and

more customers are requiring

3D scanning services, so it is

important for us to be highly

flexible and able to scan very

quickly.

2 A great price: we have been

renting scanning services

for about 12 years but with

demand surging and the

Focus3D being so affordable

it definitely made sense to

buy one now.

3 Mobility: Because of the

small size and light weight,

you can try unusual methods

to get scans from weird and

impossible places – like

inside casings or down

drains etc.

4 Workflow and software: I am

very satisfied with the overall

integration, from the scanning

and photo stitching to the web

presentation or export into

visualization software.

4 gooD reasons for using faro laser scanners

Eric Borst, Senior Design Engineer/ Market Manager Laser Scanning at Royal HaskoningDHV, says:

suMMaryFARO scan data is being put to

multiple uses during restoration

of a historic pump station. Be-

sides accurate plans for the res-

toration, a virtual flight and 3D

photo database were created as

tourist attractions.

www.faro.coM/focus

Image: Royal HaskoningDHV

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arcHitecture & Virtual reality The Shukhov tower in Moscow has been an inspiration to architects for over 90 years, but now the once ground-breaking struc-ture is dangerously corroded. FARO got involved to help save it.

Few constructions can match the innovative elegance of the Shukhov tower, Moscow that was built over 90 years ago by the great Rus-sian engineer Vladimir Shukhov. His genius was to use a lattice of straight steel beams to create a hyperboloid structure that delivers enormous strength with a minimum of materi-als and little wind resistance. Originally plan-ning to exceed the height of the eiffel Tower by 45 metres with 60% less steel, Shukhov was still forced to scale down his tower due to the lack of steel in revolutionary Russia.

His final tower was nonetheless 160 metres tall and it supported the broadcast equip-ment of Soviet TV for 30 years and radio for much longer. Unfortunately, renovation was never a serious concern for the propaganda institutions so corrosion of the steel struc-ture reached dangerous levels by 1991. Now, thanks to an international campaign, the gov-ernment funding was finally provided to save the tower. At the time it was built, one of the inspirational features was the telescopic con-struction method. The renovation of the top four sections will involve a reversal of this process to dismantle the sections and then a complete overhaul and repositioning to restore the tower to its original 1922 state.

Before the renovation work started, the Rus-sian Academy of Sciences1 decided to make a precise digital 3D model of the original tower.

Challanging assignment to save an architectural milestone

1 The Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IHST RAS)

–arcHitecture & Virtual reality–

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1 Speed: If you are scanning

140 metres off the ground at

the top of a windy tower that

has been declared danger-

ously rusted, you want a

scanner that works fast and

flawlessly.

2 Mobility: Thanks to the com-

pact size of the Focus3D we

were actually able to get the

scanner into position – the

competitor's product was too

bulky for that job.

3 ease of use: For collecting

data outdoors in the middle

of the Russian winter you

need equipment that is easy

to use and robust.

4 Seamless: One of the project

aims is to develop the virtual

story about the tower so easy

export to visualisation or

web sharing applications is

important.

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Michael Anikushkin, CEO Trimetari Consulting, says:

suMMaryA 90 year-old Soviet broadcast

tower inspired a generation of ar-

chitects. Now threatened by cor-

rosion, it is being saved with the

help of the FARO Focus3D.

The work was assigned to the Center for the Virtual History of Science and Technology and 3D specialists Trimetari Consulting who carried out the scanning work with the support of the FARO dis-tributor Master Service.

The work began with a 3D scan of the whole tower in the middle of the Russian winter. 3 days of laser scanning were carried out in December 2011 and equip-ment used included a FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D.

"Seven scanner stations were es-tablished – four at ground level, and three on the tower platforms," explains Michael Anikushkin, CeO Trimetari Consulting. The

triMetari consulting

Trimetari Consulting is a team of experts with a mis-sion to help specialists from different industries to solve their tasks relating to meas-urements in three-dimen-sional space.

Employing certified expert land surveyors and compu-ter science engineers, ex-perienced in conventional surveying, laser scanning, and 3D modelling, Trimetari takes pride in their commu-nity approach.

Using inter-disciplinary in-sights they make the most of their available hardware and software on every job.

www.triMetari.coM

final data set contained about 100 million points referenced to a fixed position at the tower base and the Moscow Geodetic system. The mutual orientation precision of all the scans was 7 mm.

Having created a full 3D digital model of the current state of the tower, the next step will be to model the whole lifecycle of the tower based on available docu-mentation and then to create a virtual 3D story about this inspir-ing monument.

"we are an independent service pro-vider and we support our customers with various brands of equipment. On this job we had a long-range pulse-based scanner and the FARO

The point cloud of the tower in context.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors from the Neo-lithic age, decorated the walls of rock shelters at a place called Laas Geel with paintings of animals and humans. Little did they know that their work would last for perhaps 5,000 years and one day attract the attention of a team of Frenchmen armed to the teeth with 21st century advanced measuring technology.

Discovered in 2002 by Professor Xavier Gutherz, from Paul Valery University (in Montpellier, France), Laas Geel is probably the most significant Neolithic rock-painting site in the eastern part of Africa. But it is located in Somaliland, an autonomous region of war-torn Somalia – not the kind of place that you can eas-ily investigate as an archaeologist or visit as a tourist. That is why the decision was made to create an accu-rate 3D model of the now endangered archaeological treasure. Having complete 3D measurements of the site will contribute to heritage preservation efforts, facilitate archaeological studies and allow the crea-tion of immersive virtual tourism applications.

In April 2012, a team of five undertook the long jour-ney from Paris to Laas Geel in the Horn of Africa to capture the necessary data. The expedition, manned by 3 archaeologists from the Paul Valery University and 2 scanning experts from the company Art Graphique et Patrimoine (AGP), scanned all 24 rock shelters and the cave paintings they contain. They also captured the site topography with a Total Station and made sub-mil-limetre level scans of the pre-eminent rock paintings. The French firm AGP has been a keen user of FARO scanners for over six years and are experts in immersive virtual reality for heritage preservation and promotion.

"we use 2 FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D on a daily basis," explains Didier Happe, CeO of AGP. "The Focus3D was perfect for the Laas Geel expedition

because it is so light and portable, works on batteries for up to 6 hours and scans very fast. we also shot 36 mega-pixel images using a high-resolution digital camera."

"what you can do with the data really depends on how objectively you can integrate data from different scan positions and sources into a single database. So we developed a rigorous method using targets and refer-ence spheres as well as chromatic cards for colomet-ric calibration," explains Happe. "we also had laptops equipped with point cloud and 3D modelling software so we could validate and begin processing all the data. That involved some night shifts but we wanted to make sure we had everything before flying home."

"we are heavy FARO users so we are very grateful for the close support of the FARO team in France. They have always been a great help and the R&D depart-ment is always very interested in customer feedback," says Happe with enthusiasm.

The cave paintings of Laas GeelAt work in the rock shelters of Laas Geel.

agp

Art Graphique et Patrimoine (AGP), founded in 1997, is a leading company in dimensional documentation of buildings and works of art. AGP have documented more than 800 pres-tigious historic monuments in europe, Asia and Africa, including Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Mont Saint Michel, the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles. AGP also produces films, interactive applications, augmented reality applications and DVDs using state of the art technologies for lasergrammetry, photogram-metry and 3D metrology.

www.artgp.fr www.wikipeDia.org/wiki/laas_gaal

arcHaeology A Neolithic rock-painting site in remote Somaliland has now been captured in 3D with the FARO Focus3D to facilitate scientific study and virtual tourism.

1 Fast and efficient: We always

have to work very fast be-

cause we can't get in the way

of tourists in French heritage

sites and you simply need to

minimise the duration of work

in a country like Somalia.

So we appreciate a fast and

efficient scanner like the

Focus3D.

2 Light and compact: weigh-

ing only 5 kg and measuring

24 x 20 x 10 cm, it is the

smallest 3D scanner ever built

– perfect for international

assignments.

3 Support: If we miss a scan-

ning appointment we usually

have to wait for a long time

for the next window of op-

portunity. So we rely very

heavily on the FARO support

team in France to answer

questions or solve problems

if they arise. They have never

let us down.

4 All the details: we are

power users and probably

scan more frequently than

any other company in the

building/surveyor industry in

France. The FARO products

have so many features that

make our life easier.

www.faro.coM/focus

Didier Happe, CEO AGP, says:

suMMaryA difficult trip to a war-torn region

allowed FARO Focus3D users to cre-

ate an accurate 3D record of caves

and precious Neolithic paintings

that will serve science and public

interest.

–arcHaeology–

Image: Art Graphique et Patrimoine (AGP)

Image: Trimetari Consulting

www.faro.coM/focus

Image: Trimetari Consulting

4 gooD reasons for using faro laser scanners

Laser Scanner Focus3D. Both were suitable at the lower stations, but only the Focus3D was small enough to be taken up the ladder to the scanning station at 141 m. There was very little space up there and no protection from the weather. The light, compact and easy to use FARO Focus3D, really made the difference. without it, we would not have been able to complete this job," says Ani-kushkin thankfully.

Only the FARO scanner was suitable for work in the confined yet exposed conditions of the upper platform.

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Survey and inspection of bridges in the Province of Naples

–Mobile Mapping–

Mobile Mapping One of the areas with the greatest potential for the use of laser scanning technology is the inspection and as-built documentation of road infrastructure, particularly bridges.

Siteco used its Mobile Mapping Road-Scanner3 system, equipped with three FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D, for a project commissioned by the Province of Naples that included the survey of 37 bridges. This allowed them to achieve excellent results in times that would be unthinkable with traditional surveying techniques.

The methodology used for this project required both moving and static scans, thus allowing the optimal exploitation of the features of the Focus3D which fits to both scanning methodologies.

The three FARO Focus3D installed on the new Siteco's Mobile Mapping System (MMS) allow three-dimensional laser scanning in motion. The Road-Scanner3 thus proves to be particularly suitable for scanning road infrastructures such as bridges and viaducts, since the work can be carried out without stopping traffic.

The extradoses of the bridges were surveyed with the vehicle equipped with the Mobile Mapping System at normal operating speed, with obvious advantages in terms of the speed of execution and completeness of the survey. For road overpasses, the intradoses were also surveyed in motion by driving along the roads under the bridges. In contrast, works on railways or waterways require static scanning in Stop & Go mode, with the relative topographic framing.

Thanks to the three FARO Focus3D, Road-Scanner3 can capture almost 3 million points per second, with a mirror rotation speed of 100 Hz. Taking into account the surveying speed of 30 to 40 km/h, the density of the points obtained is comparable to that of a static scan, with the additional advantage of eliminating areas of shadow or limited coverage due to low radius incidence and distance.

Road-Scanner3 has an inertial platform and a GPS receiver to acquire position and attitude at a frequency of 1,000 Hz. This allowed the direct georeferencing of the point clouds. In this way, even while making several passes, the point clouds were already topographically coherent with the structures. The related film clips, made with seven high-definition cameras, and the point clouds were

–Mobile Mapping–

Image: Siteco Informatica S.r.l

Dimensional control using the FARO Edge ScanArm.

Buffering functionality for obtaining cross sections.

"In this project, which involved the surveys of 37 bridges for the Province of Naples, the FARO Focus3D offered signifi-cant advantages in terms of flexibility and performance."augusto burcHi, founDer anD ceo of

siteco inforMatica.

assigned to each of the different passes. These film clips are viewable with Siteco's Road-SIT suite of applications, which also supports the geographic querying of the images.

1 In developing our Road-

Scanner, we searched for a

solution that had to assure

reduced size and weight, high

speed, accuracy and stability,

and ease of use: these are the

reasons why we have chosen

FARO's products.

2 The very competitive price

of the FARO Focus3D also

put the MMS technology

within the reach of a much

larger number of engineering

companies.

3 we have been developing

mobile scanning systems

based on FARO technology

since 2007. The techno-

logical evolution of the

FARO Laser Scanner has

revolutionized our Road-

Scanner system in terms of

performance, ease of use

and flexibility.

4 The installation of three

FARO Focus3D allows a survey

of almost 3 millions of 3D

points per second and the

creation of a very large data-

base that makes it possible

to carry out any subsequent

analysis requested according

to the various mobile map-

ping implementations.

siteco inforMatica s.r.l.

Headquartered in Bologna, since 2000 Siteco Informatica has been developing solutions and providing consulting services in the fields of Road Information Systems and GIS (Geographic Information System) applications. Since 2007, the company has been developing mobile scan-ning systems based on FARO technology.

Today, Siteco Informatica's software applica-tions, which were initially developed for Motor-way Concessionaires, are now also a standard for local governments and engineering compa-nies in Italy.

Their applications solve the main problems of managing infrastructures: road registries, sig-nage, concessions, pavement studies, mainte-nance management, global service contracts and expropriation. Since 2011, the company has also been developing pavement manage-ment systems for road and airport assets.

www.sitecoinf.it/

Image: Siteco Informatica S.r.l

According to Augusto Burchi:

4 gooD reasons for using faro laser scanners

www.faro.coM/focus

The first processing of the point clouds consisted in removing the points external to the structures, such as vegetation. This was done using SCeNe, FARO's scan-data processing software.

Image: Siteco Informatica S.r.l

Span of a bridge made of prestressed concrete with details of the deck, beams and pillars.

Composition of point clouds for the as-built drawing of an arch bridge.

Once "clean" point clouds were obtained, it was possible to "assemble" them to reconstruct the structures in their entirety.

Once the point clouds were processed, the technical drawings of the structures were produced, including all elements such as sections, perspective drawings and profiles. Moreover, the final outputs produced included a complete mapping of the main defects found on the various components of the structures (beams, pillars, deck, supports, etc.), classified by type and importance. The database thus created was delivered to the Province of Naples.

Road-Scanner3 is also used with great results for other high-precision topographic surveys. In fact, the functions of point cloud editing and calibration through the use of control points, allow the execution of highly accurate surveys in incredibly short times, not comparable with static working methodologies.

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HeaDquarters europegerManyFARO eUROPe GmbH & Co. KGLingwiesenstr. 11/2 70825 Korntal-MünchingenT: +49 7150 97 97 0F: +49 7150 97 97 [email protected], www.faro.com/germany

beneluxFARO BeNeLUX B.V.Flight Forum 3502, 5657 NL-Dw eindhovenT: +31 4023 42 31 0F: +31 4023 40 40 [email protected], www.faro.com/benelux

france FARO FRANCe Paris Nord 2 - 9, rue des trois soeursBP 65110 Villepinte95975 Roissy CDG Cedex T: +33 14 86 38 90 0F: +33 14 86 38 90 [email protected], www.faro.com/france

italyCAM2 S.r.l. Corso Allamano Canonico, 34/a 10095 Grugliasco (TO)T: +39 011 95 88 55 8F: +39 011 95 88 59 0 [email protected], www.cam2.it

polanDFARO Technologies Polska Sp. z o.o.Ul. Powstańców Sląskich 5053-350 Wrocław 15przegr. poczt. 1998T: +48 71 33 93 27 6/8F: +48 71 339 32 [email protected], www.faro.com/poland

spain FARO SPAIN S.L.Avda. de les Corts Catalanes, 133 5 ° D08014 Barcelona, SpainT: +34 93 43 11 26 8F: +34 93 42 22 57 [email protected], www.faro.com/spain

switzerlanD FARO SwISS Holding GmbH wiesengasse 20 8222 Beringen, SchaffhausenT: +41 52 687 19 22 F: +41 52 687 19 [email protected], www.faro.com/swiss

ukFaro Technologies UK Ltd9-10 The Cobalt CentreSiskin Parkway eastMiddlemarch Business ParkCoventry, CV3 4PeT: +44 2476 21 76 90F: +44 2476 30 55 72 [email protected], www.faro.com/uk

turkeyFARO Turkey Ölçü Sistemleri Ltd. ŞtiUphill Court Towers, A1, A BLOK Kat 1, Daire 5, Fesleğen Sokak, Dereboyu Cad. Barbaros Mah., Batı Ataşehir, Küçükbakkalköy 34752, İstanbulT: +90 212 279 81 60 F: +90 212 279 81 58 [email protected], www.faro.com/turkey

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