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Set up and configure a new ReCap project

This unit will teach you how to set up a new project and configure project options in preparation for importing laser scan files.

Any referenced datasets can be downloaded from "Module downloads" in the module overview.

Transcript

00:01

So in this section of the course, we'll be talking about ReCap projects.

00:06

We'll start off with how to create a new ReCap project, adjust the project settings, and begin importing your scan files.

00:16

So to start a new ReCap project, we will click on the "New Project" icon here in the main menu of ReCap Pro, We will select "Import Point Cloud".

00:27

This is going to ask us where we'd like to create this new project.

00:32

Go ahead and put this on the local C drive here, and click "Proceed".

00:36

So now we can select the files to import.

00:40

So I'll navigate to a folder here where I have some ZFS files, and I'll go ahead and select all of these, and click "Open".

00:49

So this section of the scan settings offers some options to help clean up through filtering the scan points as they come through,

00:56

minimal, standard and aggressive, which we will try to remove some of the fainter points and discard those.

01:03

I also have range clipping there.

01:04

You can adjust the distance away from the scan device, in which points will be included and also intensity clipping to attempt to remove points

01:13

that are showing up through reflective surfaces, like mirrors and windows.

01:19

And if we go to the Advanced section up here, we can adjust the decimation grid which will adjust the number of points

01:27

that are included within a certain range here for the final output there for the point cloud.

01:33

It's also important to note that the coordinate system needs to be set.

01:37

So when you're importing raw data into ReCap, you need to specify the coordinate system that the scan is currently in.

01:43

If we click on this here, we can select from a list of international coordinate systems,

01:50

and you also need to specify the target system that you want this to go into.

01:55

So if you're working with something like Civil 3D or InfoWorks,

01:58

you need to set the target to be the same as the coordinate system that you're using from the source scan.

02:05

You can also adjust things like the up axis if the scan was done at a certain angle.

02:11

Typically, it's going to be the Z-axis is up.

02:14

You can also flip that axis if needed.

02:16

And then your input units also need to be set as well.

02:21

So this case will set these to US feet, just for example here.

02:25

So at that point when all these settings are adjusted, then you can go ahead and click "Import" and it will begin importing the files.

02:31

Now this can take some time depending on the number of files you have or scans to process.

02:37

So this is going to take some time, just be patient.

02:40

And as soon as the first one is available here, we'll go ahead and take a look at registering these scans.

Video transcript

00:01

So in this section of the course, we'll be talking about ReCap projects.

00:06

We'll start off with how to create a new ReCap project, adjust the project settings, and begin importing your scan files.

00:16

So to start a new ReCap project, we will click on the "New Project" icon here in the main menu of ReCap Pro, We will select "Import Point Cloud".

00:27

This is going to ask us where we'd like to create this new project.

00:32

Go ahead and put this on the local C drive here, and click "Proceed".

00:36

So now we can select the files to import.

00:40

So I'll navigate to a folder here where I have some ZFS files, and I'll go ahead and select all of these, and click "Open".

00:49

So this section of the scan settings offers some options to help clean up through filtering the scan points as they come through,

00:56

minimal, standard and aggressive, which we will try to remove some of the fainter points and discard those.

01:03

I also have range clipping there.

01:04

You can adjust the distance away from the scan device, in which points will be included and also intensity clipping to attempt to remove points

01:13

that are showing up through reflective surfaces, like mirrors and windows.

01:19

And if we go to the Advanced section up here, we can adjust the decimation grid which will adjust the number of points

01:27

that are included within a certain range here for the final output there for the point cloud.

01:33

It's also important to note that the coordinate system needs to be set.

01:37

So when you're importing raw data into ReCap, you need to specify the coordinate system that the scan is currently in.

01:43

If we click on this here, we can select from a list of international coordinate systems,

01:50

and you also need to specify the target system that you want this to go into.

01:55

So if you're working with something like Civil 3D or InfoWorks,

01:58

you need to set the target to be the same as the coordinate system that you're using from the source scan.

02:05

You can also adjust things like the up axis if the scan was done at a certain angle.

02:11

Typically, it's going to be the Z-axis is up.

02:14

You can also flip that axis if needed.

02:16

And then your input units also need to be set as well.

02:21

So this case will set these to US feet, just for example here.

02:25

So at that point when all these settings are adjusted, then you can go ahead and click "Import" and it will begin importing the files.

02:31

Now this can take some time depending on the number of files you have or scans to process.

02:37

So this is going to take some time, just be patient.

02:40

And as soon as the first one is available here, we'll go ahead and take a look at registering these scans.

Start a ReCap project - Exercise

On the main menu of ReCap Pro, click new project.
Select import point cloud.
In the Create new project dialog box, enter ReCap Pro Practice for the project name.
For the place to save your files, click on the file path and a Browse for Folder dialog box displays. Navigate to your C:\Temp folder and click Select Folder.
Click proceed.
Click select files to import.
In the Import Point Clouds dialog box, navigate to the Lee Dataset>Lee Set Support folder (from the supplied dataset).
Select Lee_Lg_10.rcs, Lee_Lg_11.rcs, Lee_Lg_12.rcs, and Lee_Lg_13.rcs, then click Open.
In the upper-right corner, click on the home icon to suspend the project.
In the suspend project dialog box, click suspend.

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