Point cloud support in Microstation

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Point cloud support in Microstation

Hey guys,

I am active in the field of architecture. I work with Microstation. In the scope of a job handling, I heard that Microstation offers a support for the use of laser scanner data resp. point clouds.
The support, for which version is it? Which data formats are supported?

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Steffen

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Support

Hello Steffen,

Youg et support starting from version V8i. Leica, TopCon and FARO are supported; FARO is supported by means of Vortex Engine.

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Import

Is the import of *.fws files possible in previous versions of Microstation?

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Import of *.fws

The direct import of *.fws files is not possible. By using the free viewer FARO Scene Lt, you can export ASCII data which can be imported in Microstation by means of xyz import.

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Microstation support of point clouds

Hello,

It could be that the latest FARO workspaces of version 5.0 and 5.1 are not supported – not until the next update. A further possibility is to download the Pod creator from Pointools website and to create POD files by using the “creator”.
If you need support for Bentley Pointools, you can send a mail to info@laserscanning-europe.com. As a reseller for Bentley Pointools, we'll be happy to help you.

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E. B.