List of programs for point cloud processing
Overview of programs for processing 3D point clouds from appropriate photos or surveys with laser scanners.
Programs for photogrammetric creation of point clouds
The programs create point clouds based on appropriate photos to process them to 3D models, e.g. for meshing.
| Product name | Manufacturer | Photogrammetry | Scan data import | Import formats | Processing | Export formats | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley ContextCapture | Bentley Systems | yes | yes | photo, laser scan (coming soon) | registration, meshing | mesh, web, point clouds, DSM, geotiff, KML | Windows |
| RealityCapture | Capturing Reality | yes | yes | photo, laser scan (ptx, e57)[1] | registration, meshing | point data, DSM, geotiff [2] | Windows |
| Agisoft Photoscan | Agisoft | yes | no | photo | meshing | point data, DSM/DTM | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| metigo 3D | fokus GmbH Leipzig | yes (Stereo) | yes (STL, Lupos3D, Zöller&Fröhlich Scan) | photo (TIFF), point cloud (Vrml, Lupos3D, Zöller&Fröhlich Scan) | meshing, sections, ortho-projections, mapping | point data, DSM, CAD, Tiff | Windows |
| 123D Catch | Autodesk | yes | no | photo | meshing | Autodesk cloud | Android, Mac, Windows |
| Pix4Dmapper | Pix4D | yes | no | photo | meshing | point data, DTM, CAD formats | Windows |
| DroneMapper | DroneMapper | yes | no | photo, jpg, tif, multispec | meshing | GeoTiff, point data, DSM, KMZ formats | SaaS/Linux Cloud |
| PHOTOMOD | Racurs | yes | yes | photo, jpg, tif, multispec | meshing, SGM, IDM | GeoTiff, point cloud, DSM/DTM, GIS formats | Windows |
Programs for importing laser scanner data as point clouds
The programs can import data of laser scanners or point clouds to preprocess them for 3D modeling.
| Product name | Manufacturer | Photogrammetry | Scan data import | Import formats | Processing | Export formats | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VisionLidar | Geo-Plus | Yes | independent of manufacturer | various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTX, PTS, LAS, LAZ, | automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, Fly-through, | E57, ASC, LAS, LAZ, PTS, DWG, DXF, DGN | Windows |
| Bentley Descartes | Bentley Systems | no | independent of manufacturer | various format | meshing, classifying, coloring, texturing, draping, orthographic projection, merging with CAD or GIS data | point data, obj, ply, pod, las, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures | Windows |
| Final Surface | GFaI | no | independent of manufacturer | various formats (e.g. E57, XYZ, LAZ, LAS, FLS, FWS, ZFS, PTG, PTS, PTX) | point filtering, referencing datasets, meshing / triangulation, texturing, distance analysis (inspection map), curvature analysis, mesh reducing / refining / healing / resampling / smoothing, projections, dimensioning | point data (E57, XYZ, PTS, PTG), triangle mesh surfaces (AMF, OBJ, PLY, STL, VRML), 3D-PDF, XHTML, U3D | Windows |
| Pointools | Bentley Systems | no | independent of manufacturer | various format | classifying, coloring, texturing, animation production | point data, pod, las, obj, ply, xyz | Windows |
| RealityCapture | Capturing Reality | yes | independent of manufacturer | ptx, e57 | meshing, coloring, texturing, orthographic projection | point data, obj, ply, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures | Windows |
| FARO Scene | FARO Technologies | no | only FARO | FARO scanners | meshing | point data, CAD formats | Windows |
| Trimble RealWorks | Trimble | no | independent of manufacturer | various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTX, PTS, LAS, LAZ, ZFS, RSP, FLS, DP | automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, animation production, ortho photo creation, storage tank inspection, 3d and projection based comparison of surfaces and point clouds, publish projects for sharing | E57, ASC, LAS 1.2, LAS 1.4, LAZ, POD, PTS, PTX, TZF, BSF, KMZ, DWG, DXF, DGN, FBX, OBJ | Windows |
| LIS | Laserdata | yes | independent of manufacturer | various formats (e.g. XYZ, LAZ, LAS), others via GDAL/OGR | point cloud visualization, colorization, filtering, thinning, profile extraction, conversion, segmentation, classification, vectorization, arithmetic calculations, volumes, point cloud merging, registration, orientation, terrain analysis, breakline detection, relabeling, single tree derivation, forest mask derivation, crown coverage, building footprints delineation, building models LOD 1/2, seamless data access via database interface | point data (XYZ, LAS, LAZ), GeoTiff, other vector or raster formats via GDAL/OGR library | Windows,32/64 bit GNU Linux |
| Leica CYCLONE | Leica Geosystems | no | Leica, Faro and others | Leica, Faro and others scanners | meshing | point data, CAD formats | Windows |
| PointSense | kubit / Faro [3] | no | Faro et al. | various scanners, XYZ, E57 | meshing | AutoCAD | AutoCAD plug-in (Windows) |
| PointCab [4] | PointCab | no | independent of manufacturer | various scanners, XYZ, E57 | layouts, profiles, meshing | point data, CAD formats | Windows |
| PolyWorks | InnovMetric | yes | independent of manufacturer | various scanners | meshing, inspection tools, reverse tools | point data, CAD formats, mesh | Windows |
| ReCap | Autodesk | no | independent of manufacturer | XYZ, E57 | meshing | AutoCAD | AutoCAD plug-in (Windows) |
| RevLib | Prescient Technologies | No | Generic | XYZ, STL | Meshing | STL | Windows |
| Scalypso | IB Dr. Koenig | no | independent of manufacturer | various scanners, XYZ, E57 | meshing, 3D geometric objects | point data, Allplan, AutoCAD, HiCAD, Microstation | Windows |
Programs for processing laser scanner data and photographs
The programs can import data of laser scanners, images or point clouds and process them for 3D modeling.
| Product name | Manufacturer | Photogrammetry | Scan data import | Import formats | Processing | Export formats | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIS | Laserdata | yes | independent of manufacturer | various formats (e.g. XYZ, LAZ, LAS), others via GDAL/OGR | point cloud visualization, colorization, filtering, thinning, profile extraction, conversion, segmentation, classification, vectorization, arithmetic calculations, volumes, point cloud merging, registration, orientation, terrain analysis, breakline detection, relabeling, single tree derivation, forest mask derivation, crown coverage, building footprints delineation, building models LOD 1/2, seamless data access via database interface | point data (XYZ, LAS, LAZ), GeoTiff, other vector or raster formats via GDAL/OGR library | Windows,32/64 bit GNU Linux |
| VisionLidar | Geo-Plus | Yes | independent of manufacturer | various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTS, LAS, LAZ | automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, fly-through | E57, ASC, LAS, LAZ, POD, PTS, DWG, DXF, DGN | Windows |
| RealityCapture | Capturing Reality | yes | independent of manufacturer | photo (various types, codecs), ptx, e57 | meshing, coloring, texturing, orthographic projection | point data, obj, ply, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures | Windows |
| VRMesh | VirtualGrid | NO | independent of manufacturer | stl, ply, xyz, las, pts, e57, ptx | Classification, Feature extraction, triangulation | stl, txt, las, pts, dxf, shp, obj | Windows |
References
- ↑ RC import formats, April 2016
- ↑ RC export formats, April 2016
- ↑ Reuters: FARO Expands Presence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction with Acquisition of kubit, March 2015
- ↑ LiDAR News: PointCab GmbH Releases Pointcloud Software Solution, November 2014
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