Use Isolate Points on the point cloud to crop the area in question. Here is a workflow I am messing with currently: At least in my tests, the point clouds were millions of points. My test with the Grand Canyon also brought me to the idea of trying to create a site model out of the result. In a few cases, I ended up with multiple copies of the Point Cloud in order to crop it multiple different ways. In my tests so far, I have found the best methods of clipping are using the Point Cloud and then isolating the point cloud as needed. (I am not familiar with this enough to run a full test. The resulting Point Cloud/Mesh are not georeferenced in any way however, you could overlap it with other information that may be in a georeferenced layer which should then at least get it close to the UTM grid. With either option, I would make sure to throw it onto its own design layer so you can easily toggle it on/off as needed. The mesh may look better (especially from a distance), but the meshes tend to be extremely complex. The mesh only works for me half the time in my testing so far, but it can give pretty cool results!ġ50 Screenshots of a town near our office - You will notice the mesh actually got a bridge properly!ĥ5 Screenshots of part of the Grand Wow! That is actually a pretty great result for only 36 images! I haven't personally tested with less than 50.įor what its worth, I have found the point cloud much easier to work with. Try not to get too much outside area in the screenshots.Ĥ) Put all your screenshots into a folder.ĥ) Upload the folder to Vectorworks Cloud Services.Ħ) In Cloud Services, use the “Photos to 3D Model” command and give it a bit (In my experience, I am normally waiting about an hour)ħ) Retrieve your point cloud and possibly a mesh! The Point Cloud will be ready first and tends to be much easier to work with. Make sure to get some side shots, screenshots from different angles, different elevations, different distances, etc… but still focus on your area. Make sure to get some different views and elevations to capture heights. Make sure to turn off labels and avoid getting any text in the screenshots. Spend a few minutes taking screenshots in Google Earth. I should also note that this workflow is by no means standardized and I wouldn’t trust elevation data or anything like that however, from my testing so far, it seems to give decent enough results that I can plop a building in the results and it looks pretty nice.Ģ) Find an area you want to make in Vectorworks.ģ) In short, pretend you are a drone. A few people here have been using it in house for some projects recently! Hello Forums! A post over on the wishlist inspired me to post this workflow I've been messing around with.
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