Setting correct units ReCap Pro

[Anonymous]

We use feet and inches for all of our projects and I have noticed lately that after starting a project and setting units to feet and inches the software will frequently revert back to meters not only when opening the project again but sometimes also while the project is still open and being worked on. We import our scans from a BLK360 and create our point cloud model then change the units the first chance the software allows us to. Many times, after the model is created, we go back and add survey points to reference our model. Many times this is when the units will flip back to meters so we return to the model, change back to feet and inches, go back to registration to add survey points and ReCap has switched units back to meters again.

Does anyone else have this issue and if so is there a fix? For us it seems changing the units, saving, closing the software and starting again works sometimes but it seems to randomly stick or randomly change back to meters.

Any advice or help is greatly appreciated!

[anil_mistry]

Hi @Anonymous,

Thank you for participating in our Community! Would you be able to let me know what version of ReCap Pro you are using?

Thank you and have a great day!

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the response. I'm using version 5.0.1.30

[anil_mistry]

Hi @Anonymous,

Thank you for your reply. Let me check with development team if they have any suggestions for this behavior. 

Thank you and have a great day!

[anil_mistry · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am not able to duplicate this behavior or development team neither. They suggest to try reverting back to previous version and see if you are still seeing this behavior.  You can download previous version of ReCap Pro from this link (version 5.0.0.40) and don't apply latest update which is version 5.0.1.30. Let me know if you are still having trouble.

Thank you and have a great day!

[anil_mistry]

Hi @Anonymous,

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestion I provided yesterday work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for checking in. Unfortunately downloading software where I am at is a real pain, so I'm going to live with it until a future release and maybe it won't happen anymore, or I absolutely can't get it to work and an installation of an older version is a must.

[anil_mistry]

Hi @Anonymous,

Thank you for your reply and will let you now when update is available via Forum post.

Thank you and have a great day!

[Anonymous]

@anil_mistry

We are still having this issue. We change the units to feet and inches, got to add targets and it reverts back to meters. Consistently. This is really making ReCap unusable if we are not able to geo-reference our scan data due to the software not keeping the units we are setting when we open the program, then when we create the model, then when we add targets. It consistently, over and over, reverts back to meters no matter how many times we change it to feet and inches.

[lmendelson]

I have noticed similar issues. What I now know is that Recap will automatically interpret the imported point cloud coordinates as meter units. When changing the units to feet/inches, it converts the meters to feet rather than interpreting the original coordinates as feet.

I use a FARO Focus 3D, and I wanted to export from FARO software in feet, but when importing into Recap it would for example show a dimension that is known to be 10ft as 10m. Now, I just deal with units as meters until the final stage (unfortunately I know the conversion factors by heart now). That way, I know where the true conversion happens.

So knowing this, to help solve your conflict, I would suggest geo-referencing utilizing meters in Recap (converted from feet/inches targets) and out of recap scale the point cloud down by the meters->feet scale factor.

[kleinkemper]

I am also having the same issue. I noticed that Recap Pro resets to meters if I hit "clear survey data." i don't think that is the only time it resets. My current version is 5.0.2.41 

[kleinkemper]

I upgraded to 5.0.3.58, the units problem still exists. The program continues to reset to Meters, after being set to US Survey Feet. While I appreciate and agree, that we should all be metric by now - this bug is frustrating the hell out of me! 

[kleinkemper]

I have confirmed one trigger for Recap to reset its units from US Survey Feet to Metric is the clip board icon when registering. This is a major bug. I can't get our scan data on Survey Control until this is fixed. If you have any questions or need follow up data, feel free to contact me by e-mail Larry@LanmarServices.com or phone 512-358-4494.

[Anonymous]

I have had the same units issue for over 2 years.  Yes, I am using the latest version of ReCap.  I keep my ReCap Projects in METERS because ReCap constantly reverts back to meters if I ever change to a different unit of measurement.  I just tried the same workflow with the same results today.  What am I doing wrong?  I would like to help solve this issue.

https://autode.sk/2WMBvZM

[JoeCard888]

It has been almost a year, and this is still a huge issue. Is there a fix for it yet??

[Anonymous]

I have had the same problem for years myself. I guess there is still no solution to this. 

[lwoodyardKPGVB]

So to start i'm running RECAP PRO 6.0.1.21

Also this might not help everyone out.

For what i'm doing though, I have found that the units when selecting your targets seem to have reverted back to Meters rather than whatever units you have set RECAP to. 

here is what I have found.

Start a new project 

Select the scans you wish to use.

Next you will be on the scan settings page. Across the ribbon in the center of the screen you will have three options. 

Click Advance settings.

From here you will see "Coordinate System" what I do is set both of these to the same thing. For where ever your project is located.

Now click Text options (I think this options only shows up if you have a text file (.txt) in the folder you have imported with your scans)

Select the unit tab across the top to whatever units you would like.

Go ahead and set your other settings as well. 

Next register your scans. 

When you go to pick your targets that you have coordinates on don't be alarmed, it will look like RECAP is using Meters with your data. Just ignore this, its just a glitch.

Finish up your scans and save your RECAP file. 

Next open up AutoCAD. ( I'm doing this in Civil 3D 2018)

Click Attach in the point cloud section of the ribbon.

Select the .rcp file you want to use. 

Next check the box that says "Use Geographic Location"

This should place your point cloud in the right place, you can check it with the aerial image tools in Civil 3D.

Hope this helps I tried to attach some photos, but it would let me for some reason. This is the first post I have responded to, so I hope some of you can find some help from this.

[Anonymous]

Recap 2022 and still need to do the same thing...Nice work on fixing the issues AUTODESK

[Anonymous]

So I do these steps the cloud comes in on the state plane system and lower left reads feet. as soon as I move boom meters...Do I need to export prior to doing anything to get the feet to stick? The other method I have used that seemed to work, not sure of the z value was exporting in meters with WGS84 coord system and when it comes into Infraworks export from there.

[yan.fu]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Thanks for your feedback.  ReCap2022 has done some improvement on the unit setting based on customers' feedback so that the project unit setting can be remembered and stick in ReCap workflow. It is possible that some workflow is still overlooked. So we would like to get more information about your requirement. 

Could you share more detailed information on the workflow you are using? such as what's the file format of the raw scan? Is it las file? Did you set the target coordinate system in the import setting? What's the project setting?  And when you set the project unit to feet, when will unit be reverted to meter?  

If you would like to set up a call for the demo to show us the problem, please send me a pm. 

Thanks  a lot for your help! 

Best,

Yan