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create drawing that includes point cloud data

Anonymous — Mon, 07 May 2018 22:01:03 GMT

I have .rcs file 3D scans of an irregular mine environment and I'm doing general layouts to see if there is enough room for installation of tanks/equipment. I've imported the cloud point data into Inventor and laid out the equipment. I can do 'box crops' of the point data to get all the section and plan views I need.

The issue I'm having is how do I get all that data into a drawing? The point data doesn't show up in the dwg and all I get is equipment models. I would like to output drawings with clearances and equipment sizes dimensioned.

I don't require mesh or solid models of the 3D scans; I just need basic room profiles with equipment and dimensions. If Inventor is not the appropriate software for this would Recap or Navisworks or even AutoCAD do the trick?

Re: create drawing that includes point cloud data

MSD_takaseh — Tue, 08 May 2018 01:17:50 GMT

Hello jason_brasseur,
We cannot show up point cloud data in Inventor drawing unfortunately.
I think AutoCAD could do your requirement.
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-C0C610D0-9784-4E87-A857-F17F1F7FEEBE-htm.html
Thanks,

Re: create drawing that includes point cloud data

kelly.young — Tue, 08 May 2018 18:34:18 GMT

Hello @Anonymous I see that you are visiting as a new member to the Inventor Forum.
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What version of inventor are you using? There is MBD that might be able to be utilized within the assembly?

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Re: create drawing that includes point cloud data

cookie — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:38:58 GMT

Drawing containing point clouds.....

Surely this is something that's available in Inventor or at least will be in the near future. It's time consuming re-creating snap shots of the assembly and then re-inserting the images into the drawing.

Does someone have a workable solution for this ??

Re: create drawing that includes point cloud data

johnsonshiue — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:17:29 GMT

Hi! Here is another old thread talking about taking a screenshot to capture the point cloud and attaching it to the drawing.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/show-point-cloud-on-idw/td-p/6667442

Many thanks!