How to create geometry from segmented Point Clouds

From the help file, you noticed that it mentioned the following: 

Segmenting Point Data in a Point Cloud

ReCap also segments the point data, which is a process of identifying groups of points in a point cloud that represent planar and cylindrical surfaces. AutoCAD can create 2D geometry from these point cloud segments.

However, you cannot get it to work.

 

Causes:

The reason why the customer's dataset is not working is because the raw file (.pts ) file is an  unstructured point cloud. Therefore, no segmentation information is generated for this scan file. Only structured scans are pre-segmented in importing process now. 

Note:

To create ‘structured’ information, ReCap needs to know the origin of each point.  
This information is only provided/guaranteed by certain file formats:

• FLS
• ZFS
• PTX
• PTG
• CLR
• Some CL3
• Some E57

​There is no constraint on the origin of the scan or its registration.  
To move structured files from SCENE to ReCap, use FLS or LSPROJ.  
​To move structured files from Cyclone, use PTG or PTX.

This property has to do with how the project was created.  In short, it must be imported from a format which specifies the structure of the source scan (namely the origin of each point).  At the moment, the supported formats which specify this information are:

• Faro FLS/LSPROJ/FWS (tripod scans only)
• Z+F ZFS/ZFPRJ
• Leica PTG
• Leica PRJ (P16 scanner only, with necessary Leica purchase)
• PTX
• E57 (when exported from software that implements it correctly)

How can you tell if a point cloud is "structured"?
The information can also be lost by exporting to or converting through other formats like PTS, XYZ, LAS, etc.  It all really depends on where your data came from.

In ReCap, you can quickly tell if a project contains this information by the presence of the following:

•   Option to 'Register Scans' on import
•   'RealView' button at the bottom of the 3D view
•   'Mirror Balls' in 3D view
•   Project Cleanup and Mesh Creation services should be enabled (in 2017 Pro)

Structured scans will also contain several extra files in the 'Support' folder (namely .RCC).  This is subject to change, however.