SCAN-TO-BIM method and analysis of measurement accuracy on the example of a historic church

Abstract

Building information modeling (BIM) data for existing buildings based on scans and point clouds acquired from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is the basis of the Scan-to-BIM methodology and is becoming common practice. However, work on the accuracy of the resulting model is still desired. The article discusses the possibility of developing a BIM model of a historical building, based on data obtained by terrestrial laser scanning. The subject of the study was the church in Posada Rybotycka (Poland). The mapping reliability studies included PointCab and ReCap point cloud processing, 3D modeling of the object using Revit software, and analysis of the accuracy of distance measurements made by TLS with data obtained from measurements made with traditional methods: total station and laser rangefinder. Based on the conducted research, the possibility of using the BIM with TLS data in the process of reconstructing the geometry of a historic building was evaluated. The results of the study showed that the convergence of the 3D model geometry with the actual course of the structure depends on the development methodology, i.e. the accuracy of 3D data acquisition, the registration process, the filtering procedure, or the parametric structural modeling method used.