3D Scanning for Shipyards & Marine Assets

Why shipyard & marine sites scan

A vessel is a large, curved, constantly modified structure that nobody has accurate drawings for after its first refit. Retrofits — scrubbers, ballast treatment, propulsion conversion — are designed into spaces whose real geometry differs from the general arrangement, and the discovery happens in dry dock where every day is metered.

What it is actually used for

Compartment and machinery-space as-builts for conversion design; hull form capture and deformation comparison against baseline; propeller and rudder geometry; block and section dimensional control during new construction; and damage capture after grounding or collision where the repair scope must be argued to a class surveyor.

What a scan will not tell you

What a scan does not give you: reality capture records SURFACES. It measures geometry to millimetres and it will not tell you remaining wall thickness, whether a weld contains lack of fusion, or how much life an asset has left. Those are examination questions, answered by ultrasonics, radiography and the rest of the NDT method set — which is why scanning and inspection belong in the same programme rather than substituting for one another.

How scanning and inspection work together here

Geometry answers "will it fit"; examination answers "is it sound". Yard programmes run structural UT and MT alongside dimensional capture, under class or NAVSEA acceptance. UT in marine work · maritime programme consulting · maritime NDT training.

How Atlantis delivers

Atlantis mobilises scanning crews to your site — terrestrial laser scanning, photogrammetry and drone capture as the asset demands — and delivers registered point clouds, meshes and the deliverable your engineering team actually consumes. We do not claim a survey office in every market, and say so plainly.

3D scanning services · turning captured geometry into a digital twin · scope a scan.

Scanning in other sectors

Refinery & Petrochemical · Power Generation · Aerospace & Defence · Fabrication & Modular Construction · Mining & Bulk Handling · Tank Farms & Terminals.