Why no .laz point cloud format support?

James Maeding
James Maeding
in 3D Modeling

I just noticed v19 has point clouds, and went to preprocess one of my .laz files.
It does not seem to be supported, and the help says .las and some others are.
I'm wondering why. The code to read and write .laz files is open source in c++ and .net.
I wrote some tools in C# that use the code and they work perfectly.
The point clouds are huge files, so to have to convert them to .las first is a pain.

I would assume the preprocess is indexing the points into some kind of K-D tree for fast usage.
The tool I really want to make is "find all points within this polygonal shape", and indexing is exactly what is needed for performance there.
I wonder if the bcad api will let me do that someday.

Comments

  • Michael Mayer
    Michael Mayer

    Would be nice if there would be more Point Cloud Formats supported.

  • frooms
    frooms

    Dear Michael,

    Since our resources are limited, we give priority to questions in Support Requests we receive. Would you therefore consider to create an official support request which additional format you would like to see in BricsCAD?

  • Michael Mayer
    Michael Mayer

    @frooms said:
    Since our resources are limited, create an official support request which additional format you would like to see in BricsCAD?

    Better not.
    Pointclouds don't have priority for me.
    It is just hard to find demo files in the internet.
    I think the majority was PTS or LAS.

    But I would rather give the wish free for those who need it in their job.