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Ok, I got it installed and running using your method, but I can't open any FARO files:

ERROR:
Faro Failed to connect to FARO LS runtime: Cannot instantiate FARO open interface

Same problem here. Same with 2.11.alpha as well. I noticed CC installed FARO LS 1.1.701.1 But the most recent version installed (probably by FARO Scene) is FARO LS 1.1.704.2 2.10 and 2.11.alpha WERE working. I'm not sure when they stopped. Maybe when I installed the newest FARO Scene update? Not sur...

Actually you can easily get great meshes out of CC with FARO Focus scanners. Import the LSPROJ directly into CC. And when calculating normals use "use sensors whenever possible". But I don't think FARO is keeping correct normals when it processes freestyle scans. It SHOULD, because the Man...

Anyone have a good workflow for getting good meshes from Freestyle data?

I haven't found a file format to get freestyle normals out of FARO Scene software.

Thanks

Excellent. Thanks, Daniel!

Hi Daniel, The new mesh scan grids tool on an FLS file is a cool quick way to mesh. However, most projects consist of more than one scan, so you'd have a lot of overlapping and disconnecting meshes. And looks like the color disappears. It would still be very useful to have a normal computation metho...

As formats such as PTX and FLS/FARO have the data built in to compute the correct normals, it'd be great if this feature was added (or re-added). Back in v2.5 of CC you could compute normals on import. Calculating normals never works that great for me, and since the data is already in certain file f...

Hi,

Old topic. Wondering if CC is able to output structured data in the newest release, or if there are any future plans for it?

Thanks

Hi Daniel, Thanks so much for implementing these features! Sorry for being dense, but I'm unclear on the correct steps to compute normals for a FARO file. Which 'surface approximation' setting is best? for 'neighbors' you say use ocotree, Auto? Not scan grids? for 'orientation' use scan grids. Thanks

Thank you.

I meant, is there currently a way to compute normals of FARO scan files, which take into account scanner head location?