LiDAR Laser Scanning for Theatre

Measured building surveying with LiDAR is a cost-effective method of capturing a 3D digital representation of a space.

LiDAR laser scanning has a number of uses including AEC, archaeology, forensics, BIM, gaming, VFX, and production planning for live events.

In theatre, LiDAR laser scanning is a modern way of efficiently and accurately capturing a performance space or production design for the purposes of historical preservation, redevelopment works, and planning and visualising large-scale 21st-century shows.

We use a range of scanners that typically operate at a capture rate of up to 1 million measurements per second down to a tolerance of 2mm. Our process typically takes around half a day to fully survey a theatre auditorium and stage depending on its level of complexity.

This process can be completed even with a current production in-situ that we then digitally remove from the scan.

The output of the scanning process is a point cloud, which is a 3D volume of the aligned measurements captured during the scan.

We can supply this data in its raw form or as a remodelled and retopologised clean 3D CAD Digital Twin.

Producing a CAD model from a measured building survey enables us to guarantee accuracy and certainty with our Seat Preevue views from seats, our Sightline Analysis, and our visualizations.