Export Pointclouds into Regions by using Recap

A guide to making your gigantic point-cloud files suitable for collaboration. Without losing any levels of detail, and without splitting up your point-cloud project-file.

Many scanning softwares automatically creates regions out of each scan location.
If so, you can skip to 1:30 in the video, or step 3 in the step-by-step.

Full video

Step By Step

1. Create region

Isolate natural parts of your point cloud.
1. Use a selection box to define an Area.
2. Select everything within the box
3. Create a new Region
Example: Building region.

2. More Regions

Create as many Regions as needed, or as many that makes logical sense for the project.
Example: Barracks, car-park, lab-area, and lobby area..

3. Check Regions

Switch between the regions you have created to make sure you got everything covered.

4. Auto Export

Use the export button from the Regions list to automatically export each region to a separate file.

5. Check Folder

You will get one E57 file per region.
This is what you want to use with Vrex.

6. Create Project

Great your Vrex project.

7.Upload

Upload your files to Vrex, now they are within the limits.

This will also in turn result in more flexible visibility settings within the Vrex Viewer application for further improving performace.

Need to reduce the data size further? Learn how to optimize Point Clouds for use with Vrex