FARO Technologies, a global technology company that develops and markets computer-aided coordinate measurement devices and software, opens its new office in Brisbane, Australia.

This move is part of FARO’s long-term growth plan and to increase its footprint in Asia Pacific.

FARO’s customer base in Australia and New Zealand is growing. As such, this expansion is a natural progression – in line with FARO’s commitment to stay close to the customers in order to provide stronger and faster support. Furthermore, a direct presence allows FARO to be up to date with the changing requirements of the customers, facilitating the development of new and relevant solutions to address the market.

“The Brisbane office is primarily a sales office, supported by the Asia Headquarters in Singapore for non-sales support such as financial, operation, marketing and logistics. With a team of experienced and technically sound personnel, FARO Australia is able to provide pre-sales consultation, technical support, product support and sales support directly to the customers,” said Mr Quah Beng Chieh, Head of Marketing, FARO Asia Pacific.

With the establishment of FARO Australia, the company hopes to gain stronger foothold into its core industries such as automotive, metalworking and fabrication, heavy machineries, architectures and construction, BIM/CIM, public safety forensics, etc. “FARO recognizes the prominence of the mining industry in Australia,” Mr Quah elaborated. “We have developed a tailored market approach to ensure effective penetration into this market.”

FARO Technologies, Inc, the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging technology, announces an update to PointSense, the Company’s leading Surveying and As-Built Documentation software suite for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. With the release of Version 16.5, PointSense now includes additional tools and functionality for efficiently processing 3D laser scan data in Autodesk’s AutoCAD^® and Revit^® packages and accelerates documentation of as-built data.

New PointSense functionality for AutoCAD^® includes simultaneous fit of multiple polygon cross-sections, single-click plane extraction, and auto-boundary detection. New plant design tools include batch extraction of multiple structural steel elements and enhanced flange tie-in point extraction. Revit^® users will also benefit from new, intuitive deformation tools for comparing point clouds to any surface including walls, floors and ground. Additionally, users of Agisoft’s PhotoScan software can now import their calibrated photos into PointSense’s Heritage tools as an additional reference source for processing their point cloud data.

FARO also released new versions of its VirtuSurv, TachyCAD, and PhoToPlan software with enhanced functionality. VirtuSurv, the Company’s intuitive and easy-to-use solution for processing point cloud data based on photo-like scan views, offers a new user interface for SEMA GmbH’s timber construction tools software.