CASE STUDY
Scan to BIM | Digital Twin Development
From Cinema to Digital Twin, Fully Scanned and Modeled
RIM Architects engaged Avant Leap to deliver a complete digital twin of Meow Wolf's Los Angeles venue, a transformed cinema and mall property with no usable as-built documentation. Avant Leap's full Scan to BIM workflow covered Architecture, Structure, and MEP/FP across 41,000 square feet, giving the design team a reliable, model-based foundation for the tenant improvement project.
From zero as-built documentation
to a fully coordinated digital twin, in four weeks.
When a 41,000 sq ft cinema and mall property gets reimagined as an immersive entertainment venue, the design team needs accurate existing conditions before anything else can happen. Avant Leap combined high-precision 3D laser scanning with multi-discipline Revit modeling to deliver a complete, construction-ready digital twin across Architecture, Structure, and MEP/FP.
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Case Studies
CASE STUDY 1
Scan to BIM Digital Twin Development
Challenge
The property had no reliable as-built drawings for its structure, MEP systems, or interior conditions. Complex geometry including a multi-level atrium, curved surfaces, exposed structural elements, and an extensive above-ceiling MEP network made traditional survey methods insufficient, while multiple design teams depended on the final model for accurate tenant improvement coordination, all within a tight four-week deadline.
Solution
Avant Leap deployed a two-phase Scan to BIM workflow. Phase 1 used a Leica RTC360 laser scanner across 100+ setups to capture a fully registered, colorized point cloud with site-wide accuracy under ¾". Phase 2 translated that point cloud into a fully coordinated LOD 200-250 Revit model spanning Architecture, Structure, and MEP/FP, totaling roughly 160 hours of modeling across parallel disciplines.
Result
A 41,000 sq ft building with zero usable as-built records was transformed into a complete, multi-discipline BIM environment, delivered on time within the four-week window. The design team gained a single coordinated source of truth across all three disciplines, eliminating guesswork and reducing clash risk for the entire tenant improvement project.