Autodesk ReCap 2016 Portable by llexandro

Autodesk ReCap 2016 Portable



Autodesk ReCap stands for “Reality Capture” and it is a program for
working with native point clouds from laser scans. What is that,
you say? Well, to put it simply, laser scanning is a method for
using a projected laser in order to create virtual representations
of any existing space or object using a collection of “points” that
have a distance and elevation from the laser itself.

Each scan creates thousands of points (i.e. a point cloud) and those
dots can be viewed as a simplified model of your scanned items. Think
of it as sonar, or echo-location, but using light to outline physical
objects instead of sounds.

The technology has been around for a while now but over the last few
years it’s been advancing at a tremendous rate.

Concepts like mobile mapping (lasers mounted on vehicles) and great
strides being made in the accuracy of both aerial and terrestrial
scanning equipment and techniques have brought this technology into
mainstream use. The problem is that the point cloud data can be huge.
It’s not uncommon for a scan of a single area, say a city block or an
airport terminal, to contain –literally—billions of points. The files
are immense and have always needed specialized software in order to
view, manipulate, and edit the clouds. Well, Autodesk is trying to
change that with their ReCap software. It’s a simple to use package
that allows you to directly open point cloud files and, with the help
of a few customizable import settings, filter out data you don’t need
and work with your files in a much more manageable size.

Moreover, since the points are being generated using a native Autodesk
product, the points can be extracted and/or imported into all other
Autodesk products. You can use the ReCap point file to clean up a scan
of an existing building, then import it into Revit to begin doing an
accurate 3D BIM design where you can be certain there are no conflicts
with existing elements.