New Software Platform Enables "CSI" Effect for Crash,
Crime, and Fire Investigation
LAKE MARY, Fla.,
June 15, 2017 /CNW/ -- FARO® (NASDAQ:
FARO), the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement and
imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM,
product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions
applications, announces the availability of the FARO Zone 3D
software (www.faro.com/en-us/faro-zone-3d). This
revolutionary platform, through its advanced smart tools, is the
first of its kind to enable investigators to move fluidly between
2D and 3D environments and enhance the quality of incident
reconstruction analysis or presentations for public safety
professionals. Trial versions of FARO Zone 3D can be downloaded
from:
www.faro.com/faro-3d-app-center/stand-alone-apps/faro-zone-3d.
FARO Zone 3D dramatically elevates the visual
impact of presentations, including courtroom exhibits, by enabling
accurate 2D and 3D scene diagrams, 3D scene walk-throughs, and full
scene reconstruction animations.
FARO Zone 3D also enhances the ability of public safety
professionals to plan for, and respond more effectively to,
emergencies by creating accurate representations of real-world
locations within local communities.
Key leading-edge functionality of FARO Zone 3D
includes:
Advanced Smart Tools to Drive a More Confident
Result
- Precise diagramming and measurement tools
- Blood spatter analysis tools
- Bullet trajectory analysis tools
- Dynamic momentum and skid crash analysis
tools
- Vehicle crush analysis tools
- Accurate scene replication with more than 10 million 3D
models included or imported from free, online sources
- Accurate 2D and 3D animations and
walk-throughs
Enhanced Flexibility to Drive a Faster
Result
- Easily draw and edit in 3D or in 2D and see both views
simultaneously
- Explore "what if" animation scenarios in real time with
exact measurements taken from the scene
- Quickly and simply import measurement data from other
sources such as drones, satellite maps, or laser
scanners
- Import FARO laser scan data directly from FARO SCENE
software
- Backwards compatibility with FARO CAD Zone and ARAS
applications
"FARO is committed to delivering innovation that enables
investigators to do their job faster, easier, and more effectively"
states Jeff Ruiz, Vice President
Global Public Safety - Forensics business unit. "FARO Zone 3D is a
major industry milestone that harnesses the power of 3D in a
solution specifically developed for crime, crash, and fire
investigators."
FARO Zone 3D is currently available for
ordering.
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that
are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as statements
about demand for and customer acceptance of
FARO's products, and FARO's product development and product
launches. Statements that are not historical
facts or that describe the Company's plans, objectives,
projections, expectations, assumptions,
strategies, or goals are forward-looking statements. In addition,
words such as "is," "will" and similar
expressions or discussions of FARO's plans or other
intentions identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and are subject to various known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors
that may cause actual results, performances, or achievements to
differ materially from future results,
performances, or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Consequently, undue reliance should not
be placed on these forward-looking
statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from what is expressed or forecasted in
such forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to:
- development by others of new or improved products,
processes or technologies that make the Company's products less
competitive or obsolete;
- the Company's inability to maintain its technological
advantage by developing new products and enhancing its existing
products;
- declines or other adverse changes, or lack of
improvement, in industries that the Company serves or the domestic
and international economies in the regions of the world where the
Company operates and other general economic, business, and
financial conditions; and
- other risks detailed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2016 and
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2017.
Forward-looking statements in this release represent
the Company's judgment as of the date of this
release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.
About FARO
FARO is the world's most trusted source for 3D
measurement, imaging and realization technology. The Company
develops and markets computer-aided measurement and imaging devices
and software. Technology from FARO permits high-precision 3D
measurement, imaging and comparison of parts and complex structures
within production and quality assurance processes. The devices are
used for inspecting components and assemblies, rapid prototyping,
documenting large volume spaces or structures in 3D, surveying and
construction, as well as for investigation and reconstruction of
accident sites or crime scenes.
FARO's global headquarters are located in Lake Mary, Florida. The Company also has
a technology center and manufacturing facility consisting of
approximately 90,400 square feet located in Exton, Pennsylvania containing research and
development, manufacturing and service operations of our FARO Laser
Tracker™ and FARO Cobalt Array 3D Imager product
lines. The Company's European regional headquarters is
located in Stuttgart, Germany and
its Asia Pacific regional
headquarters is located in Singapore. FARO has other offices in
the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, the United
Kingdom, France,
Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey, the
Netherlands, Switzerland,
India, China, Malaysia, Thailand, South
Korea, Australia and
Japan.
More information is available at
http://www.faro.com
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