ok thanks guys. I'll see how this goes. I can always break the file down into smaller pieces maybe. Or if Dan's script works well, take a percentage of the point instead. I'll report back!
On 7 January 2013 16:51, Vladimir Jankijevic <vladi...@elefantstudios.ch>wrote: > oh, all right. If it's huge then this won't work that well I think :( > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Chris Marshall > <chrismarshal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> That's what I was thinking. Once I get the file into soft, I'll know what >> I'm dealing with. It's a pretty huge file of points. >> >> >> On 7 January 2013 16:34, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> With that, then you can use ICE on a grid of sufficient points and set >>> up a tree like... >>> >>> "Get Point ID" and pointcloud getdata --> ID To Location --> >>> .PointPosition --> Set Point Position >>> >>> (Who knows how the terrain is ordered though. It might look horrid.) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Dan Yargici <danyarg...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Chris, I quickly (read - some things may not work!) refactored my >>>> old .PLY importer for you. should work... >>>> >>>> Just rename as .py and run in the script editor. >>>> >>>> Like Alan suggested though, it's just point data so it just makes a >>>> pointcloud. >>>> >>>> Hope it helps. >>>> >>>> DAN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Chris Marshall < >>>> chrismarshal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Sorry for the slow reply on this. We have an xyz file, which is just a >>>>> grid of points, like this:- >>>>> >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7500000000,1757.129 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7499583333,1758.791 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7499166667,1760.882 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7498750000,1763.025 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7498333333,1765.183 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7497916667,1767.467 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7497500000,1768.741 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7497083333,1771.766 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7496666667,1773.832 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7496250000,1775.873 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7495833333,1777.84 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7495416667,1779.369 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7495000000,1781.255 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7494583333,1783.423 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7494166667,1785.815 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7493750000,1788.552 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7493333333,1791.749 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7492916667,1795.332 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7492500000,1800.269 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7492083333,1804.516 >>>>> -105.2500000000,39.7491666667,1808.3 >>>>> >>>>> So it must be relatively easy to convert this into a grid? Anyone got >>>>> any ideas or can supply a simple script we can modify that'll read this >>>>> data and generate a new grid or adjust the height of an existing grid? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14 December 2012 19:12, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If it’s ASCII, an importer can probably be written fairly easily.**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have a sample file?**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Matt**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Chris >>>>>> Marshall >>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 14, 2012 5:19 AM >>>>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>>>> *Subject:* terrain ascii xyz import**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello,**** >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know how to get these into soft?**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Chris Marshall >>>>> Mint Motion Limited >>>>> 029 20 37 27 57 >>>>> 07730 533 115 >>>>> www.mintmotion.co.uk >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Chris Marshall >> Mint Motion Limited >> 029 20 37 27 57 >> 07730 533 115 >> www.mintmotion.co.uk >> >> > > > -- > --------------------------------------- > Vladimir Jankijevic > Technical Direction > > Elefant Studios AG > Lessingstrasse 15 > CH-8002 Zürich > > +41 44 500 48 20 > > www.elefantstudios.ch > --------------------------------------- > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk