Laser scanners are gaining speed and finesse, just as tools for handling their clouds of data are coming down to earth.
At a CAD conference in May, Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pa., said it will distribute CloudWorx, a plug-in from San Ramon, Calif.-based Cyra Technologies Inc., that meshes raw point cloud data with CAD software. It lets users work with subsets of data, such as sections, for use as backdrop for detailing retrofit plans.