Elevation color mapping bug

jared.white
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Elevation color mapping bug

jared.white
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I am attempting to create a stepped color contour map of a floor.  As you can see in the attached image, there seems to be a bug in recap.  It is colorizing everything in red, which should represent all areas in red would be between 6 and 7 inches.  I've placed annotations on the floor which display the actual elevations are between 0 and 7 inches.  

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scott.a.green
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@jared.white

 

I'd be happy to assist you with this. From the screenshot it looks like a top-down perspective, what does the point cloud look like from a side or isometric perspective? Also, I noticed this was on the "Steps" color scale option, if you use banded (256) do the other colors appear? Could you post a screenshot of what the elevation scale options are currently set for  "Range"? And this wasn't clipped? 

 

-Scott 



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jared.white
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It is a top down view with the ceiling removed.  I want to show the floor flatness, and I would like it to be stepped so that I can see the contours at each interval.  Recap is not displaying the steps when it clearly should.  I've attached another image, which doesn't step, and you can see the heat map of the floor.  This seems to be a bug with Recap's stepped color scale. 

 

The range is set from 0 min to .6 feet.  Areas outside the extent of the scale are in B&W.  The only difference between the two images are the units.  They have been switched from inches to feet.  

 

jw

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scott.a.green
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@jared.white 

 

I sent you a PM. Did you see the same results using "Step" when you had changed the scale to feet from inches as well? 

 

-Scott 



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scott.a.green
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@jared.white

 

With the samples we have on the community data page I used a couple and set the scale the same way and I wasn't able to reproduce the behavior here, I am wondering if the behavior is specific to the ReCap project and so I had asked if you could send me a link to download the project via a private message but I haven't received any messages privately from you. I was wondering if you were still having this issue - if you needed some assistance. I'd be more than happy to help solve this with you but I'd need to be able to reproduce the behavior. If you still need help, let me know. 

 

-Scott 



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sreed
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The bug in Recap Color-by-Elevation is very real and frustrating.  Normally when i encounter the misbehavior i'm not in a position to stop my work and post to the forum.  I just get frustrated and find a workaround.  Please please figure this out!  Test in your labs.  For several generations going back years it has been buggy.  Suggest a total overhaul of the UI for range/scale/etc.  May have something to do with many changes to the settings sequentially, as it usually works at the outset, but gets unpredictable while fine tuning.  Usually with the steps function as mentioned in the post.  

 

Please don't ask me what version of Recap (Pro, current) or to send you a sample file or ask origin of scans or request a "solved" response.  It just doesn't work as intended.  Recap team is  welcome to call or PM for help diagnosing the problem.

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Have you tried regenerating the limit box? I had this problem several times and clicking on "limit box/confirm" seems to fix it.

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AndrewStepnick
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Ditto!  It is a bug and it is frustrating... my coworker is "See, this is why you should be using ArcScene"

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AndrewStepnick
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@scott.a.green 

I believe I am experiencing a bug.  In the attached screenshot why am I not seeing green and yellow?  The scale jumps from dark blue to out of range.  (The "out of range" is set to RGB.)  (This is from an imported .LAS of aerial LiDAR)  screenshotscreenshot

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