Put Reality into Your Design Software using Laser Models™ to Decrease Remodeling Time by 85%, Design Time by 60% and Clashes by 85%

2008 Offshore Technology Conference
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantapoint (http://www.quantapoint.com) – provider of laser scanning technology and services that helps companies achieve Zero-Defect Projects™ – today announced the release of QuantaCAD™ 8.0. QuantaCAD puts reality into your design software by enabling facilities digitized using laser scanning to be accessed as award-winning high-definition Laser Models™ and photo-realistic Laser Images™. Quantapoint is celebrating this release at the ArCH Center in Houston on Friday, May 2, starting at 5:30 PM. To register, visit http://www.quantapoint.com/80launch. Additionally, visit Quantapoint in Pavilion Booth 13420 at the Offshore Technology Conference 2008 (May 5-8, 2008 at the Reliant Center).

The latest version incorporates a number of new capabilities based on user feedback to better support the design and engineering lifecycle. The new capabilities in QuantaCAD include:

Significantly improved memory management so that more Laser Models may be loaded.
Extremely fast clashing of Laser Models against CAD models, including clashing within SmartPlant Review.
Demolition groups may be colored to visually identify demolition work packages for construction teams.
An elbow demolition selection shape is now available.
Certified tie/tag points may be imported directly into QuantaCAD as starting points for design.
Point, distance and pipe measurements may now be made within Laser Images.
CAD models may be automatically back-projected in 3D into Laser Images in real-time.
Certified tie points and user added tag points may be automatically back-projected in 3D into Laser Images in real-time.
Users may “walk” through the Digitized Facility from Laser Image to Laser Image.
Graphical views may be automatically exported and saved as JPG or TIFF images.
Laser Models may be used as “snap points” for standard AutoCAD commands.
Bentley MicroStation XM is now supported, in addition to Autodesk AutoCAD, Bentley AutoPlant, AVEVA PDMS, Intergraph PDS and Intergraph SmartPlant Review.
By using QuantaCAD to put reality into design software, clients have typically been able to reduce field trips by 90% (by doing virtual site visits in the design software), reduce remodeling time by 85% (by using the Digitized Facility instead of remodeling in CAD or as a basis to remodel), decrease design time by 60% (by accessing more complete information in the design software) and cut rework from design clashes by 85% (by correcting clashes between the Digitized Facility and the new design).

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