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Alice Labs’ – Studio Clouds for 3DS Max Plugin
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Click here to view the embedded video. I have been seeing and hearing a lot of positive comments around the Studio Cloud plugin for 3D Studio Max from Alice Labs . Originally designed to work with Maya, it is also now available as a stand alone. One of the key items getting people’s attention is the performance. ...1 day ago -
Innovative 3D Laser Scanning Course
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Courses in 3D laser scanning are almost non-existent in either 2 or 4 year college programs in the US. Dr. John Yu and the NSF have created and implemented a valuable model course curriculum. We all need to accept the challenge of making this happen in our local communities. According to Professor John Yu, ...3 days ago -
DTMs from Full Wave Form LiDAR
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The Vienna Univ. of Technology is offering a workshop this week about exploiting full waveform data. The course description indicates that the use of full waveform can lead to greater accuracy in processing DTMs. LAS 1.3 was recently approved with the main purpose being to support full waveform data. ...4 days ago -
Laser Scan Point Cloud Animations
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Click here to view the embedded video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJLwPtEwmY&feature=player_embedded I think we can all agree that point cloud animations can really create excitement and interest, especially if done well. The trick is knowing how to do that without going over the client’s budget. Well ...1 week ago -
64 Bit Lidar Point Cloud Processing on the Mac
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Ray Mandli shared the details of his high production, 64 Bit Mac architecture. Ray has built a very successful mobile mapping firm that is using High Definition LiDAR. They recently processed a 3 trillion, with a T, point job. I wanted to be sure that everyone saw the following comment from Ray Mandli, the ...1 week ago -
Laser Scanners are a 3D Camera
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A multimedia firm that adopted laser scanning sees it as a 3D camera. A Korean firm became a national hero for having a detailed scan of the country’s most treasured landmark. 3D property management is a potential market for laser scanning. Replacing modules in a deformed offshore oil platform can only be ...1 week ago -
USGS Announces LiDAR Funding Availability
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The USGS is going to award 15 grants up to $500k for high res elevation and orthoimagery data. This will eventually be supplied to the public as part of the National Map. The private sector and federal agencies are not eligible. The deadline is December 1, 2009. The USGS announced last week that they intend to ...1 week ago -
Immersive LiDAR-based Racing Experience
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Real Time Race is developing a product that will put gamers in their own car racing against the pros during a live race. I believe they are using the Velodyne 64E to do the scanning. Negotiations are in progress to launch the service in 2010. This is going to be HUGE. I think I have noted this in the past – I ...1 week ago -
Leica UC Wrap Up and Revit PC Feature
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The last day was as good as the first. Word from the feedback session was the majority of the requests were software related. Dr. Hesse is using a phase based scanner turned on its side in 2D mode to record structure deformations in real time under dynamic loads. They are using scanning and other remote sensing ...2 weeks ago -
Opportunity in Times of Change
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This was really the theme of the first day at the Leica UC – there is opportunity out there if you are willing to make it happen. Construction applications were prominent on the first day. The challenge is to push the technology down to the smaller projects in order to open up the mass market. That was the ...2 weeks ago -
First Impressions of the Leica UC and Autodesk Follow Up
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The meet and greet was well attended, as it appears the conference will be, and people seemed upbeat. It sounds like people are finding new ways to innovate with the technology which has Leica seeing a flat year – quite an accomplishment. I have provided additional info on the AutoCAD point cloud feature. The ...2 weeks ago -
Autodesk Announces Support for Point Clouds
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Autodesk just announced the release of their point cloud feature. It will only be available to Map 3D and Civil 3D customers via the subscription center. Now that Autodesk is in the game it will be interesting to track how this progresses. For the second week in a row there is BIG news from a CAD vendor. On ...3 weeks ago -
2009 Leica HDS User Conference Preview
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I will be attending the conference which begins Sunday and runs through Thursday in San Ramon CA. Geoff Jacobs organizes one of the best events of the year. I will attempt to report on the important announcements and presentations. I will be attending the Leica User Conference, which starts on Sunday, October ...3 weeks ago -
3D Printing and AEC
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The Z Corporation recently announced the world’s first monochrome 3D printer. At $25,900 this is an investment that every design office, including the AEC world should consider. Regardless of the advances in 3D computer graphics, there is still no substitute for a physical 3D model. I saw an announcement from ...3 weeks ago -
Open Source and 64 Bit Feedback
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A number of valuable comments were recieved from those who are already using 64 bit technology. Performance is outstanding and ROI appears high, especially if you go with GRASS and Linux since these are free. Looks like pressure is needed to move the big players, but QT Modeler is already there. There were a ...3 weeks ago -
64 Bit Dilemma
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There is a valuable discussion taking place on the Laser Scanning Forum concerning 64 bit and OS. Faraz Ravi from Pointools notes that point cloud processing will benefit from the move to 64 bit, but there are issues. It seems that Windows 7 is stable and a better bet than Vista. I don’t know if you have been ...4 weeks ago -
Developing Industry Standards
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Developing standards is really hard work. The all volunteer ASTM E57 committee on 3D Imaging Systems is making progress. The question concerns the pace. As some may know I am involved with the ASTM International – American Society of Testing Materials E57 committee on 3D Imaging Systems. For those of you ...4 weeks ago -
Bentley Licenses Pointools’ Vortex API
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Finally a BIG story to report on. This is a tremendous boost to the Pointools technology and business. In the end this will be all about integration – how much and how fast. Finally, some really big news to report. Things have been quiet from the major vendors for some time, but this announcement has the ...4 weeks ago -
Simulator Replay
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I was unsure of how the Columbus Day event would impact the readership yesterday. Traffic was off by 50%, so I am providing the link to yesterday’s post as I really want everyone to be aware of the laser scanning simulator. On the lighter side, this video is worth a few minutes of down time. Click here to view ...4 weeks ago -
Portable Laser For 3D Forestry
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The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Forest Ecology Lab has developed a portable, low cost 3D mapping system. This allows 3D mapping of the forest canopy, and is an example of a more intelligent sensor design. There is a lot of opportunity for the 3D imaging industry to develop more integrated ...8 weeks ago
