3D point cloud

Produce a colored point cloud for visualization and analysis in third-party software.

Output formats

Proposed 3D point cloud formats are:

ASPRS LASer (LAS): public file format for interchange of 3-dimensional point cloud data.
Pointools POD file format: Point-cloud format for use within Bentley Pointools and any MicroStation-based application.

Note: When using tiling, point clouds productions generate one file per tile. You can use the command Merge point clouds (available once ContextCapture production is complete) to create one unique point cloud file.

Options

Point sampling: sampling distance option (LAS format only).
If provided in pixels, the sampling distance is defined in pixels in input photos: the sampling depends on input photos resolution.

if provided in meters (or units for non-georeferenced blocks), the sampling distance is defined in the 3D coordinate space: the sampling is uniform over the 3D model.
Compression: LAZ (for LAS format only).
If activated, produces zipped LAS with .laz file extension.