Indoor ice rink

Large open spaces like ice rinks can be deceptively difficult to digitize. They may appear simple, but overhead steel framework, lighting rigs, and ventilation ducts create a dense web of geometry that ground-based scanners can barely see, let alone capture accurately. That’s why Artec Jet was deployed to document these overhead structures without any need for scaffolding, lifts, or time-consuming tripod-based capture.

Mounting Jet to a drone meant that it took just 15 minutes to scan the entire area. Flying to the underside of the roof meant that overhead steelwork could be captured in high detail. Despite the variation in surfaces, including painted steel, smooth ice, and bare concrete, there was no degradation in data quality. Every bolt, plate, and fixture was faithfully recorded in 3D format.

Ground-based solutions would’ve faced line-of-sight issues. But Artec Jet was able to navigate with full freedom of movement, documenting the scene in its entirety. For engineers and architects, this kind of dataset provides comprehensive, floor-to-ceiling documentation, which normally takes days to compile. With Artec Jet, it took less than half an hour.