Point Cloud conversion to 3D Modeling Sofware

A point cloud is a large collecon o points acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to
create 3D representaons o exisng structures.

Laser scan generally performed where any new structure or a unit is added to exisng structure or plant.
Laser scan data comes as point cloud, as name point cloud it is a cloud of points which shows shape of
the buildings and internal, Tanks,
Tanks, Piping, etc., but it is not 3D solid and hence we can not detect clash
with the new and exisng enes.

3D scanners can be used to get complete or paral 3D measurements of any physical object. The
majority of these devices generate points or measures of extremely high density when compared to
tradional “point-by-point”
“point-by-point” measurement devices

Scanning results are represented using free-form, unstructured three-dimensional data, usually in the
form of a point cloud or a triangle mesh. Certain types of scanners also acquire color informaon for
applicaons where this is important. Images/scans are brought into a common reference system, where
data is merged into a complete model. This process -- called alignment or registraon -- can be
performed during the scan itself or as a post-processing step.

Processing point clouds is a relavely new area in the survey business, and presents unique challenges,
and opportunies. The benets to a client are many
many,, if they know the new quesons that can be
answered (like how straight, square or at something is).

The steps used to convert laser scanner data (point clouds) into nal products are:

Input - Laser Scanning Point Cloud Data from Scanners

Registraon & Stching

Create Dumb Model

Checking dumb model in 3D Modeling Soware

Creang Intelligent Model

The most common types of deliverables are:
 2D Architectural drawings
o Plan view
o Elevaon / cross secon
o Clearance
o Other measurements
 3D Models
o Point cloud
o Wireframe
o Surface model
o Solid model
o Data for engineering calculaons
 Renderings
o Single viewpoint rendering
o Mulple viewpoint renderings (movie)
 3D Prints
o Rapid prototype creaon

Point cloud les support the design process by providing real-worl

real-worldd context where you can recreate the
referenced objects or insert addional models. Once a point cloud is aached to a drawing, you can use
it as a guideline for drawing, change its display,
display, or apply a color stylizaon
stylizaon to disnguish dierent
dierent
features.

There are certain companies which perform the work of laser scanning. And they are having there own
sowares to generate point cloud data from laser scan. Structured scan data is mainly coming from Faro,
Leica, Z+F, Riegl and Trimble 3D laser scanners.

There are sowares which converts the cloud data to import in AutoCAD or in other plant design
sowares. Autodesk has Soware named Autodesk RECAP which is compable with al most all scanner
les. Before taking to AutoCAD or any AutoCAD Based Soware
S oware it can be made 3D Mesh view to check
clashes with other enes.
The soware used to process the point clouds and create nal deliverables will vary depending on:
 What scanner was used
 The subject of the scan
 What valuable nal products are to be created

There is soware named as LMF sofware created by LMF soware Ltd. It is an AVIVA Group company.
Using the LFM soware we can import Scan data in PDMS model directly
directly.. There is a facility in Solid works
soware as well. Facilitate
Facilitate reverse engineering that can speed up your design process, save me and
development costs, and accelerate your me-to-market by converng scanned data of physical products
into SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD geometry.

Today, the various soware packages available have dierent primary purposes:

 Reverse engineering
o Scan tracing
o Extracng primives (planes, spheres, cones & cylinders)
o Polygon ng
 oNURBS ng
o Placing “best-t” shapes
 Modeling
o Surface modeling
 Primive surface modeling
 Polygon
Polygo n surface eding
 NURBS surface modeling
 Sweep modeling (extrusions, rotaons and los)
o Solid modeling
 Surface to solid conversion
 Primive & NURBS solid modeling
 Polygon
Polygo n solid modeling
 Deliverable preparaon
o Draing
o Layer / level organizaon
o Rendering (Single viewpoint, movie)
3D Services Department with the soware and talent to handle all the above funcons will be able to
create any type of deliver
deliverable.
able. The available choices and capabilies of soware are changing rapidly
rapidly..

Following is the Cloud data opened in RECAP soware.

These are the scan 360 images which can be converted to AutoCAD 3D with help of RECAP Pro.
Also from Photos, 3D model can be generat
generated.
ed. The new version of RECAP 360 pro has the ability to
convert the scan to mesh.

There are certain sowares which can use to convert scan data to mesh. E.g. Meshlab, 3DR shaper
shaper,,
VRMesh, etc.
etc.
 Also there are some tools are created for AutoCAD Navisworks Soware to import laser scan data in to
Navisworks
Naviswo rks as Navistools which is a plug-in installed in Navisworks. Using Navistools we can integrate
PDMS 3D model with scan data.

Laser scan generally performed where any new structure or a unit is added to exisng structure or plant.
Laser scan data comes as point cloud, as name point cloud it is a cloud of points which shows shape of
the buildings and internal, Tanks,
Tanks, Piping, etc., but it is not 3D solid and hence we can not detect clash
with the new and exisng enes.

The programs can import data o laser scanners or point clouds to preprocess them or 3D modeling.
modeling.

Product Manuacturer Photogramm Scan data import Import ormats Processing Export ormats Operang
name etry systems

3DReshaper Technodigit Yes independent of Va

Various
rious forma
formats
ts Poin
Pointt cloud proc
processing,
essing, 3D Point data, mesh, Windows
manufacturer meshing, Textures, PDF 3D, Sketchfab
Monitoring, Inspecon,
Alignment, Registraon,
Polylines, Secons,
Reverse Engineering, CAD,
Scripts

VisionLidar Geo-Plus Yes independent of various automac registraon E57, ASC, LAS, LAZ, Windows
manufacturer scanners, XYZ, with or without targets, PTS, DWG, DXF,
E57, PTX, PTS, layouts, proles, meshing, DGN
LAS, LAZ, contouring, volume
calculaon, modeling,
classicaon, coloring,
texturing, Fly-through,

Bentley Bentley Systems no independent of variou

variouss forma
formatt meshin
meshing,
g, classi
classifyi
fying,
ng, point data, obj, ply, Windows
Descartes manufacturer coloring, texturing, pod, las, xyz, dsm,
draping, orthographic geo, ortho,
projecon, merging with textures
CAD or GIS data

Final GFaI no independent of various formats point ltering, referencing point data (E57, Windows
Surface manufacturer (e.g. E57, XYZ, datasets, meshing / XYZ, PTS, PTG),
LAZ, LAS, FLS, triangulaon, texturing, triangle mesh
FWS, ZFS, PTG, distance analysis surfaces (AMF,
PTS, PTX) (inspecon map), OBJ, PLY, STL,
curvature analysis, mesh VRML), 3D-PDF,
reducing / rening / XHTML, U3D
healing / resampling /
smoothing, projecons,
dimensioning

Pointools Bentley Systems no independent of variou

variouss form
format
at classi
classifyin
fying,
g, colori
coloring,
ng, point data, pod, Windows
manufacturer texturing, animaon las, obj, ply, xyz
producon

Reality Capturing Reality yes independent of ptx, e

e5
57 meshing, cco
oloring, point data, obj, ply, Windows
Capture manufacturer texturing, orthographic xyz, dsm, geo,
projecon ortho, textures

FARO Scene FARO Technologies no only FARO FARO scanners meshing point data, CAD Windows
formats

Trimble Trimble no independent of various automac registraon E57, ASC, LAS 1.2, Windows
Real Works manufacturer scanners, XYZ, with or without targets, LAS 1.4, LAZ, POD,
E57, PTX, PTS, layouts, proles, meshing, PTS, PTX, TZF, BSF,
BSF,
 LAS, LAZ, ZFS, contouring, volume KMZ, DWG, DXF,
RSP, FLS, DP calculaon, modeling, DGN, FBX, OBJ
classicaon, coloring,
texturing, animaon
producon, ortho photo
creaon, storage tank
inspecon, 3d and
projecon based
comparison of surfaces
and point clouds, publish
projects for sharing
[LIS]] Laserdata yes independent of various formats point cloud visualizaon, point data (XYZ, Windows,32/64
manufacturer (e.g. XYZ, LAZ, colorizaon, ltering, LAS, LAZ), GeoTi, bit GNU Linux
LAS), others via thinning, prole other vector or
GDAL/OGR extracon, conversion, raster formats via
segmentaon, GDAL/OGR library
classicaon,
vectorizaon, arithmec
calculaons, volumes,
point cloud merging,
registraon, orientaon,
terrain analysis, breakline
detecon, relabeling,
single tree derivaon,
forest mask derivaon,
crown coverage, building
footprints delineaon,
building models LOD 1/2,
seamless data access via
database interface
Leica Leica Geosystems no Leica, Faro and Leica, Faro and meshing point data, CAD Windows
CYCLONE others others scanners formats
PointSense kubit / FARO no Faro et al. various meshing AutoCAD AutoCAD plug-in
Technologi
Technol ogies
es[3]
[3] scanners, XYZ, (Windows)
Windows )
E57
PointCab [4 PointCab no independent of various layouts, proles, meshing, point data, CAD Windows
] manufacturer scanners, XYZ, volume, elevaon map, formats
E57, PTX, PTS pointcloud export
STL

PolyWorks InnovMetric yes independent of various

various scanner
scannerss meshin
meshing,
g, inspecon tools
tools,, point data, CAD Windows
manufacturer reverse tools formats, mesh
ReCap Autodesk no independent of XYZ, E57 meshing AutoCAD AutoCAD plug-in
manufacturer (Windows)
Windows )
RevLib Prescient No Generic XYZ, STL Meshing STL Windows
Technologies

Scalypso IB Dr. Koenig no independent of various meshing, 3D geometric point data, Allplan, Windows
manufacturer scanners, XYZ, objects AutoCAD, HiCAD,
E57 Microstaon

There are certain companies in India and out side which convert laser scan data to 3D modeling

soware. Some of the following are Indian and foreign companies.

  CHEMIONIX A CAD
C AD Outsourcing Services Provider
Provider,, Mumbai India
 Chemionix Soluon is Engineering Process Outsourcing Company Based In Mumbai -
India. Chemionix provide 3D CAD modeling services
ser vices from cloud point data to clients
for the architectural, engineering, & construcon industries. Our team receives the
scan point cloud data in various formats like ptx, pcg, xyx, s les.

 Rishabh Engineering Baroda, India

 Pinnacle InfoTech.

 Pinnacle is the most preferred opon for point cloud to BIM services. We capture
detailed informaon
informaon about an element in its physical space and allow precise and
accurate modeling, coordinaon and quanty take-o. We have executed several
projects during renovaon and extension stage for internaonal clients. 3D scanning
helps the dierent stages of construcon like 3D model creaon, visualizaon,
visualizaon,
animaon, rendering and quality inspecon.

 SIX D India

 SIX D is a renowned engineering soluon provider in India with specializing in Design

Engineering Services & Prototyping Soluons. We are assisng our clients
c lients for
accurate & producve output results into design
de sign development and aer products.
Our Design Engineering soluon includes Product Designing, Reverse Engineering,
3D Scanning, modicaons, validaon, 3D CAD Model & 2D drawing generaons. In
Rapid Prototyping soluons we provide 3D prinng and Prototyping services.

 IndiaCADworks

 A part of FlatWorld
FlatWorld soluon (FWS) networks, IndiaCADworks is a privatel
privately
y owned
mulnaonal cad service company based in India. IndiaCADworks provides
outsourcing services in CAD design, conversion
conversion and allied services around the world.

Following are the companies which carry out the laser scanning,

 FARO Technologies Inc.

 FARO® is the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement, imaging and
FARO®
realizaon technology.
technology. The company develops and manufactures leading edge
soluons that enable high-precision 3D capture, measurement and analysis across a
variety of industries including manufacturing, construcon, engineering and
public safety.

 Genesys Internaonal Corporaon Ltd.

 Genesys is an advanced mapping, survey and geospaal services rm. Their closes to
2000 professionals have worked
worked on some of the world's most challenging projects.
The rm has an unique blend of understanding the emerging consumer applicaons
around mapping technology as well as has capability on the enterprise side to oer
soluons revolving state
state of art remote sensing, LIDAR, aerial survey and
 Photogrammetry soluons. It has one of the largest LIDAR acquision and
processing capabilies in the world.

 Ramboll Group

 The integrity of data used for new and retrot designs is crical to all oil and gas
design projects. 3D laser scanning and 3D surveying provides indispensable
insurance against
against mists and errors. Scans can be used for pre-implementao
pre-implementaon n clash
checks, to reduce hot work, shutdown mes and oshore man hours.

 3Deling
 We are a professional surveying company with a primary focus on 3D laser scanning.
Based in the UK and Poland, with main oce in Krakow, Poland, we operate
worldwide with vast experience over a diverse range of services.
ser vices. We oer wide a
range of point cloud related products such as 2D documentao
documentaon, n, 3D models,
Building Informaon Models (BIM), and PDMS models. Our products and services
are suitable for industrial sites, oshore installaons
installaons and vessels, architecture,
heritage and large scale urban regeneraon projects.

 PEGS ( Plant Engineering and Geomac services

 PEGS is a full service 3D laser scanning ouit. We have the capability and capacity to
plan, execute, and deliver high quality 3D laser scanning deliverables
deliverables all the way
from the raw data collecon to highly accurate visually appealing 3D models,
drawings, walkthroughs,
walkthroughs, and animaons. That being said PEGS is in touch with the
fast moving LIDAR and 3D geospaal markets and thus are constantly adjusng and
rening our workows.

 KK Geosystem Pvt. Ltd.

 K.K. Geosystem Pvt. Ltd. is a pioneer in 3D technology located in Ahmedabad, India.

The company established in 2009 with a focused approach to serve best-in-class
best-in-class 3D
laser scanners and related soware, soluons and services to various industries. K.K.
Geosystem
Geosyst em has le its mark as a star distributor by providing
providing 3D Scanners, 3D
Soware, 3D Printers etc. in Indian market. The company is an authorized distributor
of well-known companies in 3D technology

 Jai Ganesh Industries, Chakan Pune

 Established in 2011, Jai Ganesh Industries

I ndustries is providing a quality-assured rang
range
e of
Inspecon and Rental Services. Our services include Reverse Engineering Services,
Inspecon Services, and 3D Laser Track
Tracker
er Services. Through our qualitav
qualitave
e services,
we are serving a number of industries such as Automove, Aerospace & Defense, Oil
& Gas, Heavy Engineering and Windmill Plants.