Sodex Innovations Launches SDX-AutoScan, Giving Trimble Earthworks Users Automatic Daily As-Builts From Their Dozers

LORÜNS, Austria (Nov. 5, 2026) — Sodex Innovations announced the launch of SDX-AutoScan for Trimble Earthworks grade control platform on bulldozers. Announced ahead of Trimble Dimensions, the 3D lidar system integrates with existing Trimble GNSS/INS positioning to produce continuous as-built terrain records during normal bulldozer operation. This avoids the need to install a second positioning system or manage a separate platform.

The solution captures centimeter-accurate, high-resolution point clouds with no operator input. This data syncs to SDX-Cloud, Sodex Innovations’ cloud software, at short intervals for up-to-date 3D site models in the office. These models are also made available in the Trimble Connect platform and Trimble WorksManager site management software, so site and project managers can check as-builts, volumes and progress each day in a platform they already use.

SDX-AutoScan enables contractors to expedite their billing cycles, reduce the time to discover deviations from plans or quoted volumes, and monitor progress of earthworks and civil engineering projects.

“In many markets, the bulldozer is the workhorse of the site. Being able to easily add intelligent capabilities to the machine saves money on labor and the cost of decisions made on outdated data,” said Ralf Pfefferkorn, CEO of Sodex Innovations. 

“Similar to the SDX-4DVision system for excavators, SDX-AutoScan leverages Trimble’s positioning technologies with Sodex Innovations’ reality capture hardware and cloud data processing to automatically produce 3D site terrain maps.”

Trimble Dimensions attendees can find Sodex Innovations at Booth 733, and see Sodex-equipped machines at the Offsite Expo.

Sodex Innovations enables earthmoving, aggregate, pipeline and infrastructure companies to make smarter decisions through real-time data derived from automated terrain documentation. Its ecosystem of machine-mounted lidar scanners, handheld photogrammetry devices, and cloud-based processing delivers survey-grade 3D data with minimal manual intervention.

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