how to import las/laz files

[steffnorbert]

Can someone guide me to import a .las or .laz file into Unity. I've bought and downloaded the Pointcloud Viewer and Tools extension imported the package, but can't seem to find a way to import the pointcloud. Note: I'm more used to autodesk and GIS softwares.

[unitycoder]

Added 3 sample videos for LAS conversion: LAS to V1 (legacy format) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O80zDO4g15g LAS to V2 (single file faster) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmyIY61ThvE this works for LAZ also LAS to V3 (tiled format) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVFSFTyQhp8 this works for LAZ also

Notes:

• LAS files can be converted inside editor, into V1 binary format (which is fine for smaller clouds). If need faster loading or larger clouds, need to use external converter from https://github.com/unitycoder/PointCloudConverter/releases (it can be used from command line or as standalone, in the videos i use it as standalone (GUI)).

[steffnorbert]

[image: image.png] Thank you so much for your e-mail, I managed to import my pointcloud, but somehow not only the RGB points get imported, but another set of points also. As you can see in the image attached the blue points. Can you help me get rid of those points? Is there a workflow to not import those or to delete them?

Thanks in advance,

On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 at 23:03, mika @.***> wrote:

Added 3 sample videos for LAS conversion: LAS to V1 (legacy format) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O80zDO4g15g LAS to V2 (single file faster) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmyIY61ThvE LAS to V3 (tiled format) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVFSFTyQhp8

Notes:

• LAS files can be converted inside editor, into V1 binary format (which is fine for smaller clouds). If need faster loading or larger clouds, need to use external converter from https://github.com/unitycoder/PointCloudConverter/releases (it can be used from command line or as standalone, in the videos i use it as standalone (GUI)).

— Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityPointCloudViewer/issues/132#issuecomment-1188237112, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AYRB3AQKWALXE6YGPDZTHW3VUWZ7VANCNFSM534L3PQQ . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: @.***>

[unitycoder]

@steffnorbert can you send image in email (my email is in the documentation pdf) *you replied to github message, so it didn't include attachments. (and these are public messages)

[steffnorbert]

I uploaded it here. can't seem to find your e-mail.

[unitycoder]

ok that looks strange,

if you can email your source las file? (one possibility is that las file contains extra data)

or if you want to test, open your source file in CloudCompare, then export as LAS/LAZ (1.4)

[unitycoder]

ok heres the issue, https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityPointCloudViewer/issues/133

closing this one, can follow up on that 133 issue, if need to use the inside editor converter.