I am trying to import a point cloud I made in Twinmotion. I have both .ply and .e57 file types available to import. However when I import as geometry the .ply file is not showing up in my scene. It looks like it loads but it does not show up. Also both file types are not available to import under the point cloud import section.
I looked it up online and people said importing .e57 worked for them but I do not see the option for that file type in Twinmotion (2023.1) only .ply is available for importing.
I really need it to work for my academic project so help is much appreciated!
you cannot import point cloud in the geometry tab, you have to switch to the point cloud type tab and they will be visible as ‘dots’ in TM
you should see the extension .e57 in the list of file format, it is supported
mhhh you are right, .e57 was not implemented on mac for technical issues.
the only workaround I see would be to use a converter, like the meshalab freeware and convert your .ply or .e57 to .xyz file format
(similar to what you have in this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37E1iHAJp24)
It works. the only side effect you may have is concerning the color information of the points. If you have some in your original captures, they will be lost in the conversion.
Ah that’s sad. I will dig into this workaround/converter workflow! Thanks (color information is important though )
I also tried to get a point cloud from blender to TM, however I did not succeed yet. When you realise instances on points the file becomes to large (2Gb+)
I am still new to this Blender/pointcloud > TM workflow so if you know some tips or tricks to get me going it would be much appreciated!
(ps: .ply is available on the geometry import tab on TM Mac, however unusable for point clouds as you stated before due to the large size or something?)
you are right, .e57 was not implemented on mac for technical issues.
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