I screw the top of my prism pole to a point that alows the rod to hang freely and rotate any direction. I wait for it to stop swinging so its plum to ground. If bubble is off i adjust. Maybe im wrong but this video seems too much
My Land was previously surveyed by someone who used a plumb bob too. It turned out that day it was really windy. :) JK... I do enjoy using a PB. I have worked with many old time surveyors that would fire anyone who didn't keep a consistent bob.
If you are surveying the outdoors or are preforming scans to see how level a floor is the Faro S series may be able to help somewhat better with its dual axis compensator. If you are scanning indoors for Architectural Engineering Construction, the Faro S series is no match for the RTC360, since the RTC360 is much faster and the IMU/VIS provides rapid registration and more than good enough leveling for outstanding results for Scan To BIM and construction verification projects. Know your tools, and which one to use for the job at hand. As noted by Datum Tech Solutions, I am beyond impressed by my RTC360, and their video shows the speed the RTC360 can perform.
This method works but is a lot more convoluted than necessary. Bubble vials are self checking, you can check/fix their calibration without other accessories like the spirit level
yeah but this actually takes time out of it if the bubble vial is not in the same plane as the pole. you have to have a guaranteed starting point. I received a new fixed height tripod the spirit level said was out of level when the bubble level said it was. use the spirit level then adjust the bubble to it. after a few adjustments to the bubble level everything talked. I thought the same thing you just said but after chasing my tail for about 10 minutes i realized the pole and the bubble level were not on the same plane. the only way to do this is with a spirit level.
How where your experience now after a few months? In our region clients already abandoned the RTC because its inability to perform regular projects of 2000+ scans. The RTC levels only within 3 Arcminutes. This gives on 20m Distance already a levelness error of massive +/- 17.5mm. I got once a demonstration from FARO where they started their Scanner and 5min later they printed me a levelness report from their laptop as .pdf. We controlled it with our total station and it was within 2mm. It´s crazy! We´re so happy that we didn´t invested into the RTC!
I had a demo with the RTC and we didn't even level it! We did 12 scans starting behind a building, to the front, in the door, down the stairs, down the hallway and out the back door. A hydro pole captured in both the first and last scan was about 3 mm different.
the latest firmware for the RTC as a feature called check and adjust. Check & Adjust is a fully automated field procedure that allows to: - Check the current angular accuracy of the instrument - Adjust the angular parameters to improve the angular accuracy of the instrument the feature will create a pdf report directly to the USB stick.
I would say you got a demo from someone who really doesn't know the RTC360, sorry for that. I would say take another look.... have our team come out and show you the power of the unit. The numbers above do not represent a quality scan by any scanner over 30K in my opinion.
Ron, Leveling the scanner is not a requirement. I was a little nervous in the beginning as well based on my "survey background" and lack of confidence experienced with previous products. I would say like I have mentioned above to have us show you the product. I am sure my team could quickly show you the power of the unit and scanning quality you are looking for. Best of luck moving forward
This proves itself out. Rotate the pole 360 deg while staying in the same location and watch your bubble, this will be your visual, let you see for yourself the quality of the calibration.
