3D Modeling
Digital geometry built for a purpose that does not need BIM — a mesh of what is standing, a clean geometric model of an object or area, something optimised for visualisation, VR or a web viewer, or site context for a design team. A 3D model is not a BIM model, and this service exists so you do not have to buy one to get the other.
- What it costs
- Custom scope · technical review
- Also called
- 3D modeling · mesh model · visualization model · as-built geometry · point cloud to 3D model · reality mesh · context model
Where it earns its keep
Use it for these.
- Visualisation, presentation and stakeholder review
- VR, AR and real-time environments that need optimised geometry
- Site or building context to model new work against
- A specific piece of equipment or architectural feature captured as geometry
Don’t use it for this
Anything that needs model intelligence — objects carrying properties, schedules, families or coordination data. That is Scan-to-BIM or BIM & VDC.
We put this on every service page because the fastest way to waste your money is to buy the impressive tool instead of the correct one. If the row above describes your job, say so on the call and we’ll point you at the right one — including when it’s cheaper than this.
Find the right one by problem →What you receive
And what it opens in.
- Project-specific 3D geometry in the format the intended use calls for
- Level of geometric detail and extents as agreed at scope
- A record of the source data used, and whether Kinetic captured it
Included every time
Formats
OBJ · FBX · glTF · IFC · Agreed per use
Format is agreed against what you do with the data next — these are the ones this service commonly delivers in, not a promise of every format on every project. Delivered to a shared project folder anyone on the job can open: no accounts, no per-seat charge, and if you leave, the record leaves with you.
The boundary
Where this scope ends.
Options on this scope
- Texturing and material work
- Platform-specific optimisation
- Additional export formats
- Revision cycles beyond the agreed scope
A separate Kinetic service
- 3D Laser ScanningThe capture, if there is no suitable source data yet.
- Mobile & Handheld ScanningFaster capture across a whole building, where that is the extent being modelled.
- Scan-to-CAD & Measured DrawingsDimensioned drawings rather than geometry.
- Scan-to-BIMObject properties, families and structured model information — that is a BIM scope, not a geometry one.
- BIM & VDCCoordination, federation and schedule- or quantity-linked model workflows.
- Digital twin & VR walkthroughsWhere the geometry becomes something an owner navigates and keeps.
Not something Kinetic does
- COBie data
- Asset database development
- Asset-management consulting
- Licensed design
- Professional engineering
- Certification of any kind
Where a project needs one of these, we say so and point you at someone licensed to do it.
Before we can price it
What we’d ask you.
Kinetic confirms the scope with you before anything is scheduled. None of it is a form to fill in — it is what the conversation covers.
- What will this model be used for?
- What software or platform does it have to open in?
- Does it need to carry information, or only shape?
- Do you have source data, or does this start with capture?
What changes the size of the job
- Intended use and target platform
- Area and extents
- Geometric complexity
- Level of geometric detail
- Mesh versus authored geometry
- Texture, material and optimisation requirements
- Whether suitable source data already exists
- Revision expectations
- Schedule
Useful to have, none of it required to start
- Intended use of the model
- Source data, or a request for Kinetic to capture it
- What geometry is required, and what can be left out
- Area and extents
- Target software or platform
- Output format
- Texture and material requirements, if any
- Coordinate requirements, if any
- Expectations around updates and revisions
Where we run it
Markets this shows up on most.
Multifamily
Repeated floorplates and hundreds of units make interior 360 history and pre-close documentation worth more than they look. Less glamorous, rewards discipline.
Multifamily documentationOil & gas
Tank farms, pipe racks, flare stacks and terminals — drone visual passes instead of scaffold and rope access, scan-based existing conditions for brownfield tie-ins, and turnaround documentation while everything is open.
Oil & gas facility capture
What this runs with.
All services →3D Laser Scanning
The capture most of this geometry is built from.
Quoted per scopeScan-to-CAD & Measured Drawings
The same conditions as drawings, when the deliverable is dimensioned rather than seen.
Custom scope · technical reviewScan-to-BIM
When the geometry has to carry information as well as shape.
Quoted per scopeDigital twin & VR walkthroughs
Where the geometry becomes something the owner walks through and keeps.
Quoted per scope
Tell us the job. We’ll tell you if this is the right tool for it.
Send the project — an address, a schedule, or just what you’re trying to document. A person reads it and comes back with an approach and a price.
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