The contactless technology of creation of a high-precision digital copy of objects on an example of porcelain figurines from a collection «People of Russia» of the Museum at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory is presented. The technique of field works and processing of the received materials at use of the manual laser scanner with submillimetric accuracy is considered.
Techniques to measure the geometric parameters of complex surfaces of objects using the laser scanner to determine the sample surface ornamentation of the dome Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral. The method of further processing of the data. A comparative analysis of the results obtained with the traditional method of determining the area.