The point cloud is a set of data points representing the external surface in a 3D coordinate system. The data points exist along X, Y & Z coordinates and include points of walls, windows, steel structure, etc. This process involves scanning of the components in a building and putting them together as a registered point cloud image. However, achieving this is not everybody’s cup of tea. As per studies, companies offering point cloud to bim services include 3 important phases known as
(1) scanning & surveying phase,
(2) registration phase and
(3) conversion phase in accomplishing the point cloud image.
The image is then transformed into formats such as .rcp, .rcs, etc.
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