The following Point cloud file formats are supported by NavVis:
LAS, PTS, XYZ, PLY, E57 with panoramas, POD (Pointools) and RCS.
When processing in a terminal, the point cloud data generated using NavVis System Software is written by default in the PLY format.
When processing with NavVis SiteMaker, select the format from the UI. The default format in SiteMaker is .e57.
Both formats are supported by a variety of tools and can store XYZ coordinates, Normals, and color information.
A three-dimensional representation of an environment, made up of many points. A point is defined by x, y and z coordinates, and it may or may not contain RGB, an intensity value, and normals.
User Interface
Normals are perpendicular to the tangent plane line at a particular point on the surface. They yield especially useful information about a curved surface's characteristics but conversely can tell us much about the planarity of a flat or angular surface also. Normals can tell us the rate of change of curvature when a surface has an angular departure and tell us just how perfectly flat something is.