topic Re: Recap vs Recap Pro in ReCap Forum

Recap vs Recap Pro

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 03:48:09 GMT

Is there anywhere that gives a comparison of the different feature of Recap Pro when compared to Recap? The company I work for is currently looking at our software to process laser scans and we are trying to determine whether or not we will require Recap Pro or whether Recap will be sufficent with our existing software.

Re: Recap vs Recap Pro

ryan.frenz — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:58:04 GMT

Hi Tom,

At the moment there are two 'Pro' features:

- registration of raw scans

- alignment to reference coordinates

Everything else is free and will remain so.

Ryan

i need rotate

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:25:11 GMT

Hi, how can i rotate my point cloud in recap, i need orthogonal pointcloud in autocad. Regards

Re: i need rotate

yan.fu — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:39:18 GMT

You can use "update origin " tool under "display setting->points" to rotate the point cloud. It will allow you to reset x/y/z axis. Thanks, Yan

Re: i need rotate

thomasyangb — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 03:05:41 GMT

Great to know that.

Re: Recap vs Recap Pro

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:58:17 GMT

I just bought the fairly expensive Building-Design-suite-Premium which includes Recap, only to install and get the "upsell" message that I have a limited trial on Pro. Buyer beware - ask what is NOT included in your suite. Does Ultimate include Pro? Is there a suite that does? Neither of the two resellers (Imaginit, or DLT) that quoted/spoke mentioned that Recap was missing anything. Can I continue making rectangles in AutoCAD 2015 or will that expire after a 30 days?

(is this how the advertised price is kept "low" - by leaving out portions of functionality without being particularly clear about it?)

Re: Recap vs Recap Pro

richiee — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:20:15 GMT

Greg, if you refer to the solution to this topic, you see that ReCap *IS* free, it's only the scan to scan registration and survey control that requires any sort of an additional purchase. These are not included in your Suite license because you will only need that functionality if you are registering laser scans. Nothing will expire after 30 days. You can continue to use ReCap to view/edit/export/publish your point clouds for free.

We're working to try to change this messaging because it's clear that it has been causing our customers some confusion.

Re: Recap vs Recap Pro

dgorsman — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:01:40 GMT

For what its worth the availability of standard vs. pro features in ReCap have always been clear to me.

One additional area that should be getting attention is the increasing number of features or plug-ins which only apply to the 360 (cloud) products. Marketing has its directive to get the word out but they tend to use the base product name like "ReCap" or "InfraWorks", leaving it up to the user to dig through product specs to identify whether its online-only. Such things should be a little more forward-facing, even if the current generation of cloud processing products gets a less than stellar reception.