Downloading Your Files From Sync

How To Download Your Survey

Download Steps

1. Open the SolidPoint Sync link supplied by our surveyors
2. Open the folder for the deliverable you need
3. Download the ZIP and extract it fully before using the RCP / RCS data

What Each File Is For

File Types

File names vary by project. This guide uses 'example_project' + the file type. 

Unified Point Cloud

example_project.zip • .rcp / .rcs

Scan‐level reference. Download the ZIP, extract itfully, and keep the RCP with its supporting RCS files.

Reality Capture Viewer

example_project.lgsx

A navigable scan project for moving between scan positions and panoramic bubble views.

Reading and Understanding Your Survey Information

Using the Unified Point Cloud Data

Your Sync file will contain example_project.zip. You may also receive example_project.lgsx, which provides a more visual way to navigate the captured scan positions.

Step 1 - Download example_project.zip from the Point Cloud folder in Sync.

Step 2 - Extract the ZIP completely on your computer - do not work from inside the ZIP.

Step 3 - Keep example_project.rcp and its supporting .rcs files together in the extracted folder structure. Do not move individual .rcs files away from example_project.rcp.

Step 4 - Open example_project.rcp in Autodesk ReCap

FAQ - Why Is It Zipped?

A point cloud can contain many supporting files and can be very large. example_project.zip keeps the complete dataset together for download and transfer.

example_project.lgsx - The Navigable Scan Project

This is a Leica reality‐capture project. It is useful when you want to move between scan positions and inspect the panoramic bubble views and captured environment. A compatible Leica viewer such as TruView Desktop can be used to access LGSx projects.

Download TruView Desktop from the Leica Geosystems website.

Using ReCap

example_project.rcp

Moving Around

To rotate and orbit around the data - right click

To move around the data - click and drag with the scroller on your mouse

To zoom in and out - use the scroller on your mouse

ReCap Features & Functions

What the functions are and how to use them. Click images to maximise

Function Bar

Left click to select and use the function highlighted in blue

Distance

Use this tool to measure from one point to another. To use, simply select the tool, then click on your two points.

Limit Box

Use the Limit Box to bring up a box around your model. Using this tool, you can drag the box's faces inward to cut away walls or ceilings, allowing you to look inside a room or erase data outside that's not needed.

If you want to get rid of the limit box again, hover over the limit box icon and click “reset”

Angles Cube

Located in the top right of your screen. Use to view your dataset from specific angles.

Simply click the face of the cube that you'd like to see your point cloud from.

Mirror Balls

Click on a mirror ball to go straight into its representative scan to look around - similar to a 360 image.

While inside a scan, you can click on another mirror ball to move between scans.

3D View

Located at the bottom of your screen while inside a scan. Click on this to return to the point cloud view.

Using TruView

example_project.lgsx

Moving Around

To move the floor plan around - right click and drag

To zoom in and out - use the scroller on your mouse

TruView Features & Functions

What the functions are and how to use them. Click images to maximise

Scan

Each point cloud scan has one of these red circles attributed to it. Click the scan you wish to look at.

To look around the scan - left click.

Mirror Ball

You'll see these while you're inside a scan. Click a mirror ball travel through scans.

Back To Floor Plan

This function will appear while you're inside a scan. Click it to return to the floor plan view.

Measuring Toolbar

Use these to measure:

• • Distance
  • Angles
  • Areas
  • Pipe Diameter

Point Info

Use to see coordinates for any point you select.

Software to View Your Survey

Leica TruView Desktop

A compatible viewer for Leica reality‐capture projects such as example_project.lgsx.