Gaussian Splat

Rich O Brien

jo-ke

I tried that one to reduce the mesh and it doubbled it 8-)

and system crashes as well

jsteacy

I didn't do anything to the file other than put it through the link Rich provided and the file imported properly for me, so great tip! Thank you.

Mike Amos

Not come across these, what are they for and how are they integrated?

jo-ke

could anybody try to import my model:

a scan of a tramway:

Dropbox - 400

(www.dropbox.com)

jo-ke

@Mike-Amos

I can scan an object and this app makes it possible to import it to sketchup

Mike Amos

@jo-ke

Thanks mate, pardon my ignorance.

Just downloaded the scan, what is the process to import to Sketchup please?

Rich O Brien

@Mike-Amos said:
Just downloaded the scan, what is the process to import to Sketchup please?

If you watch the first video you will see you need a SketchUp Labs extension to try it out.

Mike Amos

OK, got that app but the file is reported as having no splat contained. Talking about the tramway model.

Rich O Brien

The PLY file is a point cloud not a 3DGS gaussian splat.

If this was a true gaussian splat file it would be much larger than 7.1mb

Mike Amos

Meshlab which I had forgot I had.

Rich O Brien

Yep, that point cloud had colour data applied to points.

Mike Amos

I guess Joke has his answer either way.

jo-ke

importing to meshlab works for me as well, but the import to sktechup makes a crash.

kenancakir

I tried it for the first time and it looks nice. I prepare the gaussian splat file with postshot -when it was free-. I add a house to the scene. I render it with sketchup ai.

AI Render_20260807_1725.png

jo-ke

behaviour is new: Su doesn't crash anymore.

It loads but model doesn't appear. and there is that error:

"rendering engine and splat database isn't initialised correctly"

what can I do?

kenancakir

@jo-ke
You can ask in that topic..
https://forums.sketchup.com/t/gaussian-splats-have-arrived-in-sketchup-labs/347799/49

jo-ke

@kenancakir thank you. I posted there and they started to help.