@framed said:

Did it Jase?

No. No it did not. It is meant for much smaller cloud sizes. I'm still experimenting with subsampling of data.

It's a shame. With Trimble being a FARO re-seller, you think they would see the benefit of bringing pointcloud data into sketchup to asist modelling and make a decent plugin for it...

@peebo22 said:

Is there a faster way with other software?
Can you give examples, if you have cloud format, which software you use to manage it?

I know you posted this a while ago, but did you ever have any luck with this? I'm trying to get my head around doing the same using my FARO .las files.

Best advice I've had is using the Cloudv8 plugin, but as you've said it's not nearly as fast as what the pointools plugin was.

Can you let me know what you think is the best way?

Thanks in advance

Thanks for your quick reply Tim - this looks very interesting.

The instructions for the Plugin look very comprehensive and I will be trying it out as soon as I get chance.

I look forward to seeing how it deals with massive clouds...

Thanks again

Hi

I have a Faro FOCUS 3D. I am an experienced laser scanner, but I'm pretty new to modelling as most of my visualisations to date have been cloud based.

I would like to directly import cloud data into SketchUp to assist my modelling. Bentley Pointools used to have a plugin that would allow you to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL33B7560FDA0D1CF9

I've been made aware that this plugin was discontinued last year.

Does anyone else have a solution for importing cloud data into SketchUp from Faro SCENE or Bentley Pointools?

I can export cloud data as DXF, VRML, IGES, XYZ text, POD, E57.

Help is greatly appreciated