From Optical Symbol Recognition (OSR) of Point Clouds to the Substation Information Model

Laser scanning today represents one of the most sophisticated geodetic metering methods. This method is becoming more relevant in all substations areas. The challenge is to convert the raw point clouds into smart substation information models. This paper describes how a software provides new tools to radically improve the workflow and the time needed to convert point clouds into intelligent 3D substation models - based on Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. This then allows experts to take advantage of modern substation engineering methods and calculations.