How to display LAS file on ForgeViewer

Question

I'm looking for a way to display LAS files on ForgeViewer.

Currently I can extract points for display using THREE.PointCloudMaterial. but the extraction is quite slow and I would like to know more possible methods.

Answer 1

there's a couple ways...

First option:

Convert the LAS files to Potree and use the potree extension in forge-viewer, like this: https://github.com/petrbroz/forge-potree-demo

Second option:

Load the LAS files in Recap Pro and save the RCP/RCS files to BIM360/ACC. From there, use the 3D-Tiles extension to load them into Forge Viewer, like this example: https://github.com/wallabyway/hub-browser-recap-ext