GeoCue’s repository of articles covering tools, tips, and workflows for processing point clouds in LP360 Geospatial.
When I open ArcGIS, the toolbars for LP360 are greyed out. The Extensions tab only shows a “Viewer” level license. The Viewer license level is not a valid license level for LP360 for ArcGIS. On the LP360 Main Toolbar, there is a dropdown used to access License Manager, which the user may use to change…
launching lp360 in arcgis get the following error message: Caller’s Message: Failed to load point cloud task.(17900) Exception Information: HRESULT: 0x800401f3 Unable to retrieve extended COM error information. This error message can occur when attempting to install an older version of LP360 than what was previously on the machine. The message usually indicates that one…
When trying to complete a task, the selection tool is hiding just out of the window extent. The window can’t be expanded any farther. LP360 2018.2 or better has a revamped Live View tool that would allow you to customize, synchronize, and dynamically update your map, profile, and 3D views. Here are some of the…
Attempting to run the adaptive TIN ground filter on a Dense Image Matching (DIM) point cloud does not classify any points. When a point cloud is created from a Dense Image Matching process, the resulting LAS produced by some software is not classified (0) and has 0 of 0 returns. Identifying points in LP360 will…
To assign or modify the Spatial Reference System (SRS) in a LAS file, use the LP360 LAS File Analyst tool: Add the LAS files into LP360 as open for Read/Write. Select “LAS File Analyst” by right-clicking the LAS layer, or clicking the wrench and hammer icon associated with the main LP360 toolbar. A dialogue box…
Use Live View to change the point size in the profile or other desired window(s). When you click the yellow funnel looking tool the LP360 Live View dialog will appear. Here you can modify the synchronize views to only modify the profile window, or other desired views, so that when you adjust the point size…
For LP360 versions 2018.2.59.5 or later: The LDExport tool provides a quick means of generating a shapefile index of your LAS files and no longer requires a settings file. Execute the following in a command line, where the LAS files are located in “D:\Training_Data\Davidson_TN_2016\LAS” and the index file is to be generated in “D:\Training_Data\Davidson_TN_2016\LAS”. To…
LP360 has several command line executable style programs that assist with productivity for different tasks, particularly when working with large amounts of data or repeating processes. These executables may be run: Via an MS-DOS style batch scripts By configuring corresponding commands and checklist steps within the GeoCue workflow software to take advantage of the command…
