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recommended part hardware and best performance

Sistemas Hepta

Hi, sorry for my english, my first language is spanish. i want to know what hardware part of pc is the most important to make a quickly process!, SSd, ram, cpu, board and /or gpu?????? with context capture! i have this computer: 2 Xeon Silver 4208 2…

ContextCapture's abilities for processing large pointcloud datasets

Bas Kuckelkorn

Hi all, We have received a large scanning request to capture a processing plant. I anticipate we will do at least 2000 terrestrial laser scans, resulting in a an RGB coloured TLS pointcloud of around 50 billion points. One of the requirements is to…

over 1 year ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

How easy is it to pull/extract dimensional data of a single image?

Richard Dixon

I would like to take an image of a boxed shipment or individual part and return the approximate dimensional data.

over 1 year ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

creating control points for a point cloud alignment/AT alignment.

Brad Acree

Hi, I recently read about creating Control Points to make Fake GCPs to align a AT to a point cloud. I am unsure how to add the control points to a point cloud. I have used the process to merge ATs, but since there aren't any photos in the point cloud…

over 1 year ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Merge multiple LAS/LAZ Tiles

Yehya Khan

Hi, I am using Orbit 3DM FE Pro 22.1 for my project The data capture vendor has provided me with multiple tiles (point cloud) in LAZ format. I wish to combine these files into one. I am new to this technology and need someone to help me with this…

over 1 year ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Engine Failure while Point cloud processing/Production_ Need suggestion and Help

hari rajan

Hi Bentley communities, We are using Bentley context capture software's for past couple of years, Unfortunately we got some issues recently while processing point cloud in Context capture master. We got continuous error as a Engine failure while processing…

over 1 year ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Extracting cracks in rigid concrete pavement

Matt LeRette

Hello all. I am having trouble locating rigid concrete pavement deficiencies in my point cloud. I am only able to identify roughly 90% of cracks in my concrete that I can see from my imagery. I am using OpenRoads designer to analyze my point cloud.…

over 2 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Point cloud and photos - production failed

Rafał Jeż

Hello, I want to create 3d mesh of a building. The problem is that every time i try to run a Production i got an error message or the Production is stuck at some point. I see that none of PC components is used (RAM, CPU, GPU) and even if i try to let…

over 3 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

ContextCapture - Combining Photos and Point Clouds

James Case

Hello, Does anyone have a workflow recommendation for combining photographs with point cloud data? I'm trying to make a reconstruction of a room using photos to capture the details and the point cloud will help with the plain white walls. I am using…

over 3 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

CC output says feet in nad83(2011), but PointTools always sees meters

Craig Kelley

I'm trying to make a point cloud and have had great success getting the detail and resolution I want, but I'm having a bear of a time getting it to scale things properly. I'm using Context Capture to build the cloud and then Pointools to view: In…

over 3 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

VR in Pointools

Jean - Pierre Abrantes

Is there a possibility for Pointools to have a VR interface added to the application, its a no brainer that this would elevate the applications capability extensively

over 3 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Import Terrascan TRJ trajectories

Oto

How to import TRJ trajectories from Terrascan binary trajectories format?

over 3 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

I am participating in a competition (https://www.abcmonza2019.it/download?lang=en) that has a 3MX file. Does anyone have any tips on how this can be converted into a format that can be linked into Autodesk Revit?

Rohit Handa

I am participating in a competition ( www.abcmonza2019.it/download that has a 3MX file. Does anyone have any tips on how this can be converted into a format that can be linked into Autodesk Revit, such as a point cloud?

over 3 years ago
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ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Can a point cloud be used on it's own in ContextCapture to generate a reality mesh or must photos be included?

Jovan Djukanovic

Can a point cloud be used on it's own in ContextCapture to generate a reality mesh or must photos be included?

Answered

over 4 years ago
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ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Point cloud low performance

nikoue

I am an Autocad user who likes a lot of Microstation features. Today I tried in a new very powerful computer MicroStation connect edition 12 with Descartes. I loaded a 787 million point cloud ( 54 faro scans with medium quality), and the navigation…

over 4 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

contextcapture _s3c

張傑

這個模型是利用儀器掃出來的點雲已經有用Recap貼加座標黨檔，匯入contextcaptur中用約制點為\，進行跑s3c 丟入s3c卻並不能打得開。請問老師可以幫忙解答一下嗎

over 4 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

詢問ContextCapture是否有範例

張傑

詢問ContextCapture 官網網站是否有模型照片的範例

over 4 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Aligning laser scan point cloud with photographs

Cameron Swanson

I have a point cloud created from a B&W Leica laser scan at 27 locations within a factory and around 1000 images taken with a Nikon D3000 DSLR (the photos have no position data). I'm having trouble aligning both sets of data. I'm hoping to produce an…

over 5 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Problem with the process of combination point clouds and aerial photos

giannis tsantekidis

Good morning.I have a problem during the process of point clouds and photos.I have make all the steps right(AT of georeferenced photos,import the point cloud georeferenced) and during the final production the program shows it is running but a few days…

over 6 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Combine point clouds and photographs in ContextCapture

giannis tsantekidis

Hello. I have a problem importing point clouds in ContextCapture.My task is to combine photos and scannings from Faro Focus 3D X330. I have taken GCPs with ASHTECH(i use same GCPs to photographs and to scannings). I first made the Aerotriangulation to…

over 6 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

SIG Virtual Workshop: Bentley Reality Modeling - Effectively Combine Point Clouds and Photos to Create Meshes - January 26

Patsy Gant

Join Bentley's Benoit Fredericque and Mike Barkasi online Thursday, January 26, for the next Bentley Reality Modeling Special Interest Group (SIG) workshop, Effectively Combine Point Clouds and Photos to Create Meshes . Register today ! Complimentary…

over 6 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

How to simulate Revit's "Origin to Last Placed" with Point Clouds in MicroStation

Paul Tice

I need to move a referenced point cloud into position to line up with a model in MicroStation. After this is done, I would like the remaining registered point clouds from the project to import and fall into this new transformation - much like Revit's…

over 6 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

RE: How to best fit a Solid shape to a point cloud?

Maria Garcia

Hi David, There are some tools like fit Cylinder, fit Plane, ... that you can use for this in Descartes but the best forum to post this kind of questions is Reality modeling Forum. Review these wikis http://communities.bentley.com/products/3d_imaging_and_point_cloud_software…

over 7 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Forum

Jan 26 online class: Processing Point Clouds with Bentley Descartes

Gina Mazzulla

Processing Point Clouds with Bentley Descartes United States Jan. 26, 2016 Carlos Nobuo In this course, you will learn to: •Attach and Classify Point Clouds •Manipulate Point Clouds with Clips and Sections •Extract Features from Point Clouds

over 7 years ago
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit
ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Blog

Samir Haque "Points" the Way to Using Point Clouds in Design at the Bentley LEARNing Conference

Frank Conforti

Are you new to point clouds? Maybe you just want to understand what they are and how to work with them. Well if you were at the Bentley LEARNing Conference in New Orleans this week then you were in luck. Samir Haque, a most effective and passionate instructor…

over 8 years ago
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ContextCapture | Descartes | Pointools | Orbit Blog