Beta] FGId Point Cloud for SketchUp – PLY / LAS / LAZ / E57 point clouds
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been working on a lightweight point-cloud solution for SketchUp called FGId Point Cloud.
The goal is to display large point clouds directly over the SketchUp viewport while keeping SketchUp responsive, with the longer-term ambition of providing a lightweight alternative for point-cloud workflows.
The current Windows test version supports:
PLY
LAS / LAZ
E57
RGB point colors
GPU rendering
Up to several million displayed points
Point-size adjustment
SketchUp geometry occlusion
Point-cloud snapping / drawing tools currently under developmentThe point cloud is rendered by a separate GPU renderer synchronized in real time with the SketchUp camera. The latest version uses an OpenGL offscreen renderer and a native Windows transparent overlay.
I’m currently looking for a few people willing to test it on different Windows machines and GPUs.
This is an experimental beta, so feedback about compatibility, performance, E57/LAS files, GPU behavior and crashes is particularly useful.
Windows only for now.
Download:
https://nexdata.tarn.us/downloads/FGId_Point_Cloud_v3_15_9_Trial.rbzIf you test it, please post your SketchUp version, GPU, point-cloud format and approximate number of points along with your feedback.
Developed as part of my FGId
Gilles
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Pretty impressive. Fast too
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thanks,
I'm seeing the white points, but no color, even though the JPEG file is in the same folder as the PLY file. I'm using SU 2024.
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@Krass , hello,
that's because points can't handle textures, it's RGBA only.
For your PCD you need to transfert texture to points.
Try an las/laz or e57, ply can handle mesh and points, you imported a mesh's points.I noticed it works in SU2017 :
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thanks
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Hi everyone,
I dug out my old 2012 MacBook with SketchUp Make 2017 installed on it.
I managed to compile a compatible macOS version of the plugin.
Here is the RBZ file if anyone wants to give it a try : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g55f7ezASR1dv0hSU-Dka6NwXQyiJAoi/view?usp=sharing
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