3D scanning for historic preservation is a huge industry. While F3's client base is more Industrial and energy based we do have a presence in this field.
One project that the firm is very proud of is the "Seine River Gig Nana" replica project.
Historic Picture of a River Boat
Gig Nana at The Legion of Honor Museum - Of Patrick Bigand's collection
Our client Mark Patton, approached us about performing 3D scanning and 3D CAD modeling to create a 1:1 plan set for fabrication. The task would prove challenging on Mark's part and ours. For starters Mark had to get permission from the owner in France, Patrick Bigand, which Mark successfully did. Then he had to get approval from the San Francisco Legion of Honor Museum where the boat resides. He was successful, but they only gave us a 4 1/2 hour window to perform the measurements.
After all the permissions were out of the way, the team executed the 3D laser scan with perfection. We used two Leica ScanStatioin C10s and captured the data with time to spare, the point cloud data is displayed in the screenshot below.
3D Point Cloud of the Gig Nana
3D CAD rendering of the Gig Nana
3D CAD rendering of the Gig Nana
Sugar Pine (on the left) used for the Gig Nana replica
Cutting into lumber...
Lumber Staked...
The video below shows the 3D scanning process in action:
“Dear Sean Finn,
The life size plans arrived in good shape today.
They are beautiful and more than I hoped for.
Please let Mike and Eric know that I am very pleased with their product. ”
We thank Mark Patton for letting us be a small part of this project and look forward to the final results of the project.