VisualWorks 9.0 with 3D Structural Viewer

VisualSoft has launched VisualWorks 9.0, a major upgrade to their existing Pipeline and Structural Inspection Survey Suite. The new version introduces unique workscope support tools and a new integrated 3D Structural Viewer across the entire range of online and offline products. Visual3D-Inspector adds inspection workscope planning and progress tracking seamlessly integrated with digital video acquisition controls and anomaly logging and 3D Structural Viewer loads electronic drawings and provides two-way linking of components in asset models with the real video and all associated survey and inspection data for better visualisation during analysis and reporting.

 

VisualWorks 9.0 also introduces improved cleaning and smoothing scripts for cross-profile and multi-beam data to significantly reduce cleaning time and improve the quality of the end results; separate logging and viewing of Inspection/Survey and ROV Log events to improve usability for ROV crews and improved decode and overlay of ROV data direct from the vehicle without need for survey/navigation software to support a wider range of vehicles.

Speaking during pre-launch trials, independent Data Processing Specialist, Phil Reed said, ‘the novel way of generating and previewing the inspection workscope visually means ROV pilots and the rest of the inspection team can get a better understanding of the job and can identify potential problem areas before doing the survey for real. Also, the built-in tracking makes it much easier to see at a glance what has and has not been inspected, which is great for handovers. I particularly like being able to load captured video from the 3D structural viewer and directly relate it to events because it makes anomaly review and correction much more intuitive and quicker to do.'