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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>LAZ-clouds and arial drape?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software/f/contextcapture-descartes-pointools-forum/112968/laz-clouds-and-arial-drape</link><description>Hi, 
 I need to re-color a bunch (100s) of LAZ point clouds based on matching ortho photos (probably ECW) and I don&amp;#39;t know how to achieve this. I have access to microStation, Descartes and poinTools . 
 1. How do I re-color a bunch of point clouds using</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: LAZ-clouds and arial drape?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/345508?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:31:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9663d78e-5586-4dcd-9310-05d3e8e2e914</guid><dc:creator>Mathieu St-pierre</dc:creator><description>Hi Torben, &lt;br /&gt;
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Unfortunately there is currently no functionality that can do that in Descartes V8i. &lt;br /&gt;
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You could probably use the C++ SDK to code somthing using &lt;br /&gt;
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mdlRaster_bitmapGet &lt;br /&gt;
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POINTCLOUD_EXPORT static PointCloudDataQueryPtr CreateBoundingBoxQuery(ElemHandleCR eh, DPoint3dCR origin, DPoint3dCR corner);&lt;br /&gt;
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to obtain point cloud points and raster bitmap for a given region. &lt;br /&gt;
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Once you have the bitmap and points you just need to do a vertical projection of the points to the bitmap to found the correct color. &lt;br /&gt;
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Since you cannot edit the color of a point cloud you would need to export the point to a XYZ file with the RGB color found, than create a POD file from the XYZ file.&lt;br /&gt;
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MVBA is not a solution since point cloud is not supported.&lt;br /&gt;
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HTH, &lt;br /&gt;
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Mathieu&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>