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LAZPoint stands out in the toolfarm library for pulling massive LIDAR clouds into Cinema 4D and keeping them editable in realtime, paired with its own VLS scanner for generating point clouds from scenes.
LAZPoint brings LIDAR point clouds into Cinema 4D, reading LAS, LAZ, XYZ and PTS files directly and rendering them without extra steps. It can hold hundreds of millions of points in the editor in realtime, even on moderate hardware.
Beyond importing data, its VLS virtual laser scanner scans any C4D scene as if you had a real laser scanner, and it can create point clouds from your scenes by capturing renders to give them the LIDAR look. It also works with color point clouds exported from programs such as Agisoft Photoscan or RealityCapture, and can export back out to LAS and LAZ.
LAZRender handles both new 3D points and classic 2D points, with realtime options to resize, recolor, quantize and clip. Various output modes, including X-Particles, hair, points with RGB vertex maps and splines, let you work with alternative renderers. The plugin runs on Windows with Cinema 4D R18, R19 and R20.
Cinemaplugins LAZPoint is best for working with LIDAR and photogrammetry point clouds inside Cinema 4D: importing LAS, LAZ, XYZ or PTS data, scanning scenes with the VLS scanner, and rendering large clouds in realtime.
Cinemaplugins LAZPoint is completely free to download and use.
LAZPoint supports Cinema 4D R18, R19 and R20, covering the Studio, Visualize, Broadcast, Prime and Student editions. C4DLite, the Cineware version, is not supported, and the plugin is 64-bit only. If you run one of the listed release versions and editions, you are covered. Note that it is Windows only at present, with a Mac version described as coming soon, so confirm your platform matches before installing.
LAZPoint is Windows only, and a Mac version is described as coming soon. It requires a 64-bit system with at least 8 GB of memory and an internet connection for registration. If you work on macOS, you would need to wait for the Mac build. For Windows users on Cinema 4D R18, R19 or R20, the plugin is ready to install, provided you run one of the supported editions rather than C4DLite.
LAZPoint reads LAS, LAZ, XYZ and PTS files directly into Cinema 4D, so you can bring LIDAR point clouds in without conversion steps. On the way out, it exports to LAS and LAZ. It also handles color point clouds produced by photogrammetry tools such as Agisoft Photoscan and RealityCapture, whose first stage is a point cloud. Between import and export you can resize, recolor, quantize and clip points in realtime.
LAZPoint requires a 64-bit Windows system with at least 8 GB of memory and an internet connection for registration. It runs on Cinema 4D R18, R19 and R20 in the Studio, Visualize, Broadcast, Prime and Student editions, though C4DLite is not supported. Licensing is node-locked with self-service registration and de-registration, plus automatic registration for studios, education and farms, and includes one year of support. Team render clients are supported, with one license required per client.
LAZPoint is listed as free in this catalog, so there is no price to quote here. Licensing uses a node-locked model with self-service registration and de-registration, and an internet connection is needed to register. Studios, education users and render farms can use automatic registration, and one year of support is included. For current licensing terms and any changes, check the developer's page.
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