Week three
Stevie laser-scans the old Precinct, where the new centre's link bridge has to connect. 400GB.
Stevie: Every bolt, Rex. Every bolt.
Stevie's journey · Engineering · Story 2
The point cloud on a hard drive
A 400GB laser scan of the old Precinct. Too big for the shared system. Just right for a drawer.
The wrong way
Week three
Someone says it's too big for the CDE. It goes on a USB drive, and the drive goes in Stevie's desk drawer.
Design office
Alex needs the old pipe positions for the connection. Stevie's on site and the drawer's locked, so Alex works from a drawing dated 1986.
DesignDesign: Month two…
Month two
Someone borrows the drive for another job. It comes back. Mostly.
DesignDesign: Month five…
Month five
The connection doesn't fit: the 1986 drawing shows what was designed, not what was built. Stevie opens the drawer. The drive clicks, whirrs and dies.
The rescan
The old Precinct is now wrapped in scaffolding, and half of it can't be seen. Rex: "Every bolt?" Stevie: "Some bolts."
The scan saw every bolt. Then it lived in a drawer.
Find out what Stevie should have doneStevie's Lesson 2 · The point cloud on a hard drive, then the same story done the right way.