FARO As-Built is a strong choice if your team models in Revit and wants faster tools and accuracy checks there. Moving Atoms is for teams that want a finished, separated model from any scanner within 48 hours.
What FARO As-Built for Revit does
FARO describes As-Built for Autodesk Revit as a plug-in for processing laser scan data directly inside Revit. It provides tools to model ground surfaces, walls, doors, windows, columns, beams, roofs and pipe runs from the cloud, lets you apply constraints (for example keeping accuracy while forcing a watertight model), and analyzes surfaces against Levels of Accuracy defined by the U.S. Institute of Building Documentation. It is sold standalone or in the As-Built suite with the AutoCAD version.
How Moving Atoms works
Moving Atoms is a Scan to BIM service, not a modeling tool you operate. You upload your scan from any scanner (E57, LAS/LAZ, PLY, RCP/RCS, PTS/PTX, FLS, LGSx, meshes or a zipped project, up to 200 GB per file, resumable in the browser), choose the level of development you need, and within 48 hours every object comes back separated, measured and editable, in Revit, IFC, STEP, USD or GLB. For sites that cannot send data out, the conversion can run on-site so the scan never leaves the building. You can open finished examples, including Revit downloads, in our LiDAR samples.
Side by side
| FARO As-Built for Revit | Moving Atoms | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Revit plug-in for your modelers | A service that delivers the model |
| Where the work happens | Inside your Revit | Our pipeline; you receive the model |
| Accuracy checking | Surface analysis to USIBD Levels of Accuracy | Model built in the scan's coordinates; overlay it on your cloud to check |
| Output | Your modeled Revit elements | Revit, IFC, STEP, USD, GLB; every object separated |
| Scanner support | Point clouds loaded into Revit | Any scanner format, up to 200 GB per file |
| Turnaround | Depends on your team | Within 48 hours |
When FARO As-Built is the better choice
- Your modelers live in Revit and want faster, more accurate tools there.
- You need formal Level of Accuracy analysis inside your own workflow.
- You scan with FARO hardware and want one vendor for capture and modeling tools.
When Moving Atoms is the better choice
- You want the model delivered rather than modeled by your team.
- The site is large or dense and the deadline is days, not weeks.
- You need IFC, STEP, USD or GLB alongside Revit, or a SimReady world for robotics.
Send us a scan and get separated, editable Revit and IFC objects back within 48 hours.
Frequently asked questions
Does FARO As-Built create a Revit model automatically?
It speeds up modeling inside Revit with tools for walls, pipes, structure and more, and checks accuracy, but a modeler drives the work.
Can Moving Atoms process FARO scans?
Yes. Upload FARO .fls projects or exported E57 and we deliver Revit and IFC within 48 hours.