Suggestion on third party software to convert unordered point clouds to ordered for RC import

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Hi, I’m trying to understand if I can import on RC a LiDaR scans with a UAV before committing in an expensive system, I already read this guide:

https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020653080-How-to-import-any-scan-data-to-RealityCapture-using-CloudCompare-and-Faro-Scene-How-to-create-ordered-point-cloud-from-unordered-

From your knowledge, is Faro Scene the only software that can create “fake” virtual scans to export an ordered e57 point cloud for RC?

I’m evaluating a BLK360 with Cyclone 360, should I go instead with a faro focus70 with FaroScene if it’s the only software able to convert a unordered point cloud?

Best regards.

 

 

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Hi xAuRax-,

for now it is only one known software for this.

But data from BLK360 should be already ordered, so there won’t be problems using them in RC.

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Is it still the case that Faro Scene is the only known software for converting unordered drone LiDAR scans into ones compatible with RC? Like others, I’m trying to find a solution to take drone LiDAR scans and enhance them with photogrammetry. Getting ahold of Faro Scene without a Faro scanner seems very expensive.

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Hi Barrverian, there wasn’t change in this. What I know, you should be able to create an ordered point cloud also in Cyclone, but I think it is still the same.

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Might it be considered as a feature requrest for RealityCapture?

  1. Import unstructured pointclouds in RC

  2. Create virtual scan positions inside unstuctured pointclouds (as you can do with Faro Scene)

  3. Export a new .lsp file that can be filnally aligned with the other components inside RC

best regards

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Hi mar.lor, I added your vote into the feature request.

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Ahoj Ondrej.

Please add my vote for this feature too. Id like to import DJI L1 Captured Point Clouds into RC to combine with photos and bring the precision of areal photogrammetry to the next level.

Best regards

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Hi Archventure, your vote was added.

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Please add mu vote too, I need to merge Lidar from VLX and photogrammetry to create a perfect model

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Dear Krahunt, your vote was added into database.

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Add my vote too!

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JeroenSaelens, thank you

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Add my vote as well.  This would be a massively helpful feature.

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thitch2, thank you for your vote

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Add my vote as well please, if its still not there. I genuinely believe that RC shines the most in the ability to combine laser scans and photogrammetry compared to few other solutions that are on the market, so focusing more on this particular aspect would be very beneficial for both RC and customers.  

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Please add my vote for this. I use RC to process Leica BLK3D image group data in .cmi file format. At the moment point cloud exporting of this data appears to be limited to unstructured data? This is causing me a problem when trying to import and register the point clouds with other scan data. Might the time-stamped camera locations and poses be used as scan locations in order to create structured data ? For each camera location and pose might the mesh be used to filter out those points that would not be visible from the camera location ?

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Hi Insepes, regarding to LeicaBLK3D there is this article with the workflow to import CMI data into RealityCapture: https://support.capturingreality.com/hc/en-us/articles/4415904253970-BLK3D-Import-format

There are some video tutorials, too. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxYG6qVVGDc, 

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Please also add my vote!

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Add my vote too :santa: