Point Clouds

Native Point Cloud Support for 3D Studio Max

Posted Fri, 06/25/2010 - 15:43 by chris

Yet another Autodesk product is getting native point cloud support. This time it is 3D Studio Max under the name Project Helix. It is an official technology preview available from Autodesk Labs. This is one more piece in the point cloud puzzle. We can now do high quality renders featuring point clouds without the need for another application. I am excited to test this out.

Source: http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/3dsmax_pointcloud/

Extracting Photosynth Data Into AutoCAD

Posted Mon, 04/19/2010 - 17:22 by chris

If your not familiar with Photosynth I put up a post awhile back that shows what it is all about.

Back when I first saw it I realized it was deriving point cloud data from the images and thought it would be interesting if we could get that raw data set. Well we can't get it directly but Kean Walmsley over at the Through the Interface blog has a write up showing how it can be obtained. I can not wait to start playing with this.
Links:
Background - Reality check
Code Part 1 - Importing Photosynth point clouds into AutoCAD 2011
Code Part 2 - Importing Photosynth point clouds into AutoCAD 2011

Source: http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/