Optech Inc.’s Industrial & 3D Imaging Div. in Toronto will incorporate its automated alignment functionality, standard in its intelligent laser ranging and imaging systems, in Applied Imagery’s QT Modeler software. The collaboration will allow users to generate aligned laser point clouds with minimal laser input. The product will increase the portability of the laser ranging and imaging systems data into third-party 3-D processing applications. Applied Imagery is in Silver Spring, Md.