Import ReCap Point Clouds into Infraworks
5/20/2018
Jeff Bartels of Autodesk explains how to import a Recap Pro Point Cloud into Infraworks and create a ground surface.
From the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
Comments
First - Jeff's note from the post is pretty important:
NOTE: Point clouds created from imagery will produce surface elevations matching a site’s vegetation: grass, brush, crops, etc. (Basically, the surface represents what the camera “sees”.) Point clouds created from Lidar however, will provide the most accurate bare earth extraction as the laser used to collect the data is capable of penetrating vegetation.
Jeff covers the important ReCap Pro and Infraworks mechanics to produce a validated surface from the data.
- See the earlier Survey Drone to Civil 3D Workflow video series for the entire process with Civil 3D Imports
- See the mentioned Import ReCap Aerial Images into Infraworks video.
- See the Process ReCap Aerial Images with Ground Control Points video.