Chapter 21 Working with Point Clouds
The use of point clouds in the Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software is an excellent way to document existing building conditions accurately and quickly. The building can be easily scanned using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology to locate geographic information and extrapolate that into a means that is usable in a Revit model. This type of scan is used to cut down the time of a traditional survey while collecting more data about the site or building.
In this chapter, you’ll learn to:
- Understand LiDAR
- Plan for a LiDAR survey
- Use a point cloud in a project
Understanding LiDAR
Many forms of 3D reality data capture are available that you can use to collect existing conditions of the built ...
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