Hi Will,
what were your exact laser scan import settings?
As you don’t have too many data, why aren’t you importing into one project directly?
What are your alignment settings? I see, that some inputs are georeferenced, but the components aren’t.
But basically you need to use more control points (at least three). I see you have only one used. And those had to be placed on both components.
Ok, they aligned, with no control points.
I just used the steps above.
I’m not sure why they aligned this time.
I’m not sure what difference caused the success - any ideas?
Do you think it was the fact that I was
import images, align, export as a component
import laser scans, align, export as component
import both components into a new project
Do you think that export/import locks the positions in some way so that the images can’t move to where the laser scans are?
In your first post the scans were georeferenced for some reason. Maybe you used different settings.
Also, there are visible position errors for the scans in 3D view. In your next post, there is no georeferencing. So maybe that caused your issues.
Should I use Intensity instead of Color?
It sepends on your scans (how were you scanned). Colored scans are more mergeable with images.
Should I set Inputs > select all laser scans > Lock Pose for Continue = yes
This is not necessary for laser scans.
Should the Intensity values give more accurate mesh than Color?
I suppose not if you are using just laser scans. With images, there could be slight differences in the alignment.
When meshing we seem to get better mesh if we
*disable meshing for the photos
*enable meshing for the laser
Basically, this is a general workflow. Laser scans are used for meshing, images for texturing. But there is an option to set the priority of these for mesh calculation, as sometimes the scans don’t cover the whole area: How to give more priority to laser scans in reconstrution - #2 by OndrejTrhan
In your first post the scans were georeferenced. Also, there are visible position errors for the scans in 3D view. In your next post, there is no georeferencing. So maybe that caused your issues.
I see the icon now - i’ll look out for that in the future.
Basically, this is a general workflow. Laser scans are used for meshing, images for texturing. But there is an option …
Thank you for that.
I can see that the laser provides a very even/regular mesh density,
whereas the images have the ability to provide very fine mesh details, much finer than the laser.
Do you think i’m missing a setting somewhere that would increase the fine detail i get in my mesh from the laser?
