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How can I achieve Recap visibility of point cloud with Plant 3D project

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How can I achieve Recap visibility of point cloud with Plant 3D project

I want to do a video of a project I have in Plant 3D which involves a lot of pipes in a ship, I have the point cloud but Plant 3D lacks the visibility and ease of navigation that Recap Pro has, how can I go around the point cloud like in recap but be able to see the pipes that I made in Plant 3D, maybe even in real view mode ? Can Recap Pro open Plant 3D project ?

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Recap can import an NWD. Create an NWD from your Plant project, then use Recap to import that NWD and view both the Point Cloud and your plant project together.



Tomislav Golubovic
Technical Specialist - Plant and Infrastructure
Autodesk Australia / New Zealand
Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk ANZ YouTube Channel
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I need to install Navisworks in order to be able to save in that format right ? Plant 3D can not export it to that.

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Ok, so today I tried to import NWD file to recap pro, it said 

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But I see nothing to be attached. Here's how I did it, first I loaded the Point cloud in Recap which is visible on the image, then I exported from Plant 3D my project using NWCOUT, then I open the project in Navis and choose Save as NWD, then I try to attack it but nothing...

Screenshot_2.jpgThis is how it looks in Navisworks. Probably I do something wrong, so I will ask.

1. Do I need to export the project to NWD file with the point cloud there or without it like in the image above ?

2. When I export from Plant 3d to NWC in Navisworks the pipes are not in their correct position like in Plant 3d but shifted a bit outside the cloud like in the image.

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