Testing Room Scan

[Jess]

Hi @mkarimi
I tested Room Scan on M4 and I’m really impressed
Without preparing anything (pretty messy, tables full with utilities, stuff all around…) I simply started scanning and it detected the basic objects with decent accuracy. - walls, windows, tables, chairs… everything organized well on layers and dimensioned nicely
This is pretty amazing and I’ll check it out more in detail!

I struggled a bit saving the room scan (so far I just opened existing files). I was missing a button to save the file after choosing a location and naming the untitled file. It took me a while until I figured that I have to click “Move”. Is this intentional?

Thanks and keep up the good work,
Jess

Edit: The text variables in the “Plan” layout (FileName, DateModified) don’t work in iRhino.
Let me know if you need more info or want me to test something.

[Piotr]

Can you share more details, please (like I’m complete noob)?
Thanks

[Jess]

Hi @Piotr
I assume Room Scan is an integration of Apple’s RoomPlan technology which can be used on devices with a LiDAR sensor (iPad Pro and iPhone Pro).
Here you can see it in action and it is similar how it looks in iRhino: Create parametric 3D room scans with RoomPlan - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple Developer
Edit: and here: Explore enhancements to RoomPlan - WWDC23 - Videos - Apple Developer
The geometry is classified and organized on Rhino layers accordingly. Additionally there are some basic dimensions added.
Jess

[Piotr]

So it needs a modern iTOOL and coding experience?
I did not understand from the video whether Room Scan is a built-in feature for or LIDAR equipped stuff or another paid service. How it is being transferred to Rhino?

[Jess]

@Piotr

So it needs a modern iTOOL and coding experience?

No - it needs an iTool Pro with LiDAR (for example iPhone 12 Pro which is available since 2020)
and just iRhino

[mkarimi (Morteza Karimi)]

@Jess

I struggled a bit saving the room scan (so far I just opened existing files). I was missing a button to save the file after choosing a location and naming the untitled file. It took me a while until I figured that I have to click “Move”. Is this intentional?

I don’t have a good answer except for “That’s what iOS gives me out of the box”
Under the hood, I’m saving the file to a temporary location and ask the user where you want to “move” it to. There’s probably better ways to handle this but it’s more typing

[mkarimi (Morteza Karimi)]

@Piotr

So it needs a modern iTOOL and coding experience?
I did not understand from the video whether Room Scan is a built-in feature for or LIDAR equipped stuff or another paid service. How it is being transferred to Rhino?

You need an iPhone or iPad that has a LiDAR sensor. Most pro models have it
You don’t need any coding experience, we have implemented Apple’s RoomPlan into iRhino (our free iOS app) so you can just tap a button to scan and save into a 3dm file.

Introducing Room Scan

Latest iRhino3D WIP available from TestFlight includes Room Scan feature. This feature allows you to quickly create a 3D model from an interior space using the LiDAR sensor of your iOS device. The resulting 3D model contains walls, openings, cabinetry, appliances and furniture bounding boxes. You can then save the geometry into a Rhino 3dm file.