{"id":8722,"date":"2015-05-26T17:45:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2015-05-29T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:53:29","slug":"3dsmax-2015-pointcloud-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/?p=8722","title":{"rendered":"3dsmax &ndash; 2016 &ndash; PointCloud Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something quite new and very helpfull comes with 3dsmax 2015, it\u2019s the PointCloud Objects. It\u2019s now possible to add an RCS or RCP file to Max and render or remodel from a point-cloud. It\u2019s also possible to render with several options and add a texture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">RCS and RCP file are made by Autodesk\u2019s softwares such as 123Catch, Memento or Recap. When a photogrammetry is done in Recap or Memento, it\u2019s easy to export it in <b>RCS or RCP<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image596.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image_thumb590.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"781\" height=\"584\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">The option is in the \u201c<b>Create\/PointCloud<\/b>\u201d menu. The RCS file is load with the button \u201cLoad Point Cloud\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Setting up<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0012.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image001_thumb2.png\" alt=\"clip_image001\" width=\"173\" height=\"275\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depending to the file and the computer, it may take a while to load the PointCloud.<\/p>\n<p>Several kind of <b>display<\/b> can be chosen :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image003_thumb5.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image003\" width=\"228\" height=\"248\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>True color &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Single color<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image00511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image005_thumb10.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image005\" width=\"227\" height=\"342\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image00716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image007_thumb14.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image007\" width=\"227\" height=\"341\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Normal Ramp &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intensity Ramp<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image00914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image009_thumb13.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image009\" width=\"227\" height=\"394\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image01113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image011_thumb12.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image011\" width=\"227\" height=\"394\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elevation Ramp<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image01314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image013_thumb12.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image013\" width=\"227\" height=\"443\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <b>level of details<\/b> setting rules the way the model is shown and rendered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0143.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image014_thumb3.png\" alt=\"clip_image014\" width=\"169\" height=\"197\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Low \/ High details<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image01632.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image016_thumb32.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image016\" width=\"227\" height=\"409\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image01829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image018_thumb29.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image018\" width=\"227\" height=\"409\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Point Display<\/b> indicates the chosen size of a single point:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image02029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image020_thumb28.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image020\" width=\"605\" height=\"203\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image02230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image022_thumb28.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image022\" width=\"605\" height=\"215\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>limit box<\/b> draws the area to work with as it can be done in many Softwares.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image02428.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image024_thumb25.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image024\" width=\"604\" height=\"404\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Rendering<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To render the pointcloud, it\u2019s necessary to launch the NVidia <b>MentalRay<\/b> renderer and then to create a texture. In the Material menu, the Autodesk Point Cloud shader is connected to the Arch &amp; Design material&rsquo;s Diffuse Color Map input.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image02623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image026_thumb21.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image026\" width=\"605\" height=\"307\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image595.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image_thumb589.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"683\" height=\"149\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the rendering \u201ctrue color\u201d with level of details set to 1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image02828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image028_thumb26.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image028\" width=\"605\" height=\"305\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set to 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image03027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image030_thumb25.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image030\" width=\"605\" height=\"315\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intensity Multiplier = 1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0312.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image031_thumb1.png\" alt=\"clip_image031\" width=\"351\" height=\"82\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image032.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image032_thumb.png\" alt=\"clip_image032\" width=\"551\" height=\"119\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0331.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image033_thumb1.png\" alt=\"clip_image033\" width=\"351\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0341.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image034_thumb1.png\" alt=\"clip_image034\" width=\"549\" height=\"139\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0351.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image035_thumb1.png\" alt=\"clip_image035\" width=\"345\" height=\"133\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image03714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image037_thumb14.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image037\" width=\"550\" height=\"137\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sparkling effect comes from the shader: if the reflexivity is set to 0 (intensity = 1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image03912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image039_thumb12.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image039\" width=\"605\" height=\"148\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No more white dots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image0402.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image040_thumb2.png\" alt=\"clip_image040\" width=\"474\" height=\"476\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To render a normal ramp, use a normal Shader as Ramp Shader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image04215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image042_thumb13.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image042\" width=\"604\" height=\"186\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image04417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image044_thumb15.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image044\" width=\"605\" height=\"397\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elevation Ramp to simulate a height grandient.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image04612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image046_thumb10.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image046\" width=\"604\" height=\"209\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image04813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"clip_image048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/clip_image048_thumb11.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image048\" width=\"605\" height=\"412\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some additional details here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/3DSMAX\/2016\/ENU\/index.html?guid=GUID-49CE0ACB-1345-4D50-B6E5-361DBFDB5B33\">http:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/3DSMAX\/2016\/ENU\/\/index.html?guid=GUID-49CE0ACB-1345-4D50-B6E5-361DBFDB5B33<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image597.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/image_thumb591.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"786\" height=\"573\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something quite new and very helpfull comes with 3dsmax 2015, it\u2019s the PointCloud Objects. It\u2019s now possible to add an RCS or RCP file to Max and render or remodel from a point-cloud. It\u2019s also possible to render with several options and add a texture. RCS and RCP file are made by Autodesk\u2019s softwares such &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/?p=8722\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture de <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3dsmax &ndash; 2016 &ndash; PointCloud Objects<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[301,302,275,276,156],"class_list":["post-8722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d","category-3dsmax","category-methodologie","tag-3d","tag-3dsmax","tag-cloudpoint","tag-photogrammetry","tag-photomodeling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8722"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8735,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions\/8735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keris-studio.fr\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}