Exporting point clouds from Realworks

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Exporting point clouds from Realworks

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Hi guys,

I need to export a point cloud from Realworks and import it into Autodesk Revit.

What is the best file format to save the exported point cloud as in order to import it into Revit?

Thanks

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My preferred workflow is to export then entire project as PTX files and then import those into ReCap. Insert the ReCap file into Revit and you are good to go.
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Hi James, just spotted this so I'll get someone to give you a call and talk you through it.

RCP format might be the easiest.
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Re: Exporting point clouds from Realworks

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Hi James,

For Revit you'll need to go via a Recap (RCP) file format. You can create an RCP project file directly from RealWorks if you have a licensed version of Recap running on the same PC as RealWorks. If not, then export an E57 file and import this to Recap. E57 is relatively compact in terms of file size. Regards, Richard.
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Hi,
You can create an RCP project file directly from RealWorks if you have a licensed version of Recap running on the same PC as RealWorks
Realy? What license do you mean? Recap pro? or any license. Because i have Recap on the same PC as Realworks but i dont find the RCP export
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Hi, I mean a purchased license for Recap Pro, version 3.0 and newer. Richard.
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I am also having trouble with this. All latest versions of realworks and recap, with pro license and realworks recap plugin installed. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.

ANY IDEAS?
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Hi brothers , I have lattest verson of Recap so i Export .rcp directly from the realworks thanks for the information, then while exporting like this i cant able to get panaromic image (realviews ) in Recap so please help to to solve this issues.
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Have you tried exporting from within Registration mode? It used to be that the stations were preserved doing it this way but not entirely sure if this is still the case.
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Re: Exporting point clouds from Realworks

Post by jpavlicek »

This seems to still be the case as of January 2024. I learned this the hard way after my export was running for days and still hadn’t finished. You can also export a structured RCP file to have the panoramic “bubble views” included in the RCP export. (Different option under the Export menu.)
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