Point cloud x and y coordinates appear to flip after inserting point cloud from drawing object.

Point cloud x and y coordinates appear to flip after inserting point cloud from drawing object.

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Point cloud x and y coordinates appear to flip after inserting point cloud from drawing object.

dbartholPQYPW
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I inserted a point cloud that I processes in Recap Pro. The point cloud appears to insert to the correct coordinates but as soon as I "insert points from drawing object", it appears to flip the x and y coordinates.

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Hi David,
Please post a link to your point cloud.
Dave

Dave Stoll
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David,
Whenever you insert a point cloud into a drawing, first use command UNITS to set "Units to scale inserted content" to whatever your target system units were in ReCap.
Dave

 

VA_1.png

 

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Dave Stoll
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David,
I had a closer look at your drawing. If you turn off the Transformation Tab, use command GEOREMOVE, re-assign VA83-SF, then everything works as expected.
Dave

 

VA_4.png

 

Dave Stoll
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dbartholPQYPW
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The point cloud inserts correctly but when I create a surface from point cloud, it does not appear to create a correct surface. The surface shows up in prospector but when I run a quick profile to check, nothing shows on the profile.

 

Here's a link to the files:

 

https://bdadevelopmentservicespllc-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/daveb_bdaland_net/EjkzHMNjAoxGgg... 

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