This workflow allows extraction of structural steel elements from a point cloud.
Requirements
Select a point cloud (3DR native, LGSx or Hexagon GeoCloud) and launch the workflow.
The workflow is divided in 3 steps:
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Level Definition: to manually define the different levels where steel elements will be extracted from.
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Steel Extraction: to manually extract and edit steel elements from the point cloud.
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Export: to export extracted steel elements.
Steel standards
Common Steel standards are shipped with Cyclone 3DR.
The default steel standards are:
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I-Beam |
T-Beam |
Corner |
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Standard location: C:\Users\Public\Leica Geosystems\Cyclone 3DR\ScanToSteel\Standards\Default
Technical Information
Coordinate System
During the workflow creation, the active Coordinate System is saved and becomes the only one available for that workflow.
It is automatically enabled each time the workflow starts.
Once a workflow is created, its associated coordinate system cannot be modified.
Point cloud source
Scan to Steel is compatible with any point source, including native 3DR point clouds, LGSx files, and Hexagon GeoCloud assets.
In other words, no data conversion is required to run the workflow when working with streamed point clouds.
The user experience may vary slightly depending on the point source, while preserving the same overall workflow and capabilities.
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3DR Native format |
LGSx |
Hexagon GeoCloud |
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Classification Points can be filtered by class for display and extraction purpose. |
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No
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No
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Scanning direction The element extraction is optimized using scanning direction if available (TLS). |
Yes |
No
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Yes |
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Connectivity Dependency to an Internet connection |
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Yes
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Memory footprint (RAM) Impact on the available RAM memory |
High
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Low
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Low
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Point clouds streamed from Register 360 PLUS require a conversion to a native Cyclone 3DR point cloud to be compatible with the Scan to Steel workflow.