topic Re: las into multipatch in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/las-into-multipatch/m-p/664871#M3984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have a detailed scan of a tree in e57 format you would first need to filter and generate a mesh of the trees structure. This can be done in most of the scanning processing software that comes with terrestrial scanning systems Trimble, Leica, Topcon, Faro, Z&amp;F.&nbsp;<BR />Once you have a mesh generated to the detail you desire you will need to export it as an OBJ or Collada DAE file format.&nbsp;</P><P>These two formats can then be imported into a File Geodatabase as a Multipatch. you will then need to scale and place the feature in the correct spatial location using "Move" and "Scale" tools in Pro.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>You may also just import the e57 point cloud into ArcGIS as a LAS file and geolocate it in the correct location maintaining all of the information (intensity, RGB, points) captured in the scan.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:36:42 GMT WilliamMorrish 2018-02-08T03:36:42Z las into multipatch https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/las-into-multipatch/m-p/664870#M3983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it possible, and if so could you provide a list of steps, to create a complex multipatch of a tree from an e57 lidar scan. I assume the first step would be to get the e57 into an las.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:02:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/las-into-multipatch/m-p/664870#M3983 MichaelCunnings 2018-02-07T23:02:49Z Re: las into multipatch https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/las-into-multipatch/m-p/664871#M3984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have a detailed scan of a tree in e57 format you would first need to filter and generate a mesh of the trees structure. This can be done in most of the scanning processing software that comes with terrestrial scanning systems Trimble, Leica, Topcon, Faro, Z&amp;F.&nbsp;<BR />Once you have a mesh generated to the detail you desire you will need to export it as an OBJ or Collada DAE file format.&nbsp;</P><P>These two formats can then be imported into a File Geodatabase as a Multipatch. you will then need to scale and place the feature in the correct spatial location using "Move" and "Scale" tools in Pro.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>You may also just import the e57 point cloud into ArcGIS as a LAS file and geolocate it in the correct location maintaining all of the information (intensity, RGB, points) captured in the scan.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:36:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/las-into-multipatch/m-p/664871#M3984 WilliamMorrish 2018-02-08T03:36:42Z