Converting Navisworks pointcloud to FBX (Or another mesh format)

Converting Navisworks pointcloud to FBX (Or another mesh format)

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Converting Navisworks pointcloud to FBX (Or another mesh format)

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I am not a navisworks user, but have been presented with a use case where navisworks might be involved and using point clouds in which we would need to convert to a  polygon mesh in the format of fbx, obj, ifc or step. 

Can anyone tell me what workflow exist to either convert the pointcloud /wrap it in meshes in navisworks or alternatively export to third party software and do the conversion there?

 

I have previously worked with point cloud to mesh using meshmixer and agisoft photoscan. 

 

Any advice on how to simplify this as much as possible would be much appreciated. 

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dgorsman
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You'll need to take the point cloud data and mesh it elsewhere, either using the ReCap Photo tool from Autodesk or one of the others you mentioned.  From there you would use Navisworks to load the mesh along with the other 3D models.

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