Point Clouds in SketchUp: First Steps with Scan Essentials (Video 1/6)

This series of videos shows how you can use Trimble's point clouds extension "Scan Essentials" to model accurate 3D geometry in SketchUp. The rest of the videos can be found here:
First Steps with Scan Essentials (Video 1/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: First Steps with...  
Trimble Realworks Processing (Video 2/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: Trimble Realwork...  
Point Cloud Manager Dialog (Video 3/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: Point Cloud Mana...  
Using Clipping Boxes (Video 4/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: Using Clipping B...  
3D Modeling Approaches (Video 5/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: 3D Modeling Appr...  
The Ground Mesh Tool (Video 6/6) -    • Point Clouds in SketchUp: The Ground Mesh ...  

In this video I show how you can get started: Getting the extension and downloading a sample point cloud set from my website.

Find out more about the Scan Essentials extension at: https://extensions.sketchup.com/exten...

For more on what you can do with SketchUp, check out my book "Architectural Design with SketchUp" and my website: https://sketchupfordesign.com

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to Point Cloud Modeling
1:32 Getting the Scan Essentials extension
2:40 Getting a sample point cloud file

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