Great video. It will be very useful. Is there a way in revit to reduce the amount of points visible by say a percentage. In Decartes its possible to reduce the amount of points in a the point cloud by set values and to change these as required during the modelling process.
Not that I am aware of. I agree this would be a very useful feature to have in Revit, but in it's current state you would likely need to do this in a separate software prior to importing (I reduced the density in CloudCompare in this video, but there are others you can use as you mention).
Thanks a lot! Very useful video! I am trying to send a Revit project (version 2020) to a client that requires the file itself beyond the plans and sections. The project has a linked Point Cloud, which must be visible in the model when the client opens it. To make this possible, I copied the Point Cloud (.rcp file) into the following path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Revit Shared Thus, in theory, anyone who copies the same Point Cloud to this folder would be able to view it. The problem is that it didn't work. My partner tried to open the file on his computer after doing the same steps and the Point Cloud isn't there. He checked the visibility settings and the .rcp filme supposed to be activate there, but it failed. Has anyone been through a similar situation? How can I solve this? Thanks!
Hi Joao, I don't know if you ever figured out the solution to this problem but for future users who may have similar questions, it sounds like the issue is that you are only focusing your attention on the .RCP file, but this by itself does not contain point cloud data. In order for the point cloud to show up in Revit, you will need to send the .RCP file as well as the corresponding "Support" folder that ReCap created when you created the RCP file. Inside that Support folder are the RCS files which actually contain the usable point cloud data. Once your client has downloaded the RCP file and the Support folder containing the RCS files, then they can open the Revit file you send, go to "Manage Links," select the RCP file that you inserted into the file, then click "Reload From" so they can route the path to wherever they saved it on their local system. If everybody follows those instructions, then the point cloud will appear in their Revit file as desired. If you need more information, please feel free to contact us at info@Scansure3D.com
