List of programs for point cloud processing

Overview of programs for processing 3D point clouds from appropriate photos or surveys with laser scanners.

Programs for photogrammetric creation of point clouds

The programs create point clouds based on appropriate photos to process them to 3D models, e.g. for meshing.

Product name Manufacturer Photogrammetry Scan data import Import formats Processing Export formats Operating systems
Bentley ContextCapture Bentley Systems yes yes photo, laser scan (coming soon) registration, meshing mesh, web, point clouds, DSM, geotiff, KML Windows
RealityCapture Capturing Reality yes yes photo, laser scan (ptx, e57)[1] registration, meshing point data, DSM, geotiff [2] Windows
Agisoft Photoscan Agisoft yes no photo meshing point data, DSM/DTM Windows, Mac, Linux
metigo 3D fokus GmbH Leipzig yes (Stereo) yes (STL, Lupos3D, Zöller&Fröhlich Scan) photo (TIFF), point cloud (Vrml, Lupos3D, Zöller&Fröhlich Scan) meshing, sections, ortho-projections, mapping point data, DSM, CAD, Tiff Windows
123D Catch Autodesk yes no photo meshing Autodesk cloud Android, Mac, Windows
Pix4Dmapper Pix4D yes no photo meshing point data, DTM, CAD formats Windows
DroneMapper DroneMapper yes no photo, jpg, tif, multispec meshing GeoTiff, point data, DSM, KMZ formats SaaS/Linux Cloud
PHOTOMOD Racurs yes yes photo, jpg, tif, multispec meshing, SGM, IDM GeoTiff, point cloud, DSM/DTM, GIS formats Windows

Programs for importing laser scanner data as point clouds

The programs can import data of laser scanners or point clouds to preprocess them for 3D modeling.

Product name Manufacturer Photogrammetry Scan data import Import formats Processing Export formats Operating systems
VisionLidar Geo-Plus Yes independent of manufacturer various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTX, PTS, LAS, LAZ, automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, Fly-through, E57, ASC, LAS, LAZ, PTS, DWG, DXF, DGN Windows
Bentley Descartes Bentley Systems no independent of manufacturer various format meshing, classifying, coloring, texturing, draping, orthographic projection, merging with CAD or GIS data point data, obj, ply, pod, las, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures Windows
Final Surface GFaI no independent of manufacturer various formats (e.g. E57, XYZ, LAZ, LAS, FLS, FWS, ZFS, PTG, PTS, PTX) point filtering, referencing datasets, meshing / triangulation, texturing, distance analysis (inspection map), curvature analysis, mesh reducing / refining / healing / resampling / smoothing, projections, dimensioning point data (E57, XYZ, PTS, PTG), triangle mesh surfaces (AMF, OBJ, PLY, STL, VRML), 3D-PDF, XHTML, U3D Windows
Pointools Bentley Systems no independent of manufacturer various format classifying, coloring, texturing, animation production point data, pod, las, obj, ply, xyz Windows
RealityCapture Capturing Reality yes independent of manufacturer ptx, e57 meshing, coloring, texturing, orthographic projection point data, obj, ply, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures Windows
FARO Scene FARO Technologies no only FARO FARO scanners meshing point data, CAD formats Windows
Trimble RealWorks Trimble no independent of manufacturer various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTX, PTS, LAS, LAZ, ZFS, RSP, FLS, DP automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, animation production, ortho photo creation, storage tank inspection, 3d and projection based comparison of surfaces and point clouds, publish projects for sharing E57, ASC, LAS 1.2, LAS 1.4, LAZ, POD, PTS, PTX, TZF, BSF, KMZ, DWG, DXF, DGN, FBX, OBJ Windows
LIS Laserdata yes independent of manufacturer various formats (e.g. XYZ, LAZ, LAS), others via GDAL/OGR point cloud visualization, colorization, filtering, thinning, profile extraction, conversion, segmentation, classification, vectorization, arithmetic calculations, volumes, point cloud merging, registration, orientation, terrain analysis, breakline detection, relabeling, single tree derivation, forest mask derivation, crown coverage, building footprints delineation, building models LOD 1/2, seamless data access via database interface point data (XYZ, LAS, LAZ), GeoTiff, other vector or raster formats via GDAL/OGR library Windows,32/64 bit GNU Linux
Leica CYCLONE Leica Geosystems no Leica, Faro and others Leica, Faro and others scanners meshing point data, CAD formats Windows
PointSense kubit / Faro [3] no Faro et al. various scanners, XYZ, E57 meshing AutoCAD AutoCAD plug-in (Windows)
PointCab [4] PointCab no independent of manufacturer various scanners, XYZ, E57 layouts, profiles, meshing point data, CAD formats Windows
PolyWorks InnovMetric yes independent of manufacturer various scanners meshing, inspection tools, reverse tools point data, CAD formats, mesh Windows
ReCap Autodesk no independent of manufacturer XYZ, E57 meshing AutoCAD AutoCAD plug-in (Windows)
RevLib Prescient Technologies No Generic XYZ, STL Meshing STL Windows
Scalypso IB Dr. Koenig no independent of manufacturer various scanners, XYZ, E57 meshing, 3D geometric objects point data, Allplan, AutoCAD, HiCAD, Microstation Windows

Programs for processing laser scanner data and photographs

The programs can import data of laser scanners, images or point clouds and process them for 3D modeling.

Product name Manufacturer Photogrammetry Scan data import Import formats Processing Export formats Operating systems
LIS Laserdata yes independent of manufacturer various formats (e.g. XYZ, LAZ, LAS), others via GDAL/OGR point cloud visualization, colorization, filtering, thinning, profile extraction, conversion, segmentation, classification, vectorization, arithmetic calculations, volumes, point cloud merging, registration, orientation, terrain analysis, breakline detection, relabeling, single tree derivation, forest mask derivation, crown coverage, building footprints delineation, building models LOD 1/2, seamless data access via database interface point data (XYZ, LAS, LAZ), GeoTiff, other vector or raster formats via GDAL/OGR library Windows,32/64 bit GNU Linux
VisionLidar Geo-Plus Yes independent of manufacturer various scanners, XYZ, E57, PTS, LAS, LAZ automatic registration with or without targets, layouts, profiles, meshing, contouring, volume calculation, modelling, classification, coloring, texturing, fly-through E57, ASC, LAS, LAZ, POD, PTS, DWG, DXF, DGN Windows
RealityCapture Capturing Reality yes independent of manufacturer photo (various types, codecs), ptx, e57 meshing, coloring, texturing, orthographic projection point data, obj, ply, xyz, dsm, geotiff, ortho, textures Windows
VRMesh VirtualGrid NO independent of manufacturer stl, ply, xyz, las, pts, e57, ptx Classification, Feature extraction, triangulation stl, txt, las, pts, dxf, shp, obj Windows

References

  1. RC import formats, April 2016
  2. RC export formats, April 2016
  3. Reuters: FARO Expands Presence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction with Acquisition of kubit, March 2015
  4. LiDAR News: PointCab GmbH Releases Pointcloud Software Solution, November 2014


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