# Export cloud points **URL:** \ **Category:** Support & Feedback\ **Created:** [November 26, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123 "2021-11-26T01:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/1 "2021-11-26T01:56:20Z")
Hello, I am approaching the Revopoint 3D. I would like to know if it is possible from the reconstruction (mesh) to export the colored point cloud from the Revopoint software. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/2 "2021-11-26T07:55:48Z")
The PLY and OBJ file formats support exporting the Point Cloud. The Point Clouds can be meshed in Handy Studio or a 3rd party software app such as MeshLab. ---
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/3 "2021-11-26T08:43:48Z")
Hi @JeffLindstrom, thank you for your kind replay. So I have to go through third-party software, like CloudCompare, to export the new points? Thanks again for your contribution. Bye ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/4 "2021-11-27T09:00:42Z")
> [@codabat](#): > > So I have to go through third-party software, like CloudCompare, to export the new points? Well, I have not **had** to do that, but you can if you want to. I am unfamiliar with _CloudCompare_, but I have used _MeshLab_ with scans created by the POP scanner. ---
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/5 "2021-11-27T14:20:00Z")
Hi @JeffLindstrom, thanks for your further explanation. Thanks for your further explanation. I take this opportunity to ask you one last question: do you know if someone captures point clouds with Revopoint POP and joins them with new points obtained with photogrammetric footage and then merges them? It would be interesting to increase the geometric detail and, especially, the textures’ detail. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/6 "2021-11-28T00:35:43Z")
> [@codabat](#): > > do you know if someone captures point clouds with Revopoint POP and joins them with new points obtained with photogrammetric footage and then merges them? Interesting idea. The Point Clouds created by Handy Scan are designed to work in the real world (meaning, if you import them into a CAD program using the Metric system and millimeters as the base increment, the object will be properly sized). When aligning objects in Handy Studio, it knows the size of each object and that helps when figuring out which part of object#1 overlaps with object#2. If you used a Point Cloud created from photogrammetry, it would have no scaling to the real world. You could measure known features on the scan and provide scaling before trying to align and merge the two objects. Whether that would be best done in Handy Studio or another 3rd party software package, I couldn’t tell you (the quality of the lens used for the second object would be important and you should probably avoid wide angles due to the distortion). ---
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/7 "2021-11-28T12:18:27Z")
Dear @JeffLindstrom , Thank you for your exciting considerations, starting with the optical differences between POP scanners and my cameras. I have a 42Mpx Sony Alpha 7RII full-frame camera and a 50mm lens. My idea is to scale the point cloud obtained by photogrammetry in my reconstruction software, within which I can reach textures with high details. I am pleased to have been able to share these pleasant and valuable insights with you. Thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/8 "2021-11-29T13:03:35Z")
Your Sony should be able to provide you with amazing detail (I expect that the lens will be more than good enough). What would you plan on using to scale the Point Cloud to something that Handy Studio can use? ---
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/9 "2021-11-30T18:17:28Z")
Hi @JeffLindstrom , Your answer made me think. I, perhaps, was thinking the other way around if I have not misinterpreted your reasoning. I had this workflow in mind: Scan the object with Revopoint POP, get the points cloud, and mesh. Then perform a photogrammetric scan of the same object, scaling the object with markers. Finally, export the points cloud obtained from revopoint and include it in my reconstruction software with the two scaled clouds, realign, and produce new mesh with a new texture. Instead, do you want to tell me that I can import a point cloud or a mesh, appropriately scaled, into revopoint, and revopoint proceed with the merge? Thank you so much ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/10 "2021-11-30T21:50:10Z")
> [@codabat](#): > > Instead, do you want to tell me that I can import a point cloud or a mesh, appropriately scaled, into revopoint, and revopoint proceed with the merge? I am new to 3D scanning, so I am not aware of all the software options out there. Handy Studio is the only software package I know of that will _automatically_ align two point clouds. I can do it manually in my Mechanical CAD software (TurboCAD), but it wouldn’t be as precise (I’d wager). So, yes… I was suggesting that you scale your photogrammetric point cloud, put it in a compatible format (PLY or OBJ) and import it into Handy Studio to combine with your scan. ---
**Author:** ![codabat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@codabat](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/codabat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/11 "2021-11-30T22:23:24Z")
Hi Jeff, Thank you very much for this exchange of information. I look forward to February when I will receive POP 2. But in the hypothesis we are discussing, which textures will I be able to apply in the Handy Studio software? Will I be able to apply and take advantage of a texture generated with a high-resolution sensor? See you tomorrow, Jeff! In Italy, it’s 11.30 pm Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/export-cloud-points/4123/12 "2021-11-30T22:39:45Z")
> [@codabat](#): > > But in the hypothesis we are discussing, which textures will I be able to apply in the Handy Studio software? Will I be able to apply and take advantage of a texture generated with a high-resolution sensor? I do not know. What you are planning to do is more advanced than what I have done. I would expect, however, that you will not have a problem because Handy Studio reads in the PLY or OBJ point clouds with their color/texture information as created by Handy Scan. The PLY and OBJ file formats were well-defined long before Revopoint came into existence, so it shouldn’t be a problem.