XYZ OF SCAN STATIONS

[allanthebruce]

Hi There, 

Can i extract the XYZ for all my scan stations in my rcp?

Maybe Pro does it?

Thanks

Allan

[ryan.frenz]

Hi Allan,

This feature doesn't exist at the moment in ReCap.  Could you provide more details about the workflow you're trying to implement?

Thanks,

Ryan

[allanthebruce]

HI Ryan,
I can’t get the location out of Civil3d also??
Yes, We scan with leica p40, export the scan to PTG and they become renamed, we want to create a map of where all scans are located (coordinates) but there Is no way to extract this information and display this on a table/ cogo point in civil.
If we could extract XYZ then no problem.
Can this be added to Civil and Recap?

I look forward to heaing from you.
Cheers
Allan

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

I also would need that to be able to create viewpoints in Navisworks standing on the exact location of the scan stations.

[ryan.frenz]

The Autodesk products which support RCP projects have all the APIs required to do this - but the decision to add a feature (or not) is up to that product team.

I will share these requests with our colleagues in those teams, but it could also help to request the feature in the Civil or Navis forums.

Thanks,

Ryan 

[allanthebruce]

Ok thanks Ryan, 

Cant imagine it would be hard to add, its also important info Recap and Civil3d Should have.

Cheers

Allan

[Anonymous]

Hi Ryan

Any news on this request.

I would also like to use the xyz locations of the scan locations to add camera to the same locations when working with the .rcp in 3DsMax.

Thanks

Tom

[Patrick_Aps_9121]

We are more than 2 years later, and it is still not implemented in Navisworks 2018.

Can you give the notice to your collegues in the other development team (if they still exist, because there is really NOTHING NEW in version 2018 but the digit "8" instead of "7") that the community is waiting on simple things like this and expect that they are done. We pay subscription, you know.

[mpriestman]

Hiya everyone,

I just wanted to announce that we have released Navisworks 2018 Update 2, which now creates saved viewpoints at ReCap scan locations (if available). Hopefully you will find this a useful addition to the ReCap support in Navisworks.

All feedback welcome 🙂

Cheers,

Michael

[Anonymous]

is this update still available?

I went to app manager, hit install and it never updated my navisworks.

went back to look for the update, and it is missing.

was it pulled?

[mpriestman]

Hiya,

Can you check the About box in Navisworks to confirm whether the update has been installed or not? It might have just gone on silently...

Michael

[Anonymous]

Version:  15.1.1316.28

Built: May 26 2017

Extensions: Update 1.

[mpriestman]

OK, so then I'm not sure why the Autodesk App isn't listing Update 2 as an available update; we certainly haven't removed it!

[Anonymous]

do you have a link to a download maybe?

[mpriestman]

Sadly not. Updates are now only available via the Desktop App. Just make sure you are signed in to the Desktop App, and you have a valid subscription account.

[Anonymous]

sounds like a problem with the update.  my coworker is experiencing the same issue.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

got it working, we were having a strange issue with our desktop app, but Autodesk somehow fixed it.

[Anonymous]

go to your navisworks 2018 update 2, load in scan, go to saved viewports, right click, export viewpoints.  Makes an xml file.

open the xml, and it will have the x,y,z of the scan locations.

[TruePoint-ahunt]

Michael,

This is amazing actually.  Not just from the standpoint that you can now go right to the scan, but exporting the XML to a text file.  We actually will export, literally, hundreds of RCS files a week here.  These are large jobs with large data sets, so having a location plan is a huge must have to help client frustration.  Because our client's run the entire spectrum of Autodesk products, we're always tuning and tweaking our processes.

From what I can see, the XML exports out the scanner location in meters as "pos3f". Though I'm not real efficient at scripting, it looks like we can write some code to create a comma delimited text file with scanner name and XYZ position.  Ultimately I'd love to roll this into Civil 3D as COGO points.  If you know of an easier way than writing the code to script, please let me know.

I want to thank you and JasonBayer for all the help!

-A 

[mpriestman]

Hiya,

The best way to get the scan locations is probably what you are doing; export the viewpoints to XML and process the file to generate a CSV file.

What you can do is use an XSLT file to convert the XML report to a CSV file. I've attached a sample XSLT file that I think will do this. You might have to do a bit of Googling to find a tool that will do the XSLT processing on your machine, but you should be able to test it using this website: https://www.freeformatter.com/xsl-transformer.html

Hope this helps,

Michael