Outsource point cloud to 2D cad.
I am looking for a resource to convert static and dynamic gathered point clouds to AutoCAD. Not a scanning service provider that also markets this service at a retail level.
In researching this on the forum, many of the posts I have found are quite old and some of the companies that replied were no longer in business.
Outsource point cloud to 2D CAD
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Re: Outsource point cloud to 2D CAD
Hello JD,
Can you let us know what is the format of the point cloud you have please? Directly, unfortunately it is not possible unless you have an AutoCAD plugin build installed in. If the point cloud is in las format, you can import it into REVIT which is an AutoDESK product. There are other open source software applications, such as CloudCompare and Blender with which you may load ply format (CloudCompare reads las/laz as well).
If you are a GeoSLAM user, you may use GeoSLAM Draw software app after processing your data with GeoSLAM HUB and render your 3D point cloud model there.
Can you explain what you would like to do to understand a bit better and advise you accordingly please?
Regards,
Ektor
Can you let us know what is the format of the point cloud you have please? Directly, unfortunately it is not possible unless you have an AutoCAD plugin build installed in. If the point cloud is in las format, you can import it into REVIT which is an AutoDESK product. There are other open source software applications, such as CloudCompare and Blender with which you may load ply format (CloudCompare reads las/laz as well).
If you are a GeoSLAM user, you may use GeoSLAM Draw software app after processing your data with GeoSLAM HUB and render your 3D point cloud model there.
Can you explain what you would like to do to understand a bit better and advise you accordingly please?
Regards,
Ektor
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Re: Outsource point cloud to 2D CAD
Over the years. I have found *.pts to be the most common to all. It is not a structured format but basically everyone can take in a unified and registered .pts file. Such as Unreal, Rhino SCC,, BrcsCAD, Recap and Any other plethora of program.ektoras wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:40 pm Hello JD,
Can you let us know what is the format of the point cloud you have please? Directly, unfortunately it is not possible unless you have an AutoCAD plugin build installed in. If the point cloud is in las format, you can import it into REVIT which is an AutoDESK product. There are other open source software applications, such as CloudCompare and Blender with which you may load ply format (CloudCompare reads las/laz as well).
If you are a GeoSLAM user, you may use GeoSLAM Draw software app after processing your data with GeoSLAM HUB and render your 3D point cloud model there.
Can you explain what you would like to do to understand a bit better and advise you accordingly please?
Regards,
Ektor
You can use PTS with everything from airborne to mobile to Static to pointclouds exported from AgiSoft and others.
One caveat. .pts is not structured so you need ensure the scanning is completed to where all elements are defined by the Pointcloud itself and not those that depend on manual interpretation for the Bubble Views.
Basically if you get a fully unified and registered Pointcloud in PTS format almost every program on the market can make use of the data. But it Is unstructured data, thus needs to be fully registered and unified on delivery.
Also AutoCAD can work with pointClouds direct. For instance just import .pts to recap. Then you xref the recap. Turn on 3D o snap and away you go. Now if it is AutoCAD LT then it won't work. But if it is full AutoCAD then you are ok. And Civil3D actually works well with PointClouds also. No plugins required. And the display and features for pointclouds inside of C3D are greater and better in many ways, compared to Revit.
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does anyone have any good references on how involved the process is to get a 2D Line Drawing (like Modéliste freelance Paris) from a point cloud?
from what i gather, there's still a good deal of cleanup to make that happen. I'd love to see a list of steps on what would be required to pull this off.
from what i gather, there's still a good deal of cleanup to make that happen. I'd love to see a list of steps on what would be required to pull this off.