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ACAD 2014 Cannot Display Recap Point Cloud Reference Created in ACAD 2016


lamensterms

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Hi,

 

We're having an issue in our office, trying to read/access a .DWG with a Point Cloud reference.

 

Point Clouds and Recap, etc are new to me... and I don't have much experience with either.

 

Our situation:

Our surveyor has provided us with a limited .DWG containing linework that he has traced from the point cloud data. This DWG is not comprehensive, and the surveyor has also provided a Recap Point Cloud (.RCS & .RCP) that we can interrogate and check other measurements against. We would like to insert the RCS or RCP file into the original DWG (at correct scale and location) to allow us to measure and find any information that may have been missing from the original DWG.

 

Our problem:

We have no way to accurately superimpose the Point Cloud file into the original DWG that the surveyor provided. Inserting the Point Cloud file into the original survey DWG does not result in the Point Cloud being located at the other linework/geometry within the original survey DWG. It has the wrong insertion point.

 

Solution?:

We had hoped that we would be able to have the surveyor insert the Point Cloud into a new DWG (at correct location), then provide that DWG to us... which he has done. BUT, he is running ACAD2016, and we are running ACAD2014. When we open the surveyors 'Point Cloud DWG', there is no live point cloud within, it is only a PROXY entity. The DWG has been saved down to DWG version 2013, so opening the file was not a problem, but the content was useless.

 

So, a few questions:

 

1. Are there any "Point Cloud" object enablers that we can install to get the 2016 point cloud reference to display in 2014?

 

2. Can anyone suggest an alternative method to enable us to accurately locate the point cloud reference within the DWG.

 

Thanks for any help.

Edited by lamensterms
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Just want to elaborate/explain this a little further.

 

Here is what I believe the surveyors work flow was:

 

1. Create point cloud from 3D surveyed scan.

2. Insert/import point cloud into Autocad DWG.

3. Trace some surveyed features (wall lines, floor levels, etc) from point cloud reference/object.

4. Remove point cloud reference from DWG.

5. Submit DWG to our office.

 

What we are looking for is the DWG that had been created prior to step 4. (with the accurately located point cloud reference).

 

Hope that makes things a bit clearer.

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