WHY does Recap have to Re-index?

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WHY does Recap have to Re-index?

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Hi there,

When opening scan projects in RECAP, sometimes the project will open with no issue right to the point cloud. Other times, RECAP will want to re-index the last four or so scans before the point cloud opens. Why is this and how do i avoid this? I can't have this being an issue when I'm trying to sit down with site teams or consultants. Very frustrating...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Re: WHY does Recap have to Re-index?

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it is possible to launch the project and use the program on what is indexed already before the indexing is done

it is also possible to exit the program before it is complete and it will pick up where it left off when you open the file again

Seems unlikely, but just in case...you did say it was the last scans...
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We sometimes see this when we exit a project without saving after it has finished indexing. So my advice would be that once you launch the project, save before exiting and see if that helps.
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We are experiencing this issue alot recently
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Re: WHY does Recap have to Re-index?

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Hi,

If you haven't saved the file, instead of re indexing, you can directly open from the temp folder. In the beginning specify the create a new temp folder which you can easily identify later (May be with project name).

Hope this will help

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Re: WHY does Recap have to Re-index?

Post by Leandre Robitaille »

I just want to add on this that we have this issue on almost every single recap project we do. We import fls files mostly.

The fail safe solution for this is to finish the first import/index, close the recap project. Reopen the project and finish indexing the missing scans. The rcp will then work flawlessly after that.

This issues usually comes with larger projects, I rarelly see this on 30 or less scans projects.

It is a good practice to do because if you dont, and go straight ahead and export a rcs file. The data from those missing files won't be included in that rcs file. Also if you send the rcp to the client without reopenning the rcp file yourself,and he opens it he will have to re-index those files.
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Try to create a new project in recap and add all the RCS file and save it as a new Recap and check if the problem exists.
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Post by Leandre Robitaille »

Hi Peyman
That is not a solution. If you do that your new recap project won't include the 360 image data. It will fix the missing pointcloud part however. Then the second issue is that your new .rcp will xref to all the rcs in that other support folder, you would need to 'save as' the .rcp to have a single file for client delivery. Best solution proven from my years of doing rcp is to close and restart a rcp after the first import to finish everything.
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