Revolutionising the luxury yacht building industry with laser scanning

Author:Reka Vasszi

Listening as the wind fills the sails, feeling the heat of the sun and the wind blowing on your skin while sailing through the oceans.Royal Huisman，，，，a Dutch maritime craftsmanship and superyacht builder, makes sure all this happens in the most luxurious environment possible.

Elfje, the fairy of the oceans, is a52.36-metre-long eco-friendly luxury yacht， 由__建造Royal Huisman在荷兰的Vollenhove造船厂。豪华船充满了Hoek Design的精致外观设计和工程，以及Redman Whiteley Dixon的优雅内饰。

从概念到完成，游艇花了四年的时间才能设计，建造和着装。为了加速工作流程，皇家Huisman要求lido2d3d，，，，a Dutch luxury interior drawing company, to think about a solution to speed up the carpentry work for the deckhouses.

创新建筑过程

lido2d3d将客户的概念转化为详细的3 d博士awings to support the work of the interior builders. The company uses 3D laser scanners to map out the ships with millimetre accuracy – the resulting 3D models serve as the basis for creating detailed interior plans.

“Practice, experience and craftsmanship brought us knowledge and perfection, therefore, we use state-of-the-art laser scanning technology to provide accurate results to our customers,”said Folkert Boermans, founder of Lido2D3D.

The carpentry work of deckhouses is a lengthy procedure that requires skilled carpenters and no mistakes are allowed. The deckhouses are made from aluminium and covered with massive teak. To speed up the workflow of preparing individual mould forms for the coverage and preparing the teak, Lido2D3D captured the ship with a Leica扫描仪P20high-definition 3D laser scanner. The team created adigital 3D modelto prepare the parts for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) manufacturing production.

与扫描仪P20和Leica的组合FlexLine TS09 total station， 花了只有八个小时扫描both deckhouses inside and out. The point cloud was then registered and cleaned using theLeica Cyclone注册360点云处理办公软件。一旦准备好了网格模型，就可以创建表面模型，并可以将其传输到任何CAD软件中。多亏了Leica Geosystems解决方案的效率，全部工作，从初始扫描到表面模型，，，，took only 58 hours适用于LIDO2D3D专家。

Meshed model of Elfje

Having a详细的3D表面模型with accurate measurements, enabled Royal Huisman to prepare all covering parts via CNC, thus saving time and increasing quality of the final product.

“The use of a 3D laser scanner is unique in the yacht building industry. It is important to have a very detailed design of the ship because we create most interior drawings in 3D. Our Leica ScanStation P20 3D laser scanner is able to map out the ship with millimetre accuracy. The scanner provides us the best basis possible to create a detailed interior drawing,”said Boermans.

Performing reliable data

Elfje曾经optimised to cruise fast并在专业层面上运作，目的是参加帆船赛。因此，Lido2D3D被要求测量嫩舱口以更换。

这项任务提出了两个挑战。首先，团队只能carry out the survey once without any mistakessince the yacht was located in Antigua, but the hatch was going to be produced in the Netherlands. Once the new hatch is produced, it will be shipped wherever the yacht is sailing at the time and installed locally. Therefore, measurements needed to be accurate with a最大偏差高达2毫米。

第二个挑战是该船漂浮在水上，团队无法使用扫描仪和总站的补偿器。

To overcome the challenges, the team used the扫描仪P20与TS09总站结合使用。Lido2D3D专家在封闭位置扫描了舱口和周围的甲板后，他们重复了相同的程序，舱口抬起甲板上方。甲板的calling和舱口的外部形状也由总站测量。为了将总站的数据与扫描仪的点云的准确性进行比较，LIDO2D3D使用了纸质目标来仔细检查数据。

分析最小的细节

Tomaximise the speedof Elfje, Royal Huisman had to prepare a new rudder. The rudder blades must be the same on both sides to achieve the perfect water flow, therefore the Dutch superyacht builder company asked Lido2D3D to perform an analysis and check for possible deviations.

在扫描Elfje之后扫描P40，，，，the new blades were compared to a theoretical 3D model, allowing experts to确定微小的差异between the right and left part of the rudder.

Laser scanning is truly revolutionising the luxury yacht building industry by increasing quality and efficiency for a range of stakeholders. From planning to building and furnishing, laser scanning provides a reliable solution when it has to be right.