General
View
Analysis
Several corrections have also been applied to this version.
General
View
Analysis
Deep Learning
Several corrections have also been applied to this version.
General
View
Analysis
Deep Learning
Several corrections have also been applied to this version.
General
Edit
View
Analysis
Survey
Deep Learning
Settings
General
Edit
Analysis
DNN
Settings
General
• Correction when importing intensity for PTS and CSV type files.
• Optimized selection of the projection code now listed by EPSG code or ESRI code.
• Export of visible classes to the VisionLidar365 format.
• Correction when points are deleted, they are no longer exported.
• Export to Potree 2.0 format, thus increasing the speed of exporting and concatenating files into a few binary documents.
• Ability to export VL365-viewer.exe viewer when exporting to VisionLidar365 format.
• Significant increase in performance when creating projects by using the Multiprocessor option (Multicore).
• Possibility of simplifying the density of the point cloud from the creation of the project.
• New import format (Workspace "* .fws") for file from FARO systems. This format is in addition to the already existing format "* .lsproj" and "* .fls.
• Ability to export pole vectorization when no power line is vectorized.
Tools (new menu)
• 3D representation of the results from the Volume Calculation module.
• Classification module by Neural Network (Deep Learning).
a. Compatible with more recent versions of NVIDIA CUDA 11.x drivers (TensorFlow 2.0).
b. Possibility of creating models trained by Geometry (in addition to the RGB and Intensity models).
c. Possibility to adjust the simplification distance and the neighborhood radius when creating trained models (important for aerial models).
General
• Importing external surfaces or mesh objects with real location (ply and obj format).
• More than 2 000 ESRI projections have been added to the EPSG list
• Delete button has been moved away from add or edit buttons to avoid confusion (on all functions).
• New buttons on the toolbar to visualise Spherical images: Show, Next and Previous images.
• Enhanced speed in project creation.
Edit
• Simplify: Spherical images now follow the newly created simplified project.
• Clipping box: rotation handles problem fixed
View
• New map interface to visualize your project and spherical image locations on an OpenStreetMap, if your project is georeferenced.
• Launch spherical images visualisation directly from the map interface.
• Spherical images are now compressed when Enforced valid size is used.
• Indexing spherical images with scan numbers id.is now available with E57 project creation.
• Planar images from Leica Pegasus system can now be loaded and visualized with your point clouds.
Survey
• Fix on export Points/Lines in KML format.
Tools (new menu)
• Fix on IFC to OBJ module.
• Classification module by Neural Network (Deep Learning).
a. Performance enhanced.
b. Classification name can be transferred to VisionLidar from selected trained model.
c. Trained model now shows if it has been built with intensity or RGB.
d. Project partition is now available for single Nvidia GPU computer to enhance GPU memory usage.
e. Train a model: fix on copying all files to the correct location to be read by the classification module.
• Performance enhanced on Image to scan module.
Updates
• Character “-“ is again accepted in project naming when creating new projects.
• Translation/Rotation of scans now correctly apply rotation on a pivot point.
• Deep learning Classification module is now accessible with a VisionLidar Ultimate licence.
• Processing time reduced on Deep Learning Classification for VisionLidar Project in Feet.
• Fix when using Deep Learning in CPU mode
Tools
• Neural Network (Deep Learning) Classification module can now split large VisionLidar projects into partitions for better GPU memory management.
General
• Database structure update augmenting efficiency and speed during re-indexation.
• New « Point Info » tool to get more information on a specific point.
• New UDP Connection protocol that allows to share last point clicked position with compatible software.
• Enhanced fence tool now allowing naming different views and store them for further use.
• Clipping box normalization for all module using it.
• Ability to save Class naming definition and load them.
Edit
• New advanced selection tool allowing selecting point clouds.
o by dragging a window,
o drawing a polygon,
o use a point radius,
o by cluster detection according by predefined criteria.
View
• Now register projects with Spherical images included (Translation applied to each image).
• Automatic detection of camera height from possible ground (Spherical Images).
• Indexing spherical images with scans numbers id.
• Now compatible with spherical images from Pegasus mobile mapping system from Leica.
• New tool to convert spherical images in other format and size.
• Now Intensity updated on the second section window.
Analysis
• New tool for automatic detection of catenary wires and electric poles from selected classes.
• New Clash detection tool using multiple distance and analysis shapes (catenary vs trees).
• New edge detection tool with new algorithms which allows to detect edge by one click, two click (indication bearing) or multiple line (one click per edge line).
• New manual cylinder creation using 4 clicks.
• New Road Marking detection algorithm tool allowing the use of trajectories.
• New Crash Barrier detection tool.
Survey
• Pick points/lines now allows you to see group of chains stored in the database.
• Button getting the next line number.
Classification
• New algorithm for classifying aerial lidar data by.
• Returns matching,
• Voxel analysis,
• Grid analysis.
• Ground, vegetation and building classified in one pass.
Tools (new menu)
• New interface combining Ground Control Points matching window and project creation for “Image to Scan” module.
• New classification module by Neural Network (Deep Learning).
a. module allowing classification with a trained model (natural soil, modified soil, high, low vegetation, post, catenary, car etc.).
b. Trained model creation module that allows users to create their own model according to their own criteria or classification.
c. Module for creating point cloud annotation files for training purposes.
d. Function allowing segmentation of the project to distribute the classification process on different CPU or GPU of a device.
• New Classification by Color module (“Color to Class”) for spherical and planar images.
a. Module allowing to select points from a point cloud file by a user picking a color definition from a pre annotated images. All points correlating with the images will be classified to the defined class.
• New IFC to OBJ conversion tool for IFC created via BIM module from VisionLidar. Resulted OBJ is thus compatible with VisionLidar 365 web platform.
General
• New point cloud storage format built to an SQLite database. Increase compression ratio 3 to 5 times.
• Improved project creation user interface including advanced settings access.
• New orthographic point clouds view mode in addition to the perspective
• Implementation of a cross-platform software solution compatible with Linux and macOS
• GPS time and number of returns now loaded in point clouds structure and metadata.
• Ability to save Class naming definition and load them
• Now export in LAS/LAZ 1.4 (default) and 1.2
Edit
• New selection tools to clean or classify data (Eraser, Classifier) inside a specific area defined by a cube or a sphere.
View
• Improve of speed on spherical images management interface. Now you can create an alignment from images trajectory.
• New point information tool that allows to get some metadata from the point selected.
• New Surface Cursor tool to modify cursor interface, Normal, pick on surface, planimetric disk, 2 plans surface, 3 plans surface.
Analysis
• New classification tool using returns number to classify aerial lidar data (when number of returns are available from Las/Laz)
• Improved algorithm Sidewalk detection with possibility to use a trajectory and alignment. Spline option available.
• New Edge detection for vertical and horizontal edge (one click or multiple lines by multiple single click).
• New Road Marking detection algorithm tool allowing the use of trajectories.
• New Crash Barrier detection tool.
• New option to define specific boundaries on Planimetric Orthophoto function.
• Manual insertion of tree location (DBH and center of tree location detected by 4 clicks)
BIM
• Copy and duplicate components from a level to a different level or multiple ones.
• Import groups (opening library) from VisionLidar IFC.
• Height of a wall adjusted to level picked.
• Load project button when multiple BIM design for a VisionLidar project.
Survey
• Pick points/lines now allows you to see group of chains stored in the database
• Button getting the next line number.
Settings
• New improved setting structure and interface.
Tools (new menu)
• Batch project move from File menu to Tools menu.
• Export to VisionLidar 365 in batch move from File menu to Tools menu
• New file conversion tool to convert from one coordinate system to another.
• New legacy project conversion tool to convert old project to new VisionLidar 2020 data structure
• New volume calculation tool to get volume within a fence for a single surface (one scan) or multidate surface (two scans). Heat map showing hotspots.
• New SFM (Structure From Motion) module that convert aerial images from drones to point clouds. GCP (Ground Control Points) module to refine absolute position of point clouds.