topcon format import (.CLR .CL3)

[Andrey]

[disclaimer: this thread has been edited after a complaint from Topcon]

Hello!

Could you add these file formats (.clr .cl3) to CC?
* .clr - raw file format (direct from scanner), .cl3 - indexed format (text format, like ptx).

We have some different scanners (one of them is Topcon). The register scans we use Cyclone360. So we have no problem to import scans from Faro or Leica. But we have to do a lot of useless job by converting Topcon raw scans to e57 using ReCap. One by one. So we are looking for a way to make a convertation more comfortable (batch convertation).

** Please dont discuss the scanner. We love it and dont wont to get rid of it (very claen scans + 500 radius)

Thanks!!!

[gonzalezpij]

Hi Daniel
Is there any option to import Topcon clr files?

[daniel]

Nope.

Is it an open format? (with some public specifications?). Or an SDK?

If any, we would need Topcon to provide their SDK and a formal agreement to use it (since CloudCompare is an open-source project, we have to pay attention to this kind of things ;).

[Akira]

Hi, all.

I am a patent attorney of TOPCON Corporation. I would like to clarify that TOPCON Corporation has not permitted to use our intellectual property like this, and strongly requires that we all should respect IP of others for the sake. Thank you for your cooperation.

Akira Yajima, Patent Attorney of Topcon corporation.