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3D laser scanners have been around for a while in the commercial sector, creating 3D diagrams for surveyors, but new designs are making them more accessible and easy to use than ever.

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Mansfield received them via a Freedom of Information request t oTfL (Transport for London), and explains that "t hey are technically axonometric diagrams, which is 3D-like, but not to scale, which ...

A 3D model may be drawn as a 3D diagram. The limitations are the same as the 3D construction model. On a computer it may be possible to rotate this diagram to look at it from different angles.

The scanner, called the Leica RTC360, provides a digital 3D diagram of a scene, showing measurements and dimensions. It's used at major crime scenes, usually involving a death, or crashes.