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Command line e57 to ptx conversion?

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Does anybody know of any command line tools that can convert structured e57 files to ptx format?
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I believe cloudcompare has a fairly robust command line interface and can perform the task

https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/ ... _line_mode

Steep learning curve though

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Re: Command line e57 to ptx conversion?

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Unfortunately, CloudCompare doesn't have a ptx writer. I believe it also treats all e57 files as unstructured. So both of those features would need to be added to make use of it's command line interface for this task.
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Re: Command line e57 to ptx conversion?

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My bad, I forgot it doesn’t do ptx and I didn’t read the structured part so my reply is wholly useless, sorry for wasting your time.

You are using cyclone or zf? I understand the need for the structure but file sizes that never get smaller kind of suck.

One of a multitude of reasons why I’m trying to get away from Leica/cyclone...always moar MOAR $$$$$$$$$$$$$$


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No worries, all responses are helpful, even if just confirms I I haven't missed anything.

We're not using Cyclone or ZF directly, but end up working with data from various sources so some data will have originated in them.
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Check out FME desktop - although you may need to split the E57 first to handle it as structured. Last time I played it converted the E57 to LAS as an intermediate format or something off the top of my head - I was going to Recap tiles for that one.
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Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like FME doesn't support .ptx either though :(
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A long manual task = import e57 to Cyclone then export as ptx?
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Manual tasks is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I want to be able to schedule jobs to do the conversion overnight, while I'm sleeping.
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Re: Command line e57 to ptx conversion?

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Depending on the size of the data / hard drive space you could batch import the e57 to Cyclone, export it one massive file as ptx then use the ptx splitter ?

Forum post with splitter >> viewtopic.php?t=6040
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