Combine the scans in an E57 file into one working point cloud.
The synthetic sample contains two colored panels, 1,000 points each. The second scan has a stored rotation and translation. Import combines them into 2,000 points with RGB and intensity.
Up to 64 scans and 5,000,000 total source points within 100 MB. All nonempty scans are merged using stored poses; this does not register scans or reproject coordinates. RGB and intensity are retained only when available across all scans without their invalid-attribute flags. RGB must be integer 0–255. Scan boundaries, images, CRS and other metadata are omitted.
No. This tool merges all scans and writes PLY or XYZ. Download original upload preserves the unchanged E57 file during the session. Keep that source if you need scan structure or metadata.
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Each scan is transformed by its stored rotation and translation before merging. A scan without a pose keeps its local coordinates. If the source scans are not already aligned, conversion will not align them. No duplicate-point removal is performed.
RGB and intensity must be present in every nonempty scan without their respective invalid-attribute flag fields. Otherwise that attribute is omitted from the merged cloud and reported in Data & processing details. Supported RGB uses integer values from 0 to 255; intensity is stored as a 32-bit float.
The PLY contains a single point cloud. It does not retain scan boundaries, embedded photographs, CRS metadata, normals or timestamps. Download and keep the original E57 when another application needs that information.
| E57 data | PLY result |
|---|---|
| Cartesian or spherical coordinates | X, Y, Z after stored scan poses |
| Invalid coordinate points | Removed |
| RGB / intensity | Retained only under the common-attribute rules |
| Scan boundaries, images and metadata | Omitted |
Points flagged as invalid are removed. All remaining points from every nonempty scan are merged; the details report scan and removed-point counts.
It is an original synthetic example, not a scanner capture: two colored panels with 1,000 points each. The second panel uses a 90-degree rotation and a translation stored in its scan pose.